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Design and installation of a backyard bioshelter: a four-season, high-performance, passive solar greenhouse for a residence in Greenfield, Massachusetts.

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Some advantages of passive houses include lower energy costs and design flexibility, airtightness, extreme comfort, HRV compliance, and constant dryness. But, on the other hand, they're also expensive to build and difficult to locate.

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When designing for sustainability, passive solar design with water walls for heat storage are rarely used to their full potential.

Keeping our homes warm or cool uses a lot of energy. We explore ways to make the most of sunlight with passive solar design

A passive solar home requires five elements in order to take full advantage of the free and plentiful heat of the sun: an aperture to let in the sun’s warming rays, a control device to keep t…