Does PassiveHouse Have a Home in the Deep South?

There are over 50,000 PassiveHouses around the world, but well less than 1% of that number are in the United States and few enough to count on one hand are located in the hot/humid climate zone. If you mention the PassiveHouse strategy to local builders they shake their head ‘no’ and say ‘you don’t want that tight a house in this climate’. But the spray-foam insulation that is increasingly typical in new construction often delivers an equally tight envelope. On many accounts, the Passive House strategy is simply a thoughtful, if not responsible, way of doing what is already standard operating procedure. Does PassiveHouse have a Home in the Deep South?

Volume Editors
Anthony Abbate, Francis Lyn & Rosemary Kennedy

ISBN
978-0-935502-90-9