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Many ancient man made structures are good examples of your project. By natural means made of simple material that is available in nature and prepared in simple methods and that blends with nature without disturbing ecological and environment. Those who get irritated should try understanding. That will rather be an intellectual ointment!

What if you don't make any clerestory windows? I am going to make something in subtropical India

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All new buildings should be designed with large roof overhangs. The large overhang provides beauty and protection from the sun, rain and wind. Protection of the doors, windows and siding make for a more durable and comfortable home.

New homes should come with solar panels, a rain water collection system and an electric vehicle charger in the garage.

All homes should be built to accommodate the elderly and disabled. This will be better for everyone. Large wide doorways and hallways make using a cane, walker or wheel chair much easier. Bathrooms or wet rooms need to have flat floors and no shower hump or pan. A flat floor allows for easy access and drains need to provided. Easy to use lever door and faucet handles are easier for the elderly to grip and open. Main floors should include a master bedroom, restroom, shower, laundry and wide walk in closet with few steps to enter. Homes should be designed with aging in place in mind.

These are all free. It's incredible how many modern-day designers and builders do not consider passive solar design and build principles. Thank you for spreading the word.

In our region the air is too hot outside. So I think passive cooling rolls can't work here. Am l right?

This is the first video I come across that explain the dynamics of passive cooling of a structure. Thank you! Many videos address the A/C systems and “close envelope” of the structure, but the content of your video is very interesting!

I like your content, but I like to point at the sun having the highest power at noon (the sun's highest point) which in the northern hemisphere is south. When hitting glas, the light is "converted" to heat. Preventing the most powerful light to fall through glass will have the highest impact. The highest temperatures though are in late afternoon as it takes time for everything to heat up. When you are not in a region with heavy or frequent rain, it makes more sense to have outside window blinds like the ones you see in Spain or Italy than any kind of roof. You have a light and bright room when you want it (winter) and can keep the sun outside when you need to.

Well done, girl. 🎉This is exactly what we need to resort to - nature. Nature has treasures of comfort and solutions to our excesses. All we need is wake up to it. Let me congratulate you for showcasing a noble novelty we have distanced from over the years in search of comfort and returning to it for the same. Christina you are marketting gifts of nature and I love the very idea. I love countryside living and have been enjoying many of the nature's gifts most of my life. I am planning to build a granpa house using gifts of nature, no electric lighting during day. Cooling without ac, potable water from humid air, a slide with each stair, worm holes between floors for kid adventure, a diy family workshop. A rugged but safe lift between floors (when my knees back out on me)😂, and so on it goes. Imagination, imagination, imagination!!! Christina, I am 70. Will you help me design my house. You will be my guest in Pakistan when complete and I will take you around to Gilgit, Kashmir & to stunning beauty of further north. So, what do you say, nature lover? I am a mechanical engineer with hydropower as lifetime profession. Your presentation was substantial with simple science, I have subscribed your channel to remain in touch.

hwo did they do it? magic.

This is really good. I'm going to be building a house in the philippines, could you please do a video on how to reduce energy consumption in a hot and humid climate? Thank you.

Great! ❤🎉 now we need a video on passive heating

1:10 appreciate the disclaimer. Hot and humid is difficult. Stay slim, do, eat, and wear little?

suggestions: camera position is too low, move it up and stop moving your chin up. Plus it might be a good idea to do some vocal warm ups prior, you're voice is a bit too nasal sounding.

Good presentation!

Nevermind the naysayers and those who seem to think their criticism is warranted. This video was very well put together, and diagrams and design sketches usually give much more detail than actual pictures of existing structure. If your viewers call for real life examples, you can always put together a video or series of videos featuring that, but those examples don't HAVE to be included in an instructional video like this. As for criticism regarding your filming and framing, let your video editor worry about that, if you have one, and if you do it yourself, don't take just random advice from random internet strangers. Your video editing looks great.

One of the largest problems is the heat transfer through the exterior wall studs. I have built a small cottage. What I did was to have a second course of 2X4 studs. The top and bottom plates are 2X6. The first set of studs are structural and hold up the outside sub-siding and siding. The second set are also 16" on center, but set two inches 'in' and staggered in the center of the bays of the other set of studs. This second set of studs holds the insulation and the drywall. Now, no stud touches both the drywall and the sub-siding/siding; there is no heat transfer through the wall. Another gain is quiet: my cottage, while not sound-proof, is much quieter than without this stud scheme. And it is not expensive.

Thank you. 😊

I feel you should have at least discussed fiberglass and rockwool

Visit Kerala India to see some amazing work on climate ready homes

This is the best summary I've heard yet. Thanks!

You are showing design not real picture it could be fantastic if you could show real picture how could cool

You make fantastic TH-cam videos keep it up!!!

I'm designing for a tight house but also for passive ventilation with my fans, window types and placements. For those nice sping and fall days where I don't need to run my hvac and dehum.

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What are your thoughts on rock wool for insulation? Great videos! (Just came across your channel & binging through your library! 😂)

Put the camera 6" higher, remove glasses to remove glare. Use animation to show low and high pressure zones, easy with ai

Love this content.

great stuff

I'm totally into all this! I live by an experimental house from back in the 70's that used a pool of water on the roof!

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Awesome.

thanks Christina

Cool !

You explained passive house really well! Thanks for that!

Excellent video and explanation!! one thing i would like to push back on the the amount of glazing. 7-11% is not at all how one should calculate how many windows. it should be how long the sun is hitting the inside of the house and how much thermal mass. and how cold it is outside. R value of window. also if it gets to hot in the house can always open windows/vents to cool it. I personally want much more than 7-11%!! but i suppose you could argue if you increase the windows you lower the insulating value to keep the heat in, but it dose not matter because the heat gets stored in the thermal mass!

What about pfas in any if these materials?

really excellent graphics. I love the combination of the primal elements tied to the climates. Also I appreciated the unique alternative solutions presented. Really clear.

I am planning to build a house in Indonesia, under Passive House Principle, the house should be airtight, however, in hot and humid regions, we need as much cross ventilation, so how should we best apply? And how do we assess wind direction on the site? Thanks

Need a better microphone. Background noise is distracting. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Love❤

I love woodstoves! Had one in my yurt, then lived in a cabin in a community that had one. Nothing warms the soul like a woodstove. Plus, some of these newer double-burner stoves on the market have incredibly low emissions

I'm about to start building my own home and I don't have enough money to do it. . I'll be doing most of the work myself . I'm going to use a system called X-bracket by insofast . It seem like the fast and cheap way to get 4 inches of spray foam insulation on the outside of the house in an inexpensive way .Its new but they have lots of videos on youtube .Just wondered what you would think of them ? And also what would be the less expensive but healthy way to use their system ? I'm in Asheville NC .Heres a link or just look them up . th-cam.com/video/RcY11UV7x8U/w-d-xo.html. I would love to hear your thoughts on them. And yes I know Im crazy for building without enough money. But sometime you have to do what you have to do and life doesn't give you any other way out. I trust that I'm always in the right place at the right time.

well done video!!

The real ecology issue is we're building structures with wood and have several industries developed around that. It's crazy considering the superior alternatives used throughout the world.

measuring carbon footprint is non-sense political tools.

there are additives to these now the stop fire, mold, etc... not a fan but it works much better than the alternatives. Home designs in the US make it easier to install and do it well. The moisture mitigation caused by air leakage is far superior with spray foam. By many definitions of eco-friendly and environmentally-conscious it works because of the short-term benefits such as no drafts, immediate savings on heating, and long-term savings in money from heating and not needing to replace wood and walls due to air leakage causing rot.

0:00 - Spray Foam Intro 0:36 - Intro 0:56 - Why we choose spray foam 1:33 - CONS 4:31 - Eco-Friendly Air Barriers 8:31 - Materials with High R-Value 12:21 - Two main types of Spray Foam 13:25 - Key Tips for choosing a sustainable insulation alternative 15:28 - Downloadable Sustainable Materials Pricelist 16:00 - Conclusion

Good video. Just one correction though...heat pumps are for heating/cooling and are not the same as heat recovery ventilation systems (HRVS). Heat pumps aren't necessarily required for passive houses