Radiant Heating

Ecohome的新演示房将是一个平板地板，由空气管和空气太阳能电池板加热，太阳能辐射地板加热-巧妙!适用于寒冷气候地区的被动式房屋供暖。生态之家正在建造我们的下一个低能耗示范房屋，and to do so we…

A comeback for foam radiant floor ICF forms heated with air tubes. Radiant heating systems are very common in concrete floors now because they provide a very balanced and comfortable distribution of heat. Those systems are most commonly hydronic, meaning heated liquid is pumped through tubing in the concrete which…

为什么有些家庭比其他家庭更舒适?了解如何设计一个舒适的家，这也使一个更持久和高效的家。你有没有注意到，有时你在家里会感到冷，尽管空气温度正好是你喜欢的温度?That's…

Radiant heated floors add comfort to a home and can help you heat more efficiently. There is some debate in performance building circles, particularly in the Passive House community as to whether or not you can add enough insulation below a concrete floor to eliminate the need for heating it. We have been on the…

Installing a hydronic radiant floor system in a slab-on-grade floor. Here is our DIY video of how to lay down tubing for our radiant floor in the Edelweiss House. We have a 10 zone system, allowing floor temperatures in each room to be controlled independently. HePex tubing was provided by Uponor, who also use…

Hydronic heating systems involve heated liquid being pumped through radiators, baseboard heaters, floors or even walls. Similar to electric baseboards, hydronic heating systems facilitate zone heating as you can keep different rooms at different temperatures. Though different from electric resistance heating…

Prefab homes make choosing an Architect designed LEED or Passive House high performance house design easy. All the important choices of non-toxic Sustainable materials have been made, add a building lot & in a few months you're home & dry (& warm!). Prefab Home kits are ideal for Passive House or LEED certified…

Ecohome的示范住宅将作为一个载体，推出一个免费的在线建筑指南系列，详细介绍高性能、寒冷气候住宅建设的最佳实践。世界杯葡萄牙vs加纳亚盘赔率卡塔尔世界杯排名预测The guiding principles during the design of Ecohome’s demonstration home: Passive heating and cooling, healthy living space, affordable…

The Kenogami House holds the highest LEED score achieved in Canada (106), meets Passive House performance of 15 kWh per square meter and won a Home of the Year Award from Green Builder© Media. Along with its unprecedented achievements, the Kenogami House continues to act as a laboratory for resilient, cold climate…

One of the first decisions when building a home is what type of foundations to sit your home on - cold-climates, termites, problem expansive clay soils, insulation & vapor & radon barriers all need to be considered. What is the difference between a slab on grade & a crawl space? A slab on grade, or ‘frost protected…

It has been estimated that the sun provides as much energy in 15 minutes as humans use in a year. By taking advantage of that with heating and electrical generation, we can work to end our dependence on fossil fuels. Solar energy Our future truly depends on us continuing to develop and implement renewable energy…