Miami Real Estate ? What Is A Passive House? Miami Has Them?

August 13th, 2012

What Is?A Passive House?? Are There Any Passive Homes In Miami?

A passive house is?described as a ?super well insulated, airtight home,??empowered ?to cut energy consumption by 90%.

The origin of the term was ?Passivhaus? and it is a strict high-efficiency building standard developed in Germany in the ?80?s.? It is about achieving a standard of energy efficiency in a building which reduces the building?s ecological footprint.

The objective of this movement is to build structures which require little energy for heating or cooling of? our spaces.? It is approached as part of the process of the design, then becomes a component of ??the architectural design.? The passive building idea is more often associated with new buildings but it is also used for refurbishing structures.

Most of the passive house buildings in the world have been built in Germany, the Scandinavian countries and New Zealand.? The German Passivhaus Institute is presently at odds with the American Passive House Institute, on account of the American counterparts? proposal to relax certain standards.

Cost Of Passive Houses

A Passive House costs more to build than the average house.? A home buyer has a choice between a house that will cost thousands of dollars a year to heat or cool versus a high performance house that will cost very little to heat or cool.? Access to solar energy, superinsulation, advanced window technology, air tightness, ?energy recovery ventilation are all components of the passive design.

Passive Houses In Tropical Climates: e.g. Miami!

Passive Houses in tropical climates are very much in the developmental stage not to say in a ?wish? stage!? Considering Miami?s population density, continued growth and construction, and what it takes to cool our homes, wouldn?t it be brilliant to allocate some thought and resources?to this building type for Miami?s future?? I know little or nothing about Passive Houses; however, the thought they might help lighten the impact of Miami?s buildings and endless construction?on the environment is exciting!

I couldn?t find any trait of a Passive House in Miami, do we have any?

A Passive House is a vehicle to achieving a net-zero energy building!

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*pictures from Inhabitat (http://inhabitat.com/passivhaus-the-greenest-building-standard/passivhaus-section/)

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