by Sheri Koones Sep
27th 2014 10:18AM
Updated Sep 28th 2014 2:53PM
The G•O Logic Home was the first Passive House to be built
in Maine and was among the first constructed in the United States.
With the
growing cost of fuel, increasingly stringent home construction codes, and
scientific evidence that we must reduce CO2 emissions, many architects,
builders and homeowners are turning to “Passive House” or
“Passivhaus” specifications to design and build their new homes.
Buildings consume approximately 48 percent of the energy used in this country.
Passive Houses use 80 to 90 percent less energy to heat and cool.
Demand has increased, in the
States
world, to build not only new homes using these Passive House, or PH,
specifications but also for commercial structures, schools and for remodeled
homes. The Passivhaus standard was developed in
1990s by Professors Bo Adamson of
and Wolfgang Feist of
and the first dwellings to be completed to the Passivhaus Standard were
constructed in
in 1991.
There are currently 30,000 Passive House structures built around the world,
including in the
States
founder of the PH Institute in the
website, “The Passivhaus standards’ strengths lie in the simplicity of its
approach; build a house that has an excellent thermal performance, exceptional
airtightness with mechanical ventilation!
