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…
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Efficient homes
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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…
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My last visit to the city I grew up was very interesting and productive. I had the opportunity to visit a brand new Passive House designed by X-G group. The new…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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On my last trip I visited Darmstadt, a German city located in the southern part of the Frankfurt Metropolitan Region. So, as an architect specializing in ecofriendly building design, I could not miss…
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Wandering the streets of Darmstadt, I discovered several beautiful energy efficient houses. One of them hidden between old baroque-style houses in the Martinsviertel, one of the oldest districts of the city.…
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This energy efficient home is located on a lush green hill on the outskirts of Thessaloniki. Built in the early 1990s, this two-storied house is a remarkable example of an energy-efficient building…