[Greenbuilding] passive house in NY

[nick pine]

Sacie Lambertson <sacie.lambertson at gmail.com> writes:

>http://www.hvmag.com/Hudson-Valley-Magazine/October-2011/Hudson-Valley-Home-Fall-2011-First-Green-Passive-House-in-New-York-State-Constructed-in-Claverack-Columbia-County-NY/

>I wanted to have a huge glass wall...

Dramatic "direct loss" :-) A low mass air heater (eg passive polycarbonate 
solar siding over an insulated house wall) would have been a lot cheaper and 
more efficient.

Nick