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Interesting to see Fred getting into passive house development, my father is a structural engineer who is currently running a carpentry shop in NYC and has been
by m_ke 5y ago
Interesting to see Fred getting into passive house development, my father is a structural engineer who is currently running a carpentry shop in NYC and has been a big fan of passive homes for a while. I've been trying to convince him to start a co-op with some his other builder friends to focus on building multi family passive homes in the north east.
- chubot 5y agoThat caught my eye as well! https://framehome.com/ https://framehome.com/ I once stayed very close to the Clinton Hill, Brooklyn location they mention, and may be in the market for an apartment/home soon. Do you or your father have any pointers for evaluating a building like that? Or any ways to keep up to date on such developments? I'm sorta surprised it's in NYC because my understanding is that city living is already efficient compared to single family home living? i.e. in terms of the energy cost per person. Also I imagine older buildings are not great in terms of efficiency compared to new construction. One thing I noticed in NYC is that even relatively expensive (e.g. pre-war) buildings have in-window A/C units.