jeffw@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL about “passive houses,” building that are airtight and require barely any energy to heat or coolen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL about “passive houses,” building that are airtight and require barely any energy to heat or coolen.m.wikipedia.orgjeffw@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBen@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI live and own a passive house: Feel free to ask questions :)
minus-squaremaegul (he/they)@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoCan you address any of the intuitive concerns around the air freshness and getting enough O2 and removing enough CO2 ? How much is the air exchange process a complex active process that you need to monitor and maintain, or is it pretty basic and “just works”?
minus-squareBen@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI would say “Pretty basic just works” it was adjusted during construction of the house and as long as you don’t do any fundamental changes to ventilation system there is no need to readjust.
I live and own a passive house: Feel free to ask questions :)
Can you address any of the intuitive concerns around the air freshness and getting enough O2 and removing enough CO2 ?
How much is the air exchange process a complex active process that you need to monitor and maintain, or is it pretty basic and “just works”?
I would say “Pretty basic just works” it was adjusted during construction of the house and as long as you don’t do any fundamental changes to ventilation system there is no need to readjust.