In these new Catskills homes, no fossil fuels are allowed | The all-electric, solar-powered homes are designed using passive house principles.(yaleclimateconnections.org)

The Passive House concept by itself can scale up. However, it is expected that you might need to bring in more power from elsewhere at one point when solar alone isn’t sufficient to cover local demand.

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someguy3@lemmy.world

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2 months ago

It really isn’t all that special (though I started to skim it). Triple pane windows, heat exchanger on hvac, solar panels.

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Screamium@lemmy.world

5 points

2 months ago

I wonder if they also have awnings over south facing windows. It’s an old practice (in the Northern Hemisphere) to reduces summer sunlight but allow the winter sun to come through the windows

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someguy3@lemmy.world

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2 months ago

I too watch technology connections.

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undefined@links.hackliberty.org

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2 months ago

Context:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhbDfi7Ee7k

https://invidious.reallyaweso.me/watch?v=uhbDfi7Ee7k

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