Passive house design floor plans

Explore this energy efficient passive solar home in regional Western Australia. Discover innovative and sustainable design solutions by Coveney Browne Architects for high end living in a rural environment.

What does the term Solar Passive Design actually mean? Passive solar design refers to the use of the sun's energy for the heating and cooling of living spaces. In this approach, the building itself or some element of it takes advantage of natural energy characteristics in materials and air

A well designed Passive House can be affordable for custom home clients. We compare the cost to build the same home to 4 different standards.

In the process of creating these house plans we considered many different building materials and construction methods. We came to the conclusion that despite their appeal, adobe and strawbale are simply not practical for our situation and we will build be building with cinder blocks. We've developed a series of small house plans that will meet our sustainability needs. These unique house plans are tailored specifically for off grid living and houes floor plans are designed to be passive…

Here are the plans for our passive solar house.

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.

See one of Australia's Passive Houses by Talina Edwards Architecture, which mixes biophilic design with sustainable materials and building.

Affordable Home Floor Plan CH482

This Passive House with an open floor plan in Greenport, N.Y. offers a variety of lessons on how to live in a passive house. - Fine Homebuilding