TE Studio Blog http://www.timeian.com/blog A Blog for Beautiful, Resource-Efficient Buildings. Passive House Minneapolis, Minnesota. Architecture, Building Design. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:40:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Passive House in the Woods in MSP Magazine http://www.timeian.com/blog/http:/www.timeian.com/sample-post/ http://www.timeian.com/blog/http:/www.timeian.com/sample-post/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:40:21 +0000 Tim Delhey Eian http://www.timeian.com/blog/?p=754 The Passive House in the Woods project is currently featured in the spring edition of Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine in the “Buzz” section: “Zero Footprint”

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We’ve been invited to spend a day with community leaders in Montevideo, MN to introduce Passive House, and discuss its potential for affordable housing and other projects in this Minnesota community. Thanks to Pat Moore of CURE and Kevin Hein for the invitation.

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I reposted the most current one for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!

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I am lecturing twice today at the 20th annual Duluth Energy Design Conference and Expo.

Wednesday, 2/24/2010
Passive House: 10.30 am to 12 pm – French River room
DERR: 1.00 pm to 2.30 pm – Ballroom LM

Duluth Energy Design Conference & Expo

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Credit for this post should go to Stephan Tanner, my business parter for commercial projects. This is something that comes up in many discussions with clients. I thought it’d be worth posting:
Given that a building is essentially a system of components, it is important to review the entire system when making ROI calculations or level of performance decisions. A review of individual components may not accurately reflect the whole.
A quick metaphor to illustrate what we bring to your retrofit or new construction project:
Think of individual components or decisions as a serious of balls that you are juggling. The success of the project will be measured by the lowest flying ball you throw. If you throw one or more substantially higher than all the others, you may overspend in these categories. TE Studio’s job is to help you throw all balls to the same height to make sure we meet a common baseline of performance, and do it in a cost effective way.
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The Passive House in the Woods is steadily growing, and it’s wearing a skirt these days ;) The photo shows the Southwest corner. The ICF walls are complete up to the top of the second floor. The roof is scheduled for next week. In the meanwhile, the garage is also coming out of the ground—just to the North of the house.

We are tracking the progress more closely on the house’s own website. This page also holds information on the team members that assisted with the design and construction. So head on over if you like and follow this unique project. It’s also on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/phitw

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U of M logo
University of Minnesota – Rapson Hall
89 Church Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Directions

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The Passive House talk starts at 10.30, the Deep Energy Reduction Retrofit talk at 1.00 pm.

Duluth Energy Design Conference & Expo

Duluth Energy and Design Conference

Duluth Entertainment &  Convention Center
Click on this link to contact the organizers about attending the event.

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The meeting will be held on Tuesday, 2/9/2010 from 4-6 pm.

For more info on the BEC, please visit their page: Building Enclosure Council – Minnesota Meeting

This is the venue:

AIA Minnesota
Board Room
International Market Square, Suite 54
275 Market Street
Minneapolis, MNMN 55405
Phone 612.338.6763

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Passive House Minnesota now has a website. Albeit with minimal content, but it’s there. We hope to expand on it in the near future with content from our first meeting this month. Going forward, this will be the place for information regarding Passive House in our region.

Passive House Minnesota, a strong lobby for a strong concept

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