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It’s a Net-Energy Positive Home

Tim Delhey Eian — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:11:24 +0000

This just in: The Passive House in the Woods in Hudson Wisconsin officially clocked a net-energy positive meter reading in 2011.

What does that mean?

In short, it made more energy than it consumed. While we predicted this with our energy models, we found and learned through monitoring that some equipment and appliances use more energy than assumed. On the flip side, user behavior plays a major role as well and can effectively lower energy consumption over the predicted model.

Starting the journey towards energy neutrality and beyond with a Passive House works really well, as the building is designed to provide a comfortable environment with very little energy input. The addition of carefully sized renewable sources, such as photovoltaic and solar thermal can then balance the remaining energy flow, or reverse it.

Passive House in the Woods by Corey Gaffer

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Join us for the 2011 Passive House Days

Tim Delhey Eian — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:33:58 +0000

We are once again participating in the International Passive House Days event in November. This year marks the first anniversary of occupancy in the home and the 8th international event, as well as the 20th anniversary of the Passive House building energy standard.

Join us for two events this weekend to experience Passive House.

FRIDAY NIGHT SOCIAL

Event management for 8th Int. PH Days @ Passive House in the Woods, Friday Night Social

SUNDAY TOUR

Event registration for 8th Int. PH Days @ Passive House in the Woods: Public Tour

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MRES Solar Tour 2011 to include Passive House in the Woods

Tim Delhey Eian — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:01:37 +0000

Minneapolis – The free, self-guided 16th Annual MRES Solar Tour Saturday, October 1, includes open houses at about 50 Minnesota homes, businesses and organizations that have solar and other renewable energy installations. Organized by the Minnesota Renewable Energy Society (MRES), the tour includes open houses in the Twin Cities and several other Minnesota communities from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For the first time, this year the online guide to sites at www.MNSolarTour.org will list each site’s additional eco-friendly features. Besides the usual pictures, maps and details about alternative energy technologies for each site, the guide will list eco-friendly features such as urban chickens, electric cars, rainwater storage systems and the like. Tour guests must register at www.MNSolarTour.org to obtain addresses of the tour sites.

“The solar tour is popular with people who are thinking about purchasing some kind of renewable energy technology because it gives them a chance to see lots of systems and talk to lots of owners,” said Laura Cina, managing director of MRES. “The lists of other eco-friendly site features this year should draw even more people to the event.”

The owner, representatives from TE Studio, as well as representatives from Energy Concepts will be on site during the day to answer your questions.

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Save the Date

Tim Delhey Eian — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:40:33 +0000

The 8th international Passive House Days are coming up in November. Once again, the gracious homeowner of the Passive House in the Woods is allowing us to open it up to the public. Join us on November 11 and 13 for two distinctive events.

11/11/11: 6.30-9.00 pm: Friday Night Social: One year in the Passive House, a guided tour, meet the designers, and social gathering.

Online event registration for 8th Int. PH Days @ Passive House in the Woods, Friday Night Social powered by Eventbrite

11/13/11: 10.45-Noon: Public Tour

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Private Tour on July 8

admin — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 17:32:15 +0000

We are offering a private tour of the Passive House on July 8th. If you are interested to experience this home in person and would like to hear Tim Eian give you a personal tour, please send us an email or give us a call at 612-246-4670. RSVP only.

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PHitW Experience Report Lecture this Week

Tim Delhey Eian — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:57:24 +0000

On Wednesday, I will share the stage with Gary Konkol to share our experience with the project as part of their EarthWeek event: 4/20/11; 10 – 11am; North Hennepin Community College. Link

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Student Tour

admin — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:44:56 +0000

We are welcoming students from the University of Minnesota this weekend for a tour and lecture at the Passive House in the Woods. Unfortunately, the event is not open to the public but we hope to offer public viewings again some time this year. Stay tuned.

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Upcoming NHCC Lecture – Save the Date

Tim Delhey Eian — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 23:59:54 +0000

North Hennepin Community College invited me to share the stage with Dr. Konkol—the owner of the Passive House in the Woods. Dr. Konkol and I will be discussing our experience with the Passive House project, and inform and educate young people to consider energy efficient housing as they begin planning for their own projects.

As part of the same event at NHCC, Will Steger is presenting as a keynote speaker on Monday, April 18. He will be speaking on his polar experiences and on energy efficient housing. We’ll be able to tie into his lecture with Dr. Konkol’s house.

Please save the date: April 20, 2011 from 10 – 11 AM at North Hennepin Community College. Details to follow.

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Thanks for visiting!

Tim Delhey Eian — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 04:00:32 +0000

The 2010 Passive House Days are over and we are going to take a break from tours and site visits.

Tim Eian, Gary Konkol and the design team would like to thank you, the roughly 2,000 visitors that came and saw this home in the last 6 weeks or so.

I hope to have offered insight, knowledge, and excitement about the Passive House building energy standard. Going forward, I am going to collect actual data comparing the real-life performance of the Passive House in the Woods to the energy model. I will continue to feed this blog from time to time with information. You may also find more information on Passive House and my studio’s ongoing design work at www.testudio.com/blog.

Thanks for visiting!

Tim Delhey Eian

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Passive House Days this Weekend!

Tim Delhey Eian — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:54:16 +0000

Join us during the 7th international Passive House Days on Friday through Sunday. We will open the house for public viewing from 10 am to 4 pm each day. Gary Konkol (owner) and Tim Eian (TE Studio) will be on site to answer your questions and demonstrate how the home functions with every day use. We look forward to seeing you in Hudson.

On a related note, Eco Home Magazine just published an article on the Passive House Alliance in which this project is mentioned as well.

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