Passive House Design Techniques: Warmer, Healthier, Quieter Living
Selected theme: Passive House Design Techniques. Welcome to a friendly space where high performance meets everyday comfort, with practical tips, relatable stories, and clear steps to design, build, or retrofit a home that simply feels better.
Plan a blower door test early, during rough-in, when fixes are still easy. Use smoke, infrared, and your ears to locate whistling gaps. Post your best leak‑hunting tip and compare test scores with fellow readers.
Mastering Airtightness: Details Decide the Outcome
Thermal Bridge‑Free Construction Without Tears
Designing Connections That Stay Warm
Treat balconies, slab edges, and roof‑wall junctions as high‑risk zones. Use thermally broken structural connectors and continuous exterior insulation. Ask for our connection detail pack and share your trickiest node for community feedback.
Ventilation With Heat Recovery: Quiet Comfort and Health
Cold, dry climates often favor HRVs; humid climates may benefit from ERVs to manage moisture transfer. Consider occupancy patterns and indoor plants. Share your climate and we’ll reply with a quick-choice matrix.
Ventilation With Heat Recovery: Quiet Comfort and Health
Use short, smooth runs and balanced manifolds. Place supplies in living spaces and returns in wet rooms, maintaining gentle pressure differences. Subscribe for our balancing checklist and tag your commissioning questions below.
Superinsulation and Moisture‑Smart Assemblies
Layer continuous exterior insulation with a smart vapor retarder inside, allowing seasonal drying. Avoid trapping moisture with double vapor barriers. Subscribe for our wall assembly map tailored to regions and renovation constraints.
Passive House Retrofits: EnerPHit Pathways
Phased Retrofits That Respect Budgets
Bundle improvements by lifecycle: windows with exterior insulation, then airtightness and ventilation. Each step should stand alone and support the next. Subscribe to get our phased planning spreadsheet and workshop invites.
Windows First or Envelope First?
If windows fail, start there—installed in the future insulation plane. Otherwise, prioritize continuous exterior insulation to simplify airtightness. Share your constraints and we’ll discuss the cleanest sequencing for your home.