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Originally Posted by Fordguy64
Although I have no intentions or budget to build a passive house.
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Don't be so sure on that.
Passivhaus on a Budget | GreenBuildingAdvisor.com That's with the old German standard, not the bit more relaxed new US standard. With value optimization, you really can get down to a reasonable price for the passive house standard. Take a look at the house posted above It is done pretty well. For example it has:
- Close to the ideal form. It is almost a cube, a sphere would be ideal for energy use, but those are expensive to build. As is it only has 2 extra corners, and is missing a story.
- Very little Thermal Bridging.
About the only thing I'd do differently with that house is use advanced framing, and reducing the exterior insulation by an inch or two.
If you were DIYing the build further money could be saved by using recycled foam insulation instead of nailbase.