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you might try dale doucette off route 100 south of wilmington. his house may not be designed as such, but it's close. Has straw walls (about R-30 to R-50), bank of southern-facing windows, few on the other 3 sides. heat absorbing tile floors. doesn't use much power: off-grid 3 kw solar and wind is all he has. (maybe propane for hot water and cooking. not sure). On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Ben Graham <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > I wanted to let people know about one of the most far reaching and > innovative energy efficiency movements in construction called the Passive > House Movement. It started in Germany perhaps 12-15 years ago spurred on > by > the Kyoto Protocol and the German Government. Over 15,000 of these houses > have been built in Central Europe and the concept is spreading fast. There > have been few cold climate models but there are many experiments underway. > The idea is similar to net zero but more innovative. You can find out more > details in the links below. > > You can read a report of the 3rd annual Passive House Conference in the > US just held in Duluth, MN here: > http://www.energybulletin.net/node/47457 > > And you can visit the US passive house center here: > http://www.passivehouse.us/passiveHouse/PHIUSHome.html > > There is even a smaller movement of building designers working on combining > the Passive House concept with Natural Building. > > The passive house model is based on real use rather than designs and is > backed up with fuel use receipts. > If anyone knows of anyone trying a Passive House in VT, please let me > know. > > Cheers, > Ben > > Those who give up freedom for safety, deserve neither. > Benjamin Franklin > __________________________________________________________ > > Ben Graham > www.naturaldesignbuild.us > Natural building/design services/workshops/consulting > > Integrating Culture and Nature > 802.454.1167 >