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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
How to Future Proof Your Home: A Guide to Building with Energy Intelligence in Cold Climates: The techniques, principles, mindsets and strategies tha

How to Future Proof Your Home: A Guide to Building with Energy Intelligence in Cold Climates: The techniques, principles, mindsets and strategies tha

Dumont Ph. D., Robert S.
Stangel, Deb
Stangel, Deb

Paperback

Series: How to Future Proof, Book 1

General ArchitectureSustainable Living

ISBN10: 0991828119
ISBN13: 9780991828111
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Mar 28 2013
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.29 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.99
Language: English
If you are looking to build or renovate a home and you live in a cold climate, this book was written specifically for you! The simplified techniques in this book are the best steps you as a home owner can take to combat climate change while saving money. Professionally accredited author Shane Wolffe will show you how to cost-effectively build your home to be as much as 85 percent more energy efficient than conventional construction, even in extreme climates such as the Canadian Territories and Prairie Provinces. Written for the average person, this book simplifies building principles that formed the foundation of the Passivhaus (Passive House) standard, a building standard that produces ultra-low energy buildings. These are principles pioneered and perfected in Saskatchewan, Canada - a province with one of the most extreme climates in the world, having temperatures ranging from -40 C (-40F) to 35 C (95F). If energy efficiency can be economically implemented in such a harsh climate, it can be done anywhere.You will learn how our society has created fossil fuel addicted buildings, why it's a massive problem, and what can be done about it. By exposing out-dated construction attitudes and revealing the powerful principles of energy efficient building in a simplified manner, the book illustrates and explains how the pioneers in the field have been building homes to save energy and construction costs for 40 years. This information will empower you to build, or hire a contractor to build, energy efficiency into your new home, or even implement it into your existing home.If you would like to own a more comfortable, healthy, environmentally responsible and energy efficient home without having to change your lifestyle, then this book was written for you. As the climate warms, weather patterns become more erratic, and fuel prices rise, you will have the peace of mind knowing your home is truly Future Proof(TM).

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