GreenDream - The Art of Green Living » book http://greendream.biz Learning to live lighter on the planet. Thu, 17 May 2012 16:15:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Recreating the American Home – The Passive House Approachhttp://greendream.biz/2011/08/recreating-the-american-home-the-passive-house-approach/ http://greendream.biz/2011/08/recreating-the-american-home-the-passive-house-approach/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:25:53 +0000 Steve http://greendream.biz/?p=1580 I found a great book and I’m recommending it to anyone who would like to know more about just what a high-performance home can be. It’s called “Recreating the American Home: The Passive House Approach” by Mary James. The publisher is Low Carbon Productions.

Ms. James has put together an extraordinary and diverse collection of profiles describing homes built using the Passive House approach. The small but very informative book is easy on the ...(more)

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