ZNE/ Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

On a wooded Canadian farmstead in rural Alberta, the new house replaced an old home that was no longer able to fulfill its function. The architectural concept for the new home was simple: open, flexible, efficient (almost Zero Net Energy), and for an economical budget - not everyone can manage to build affordable net ...

...ZNE, PNE, LEED & Passive House projects . If you are interested in getting a quote for a Legalett air heated slab floor forming system, see here . Passive Solar radiant air-heated floor slab on grade form kit ductwork © Ecohome Generating solar domestic hot water when heating is not required also serves to pr...

...ZNEor Net Zero ready houses to start popping up. 3. BIM & Carbon footprint calculator for materials One of the most exciting building tools we’ve found lately is the EC3 carbon footprint calculator . Programs like theZNEmentioned above can really benefit from this, since, to determine the entire carbon footprint...

...ZNE零净能源/为加拿大零能源试点项目建造的零净能源住宅试点项目结果在试点项目下，6个不同的建筑商(2个来自RFP, 4个来自ecoEII项目)建造了23个独立的零净能源住宅:Construction Voyer, Habitat Studi…

Following on from our predictions for green construction in 2020 , Dodge Data & Analytics just released the findings of a landmark study on prefab and modular construction . The Prefabrication and Modular Construction 2020 SmartMarket Report (download below) was published with the support of Bradley Corp., the Modular...

...ZNE、被动式太阳能、零能源住宅甚至正能源住宅都依赖于建筑围护结构具有高水平的绝缘和有管理水平的空气传递率，最好通过HRV或ERV单元来控制基本通风造成的能量损失。你可以阅读更多关于家庭透气性的内容…

...ZNElabelled homes are the future for efficient & resilient construction. Increased durability and performance measures may add some upfront costs to a building project, but as they can help save on operational and maintenance costs most household's monthly outgoings are going to be similar. As Energy costs & mainten...

...ZNE, Passive Solar, Green Builder, or Green-home builder. Passive House and LEED are green building certification programs, but even if you don’t want to bother certifying a home, finding a builder that has built a Passive House, LEED orZNEcertified home is a good thing because they'll know and understand the impor...

...ZNEHomes? Building to the bare minimum is understandable with large developers, as they are well-oiled money machines with little motive to change . At the moment of sale it is unlikely that they will recoup the added cost spent creating a more efficient building; the big savings belong to the end user. If you are d...

...ZNEcertified , you're going to need an Architect or green home designer to come up with the plans. As much as we appreciate that everyone has to start somewhere, we would generally advise against using a complete novice in the field of sustainable home plans, there's too much at stake. So, the first question to ask an...