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  • Tinos ecolodge – construction process

    The mission of Tinos Ecolodge is to achieve the self-sustaining status. From the initial design and research of the different environmental technologies the team went to the implementation through a fairly…

  • Two bioclimatic lodges on Tinos, Greece

    Tinos Ecolodge is far away from centralised networks for power, water, waste and waste water. These circumstances combined with the owners’ philosophy for a better, ecological, economical and sustainable solution, has…

  • Ventilated facade

    Ventilated facades protect the building envelope from direct solar radiation and the elements of nature while improving its thermal performance, robustness and appearance. The ventilated facade, being on the outside of…

  • Timber-frame terraced Passive Houses in Darmstadt

    On the occasion of the upcoming Conference on the Passive House, I would like to write about the German architect Georg Zielke, who will lead the Open Forum “Passive House: an…

  • When Passive house meets traditional architecture

    I was really excited to come across the first Greek Passive house, a three semi-detached houses designed and built by XG group, in the suburbs of Volos. Walking around the neighborhoods of…

  • You do not have to heat your home in winter

    Passive houses are able to reduce heat loss to the minimum, they do not need a large installation to achieve thermal comfort, even in the coldest climates. A Passive House is…

  • How Passive house can benefit your life?

    Passive house is an energy efficient building standard that provides affordable, high quality buildings with low energy running costs, while at the same time having a very low ecological footprint.  The additional…

  • Wohnsinn eG, a co-housing project in Darmstadt

    While finding my way to the world’s first Passive house, I discovered WohnSinn 1 and its expansion WohnSinn 2, designed by architect Petra Grenz, faktor10 GmbH. This multi-story apartment complex is…