Post #3393916

2026-06-24 20:45 UTC

@gnate@ohai.social @girlonthenet@mastodon.social the Germans developed the passive house standard, where you have a highly insulated house which uses heat exchangers to keep the internal temperature constant without any active heating at all. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_house The technique has been around for quite a few years but is constantly ignored by politicians.

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@gnate@ohai.social 2026-06-24 20:59

@drajt@fosstodon.org @girlonthenet@mastodon.social Ah neat! Thanks for sharing that. I wasn't aware that Passive House was a specific term. I'm all for seeing more of these, but I let go of hope for living in one. As it is, the "new" house I'm in is only 60 years old instead of 140. I imagine careful design is necessary with such airtightness, considering potential for CO2 buildup. (It's also seems there's some leeway in the passive vs active terminology that added to my confusion. "Passive" can still use >0 energy.)

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@emmohamed123456@mastodon.social 2026-06-24 21:22

@drajt@fosstodon.org @gnate@ohai.social @girlonthenet@mastodon.social Solar energy is better than electricity... I wish I had one... because there's no electricity here.

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