Ultra-Efficient Homes Using Passive Design
October 24th, 2011Something is amiss in the US residential building sector today. People are simultaneously short on money and energy prices continue to rise. Prices are rising because of increased demand from utilities to produce more energy and the increasing demand of fossil fuel energy sources around the globe, according to the Energy Information Agency. With rising energy costs, finding cheap ways to reduce energy-use is even more critical for homebuilders.
But homebuilders do not have to reinvent the wheel in order to build homes that use significantly less energy. The technology already exists today and can easily be incorporated into home …