Hi Eli,
Great questions, I'll offer my thoughts on some.
PH is material agnostic and performance-based. If there is any efficiency requirement for building energy use in another standard being sought, PH will likely get it there now. Bc PH... (More)
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Passive House is a methodology to achieve very energy efficient and comfortable buildings and focuses on that. LEED is a green building rating, where energy and comfort are only a part of it (which btw means you can have a... (More)
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In this Great Pause, (an existential Duchamp door) I have been doing alot of reflection, and I feel this is an opportunity to consciously consider who we are as individuals, how we show up, who we are as a... (More)
Eli,
That is a great question: Generally, operational carbon far outweighs embodied carbon. It makes of course perfect sense to carefully consider construction materials but generally, the added insulation for a Passive House for instance more than makes up for... (More)