>> > >> Great Open House this weekend with many enthusiastic visitors to the Mini-B and nine other homes and gardens on the tour. Over two hundred filtered through the Mini-B. Temperature was a beautiful 70 degrees inside all day with door open. Many options are surfacing for the new demo location. Stay tuned…..
>> >> Joe G

What happens when is hot out?
I get this question regularly since the Mini-B is so well insulated. Well….?
What would you do now, in the house you live in today?
Open the windows? Mini-B has windows! Amazing! And it works! I tried it out this week with temperatures in the 70′s. I open the two side windows downstairs and the loft window….and….. The inside temp was lower than the outside temp since the thermal mass kept the house cool from the night. Another option is to turn off the heat recovery wheel in the ERV and ventilate without recovering the heat, sort of like opening the windows but now you have filtered air coming in.
Pretty simple….and that’s the plan with Passive House.
Joe Giampietro