Passive solar home design
Ecohome design wins House of the Year Award from Green Builder Magazine
...interior loads (appliances, lights and people) and the sun for heat.
So can a house built to Net Zero Heat specs actually stay at 20°C all winter long by itself? No, it cannot. On cloudy days it could easily drop to 19, or even 18°C.
When a building envelope reduces heat loss to the extent that this one does, even the ...