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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.

Building orientation is an essential aspect of passive design, which is an approach to building design that maximizes the use of natural energy flows and

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

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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