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CO Adaptive overhauls Queens home to meet Passive House standards

dezeen.com
submitted
10 mos ago
bycoffeeislifetointeriordesign

Summary

Brooklyn studio CO Adaptive has retrofitted a terraced house in Queens, New York. The renovation work revolved around the goal of the unit becoming a Passive House – or Passivhaus – a certification that recognises outstanding energy efficiency in buildings. The home was refitted to be fully electrified, powered by a solar canopy from Brooklyn Solarworks on the roof.
 bannister, banister, balustrade, balusters, handrail coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix pot, flowerpot fire screen, fireguard-0
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8 Comments

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joesch
10 mos ago
Kills me that passive house isn't the overall standard for homes
4
froggyweather
10 mos ago
What's so special about it?
2
joseph
10 mos ago
You build the house to be inherently energy efficient and built to minimize both heat loss and heat gain
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froggyweather
10 mos ago
Really surprises me that's not the standard everywhere anyway with how we are barrelling towards a killer climate
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joseph
10 mos ago
Simply put: costs more to build this way. If developers aren't incentivized to do it, they are not going to do it.
3
splitsecond
10 mos ago
It'll never happen. Developers want this cheapest materials possible to maximize profits.
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joesch
10 mos ago
It'd be great if we could change the code to require it instead of just looking at renewables.
2
coffeeislifeOP
10 mos ago
It's almost like a pipe dream that only the rich can realize