#passive-thermal
6 articles · 18 raw sources · 5 inventory
52-home solar community in Okotoks, Alberta that achieved 97% solar fraction via seasonal borehole storage over 15+ years — then was decommissioned in 2024 when maintenance costs e…
Portable construction office trailers come standard on wheeled steel I-beam chassis with wood-frame walls (2x4 at 16" OC, R-21), making them better thermal stand-ins for residentia…
Factory production of container and modular buildings saves 10–20% over conventional construction at equivalent quality — a real but modest advantage. The value proposition for a p…
Peer-reviewed studies confirm 54–87% energy reduction in passive container retrofits, but summer overheating remains unsolved in the Passivhaus approach — the gap where Double Play…
Current cost data for the passive thermal competition: heat pumps average $15,393 installed nationally ($4,350/ton), while Passive House construction premiums have collapsed to 3.7…
First hard cost data for a Baer-style passive thermal system: Trombe walls cost ~$67/sqft installed with payback of 0.7–12.3 years depending on climate, a 2.1:1 benefit-cost ratio …
Inventory
Does the container prototype change the equation?
Is passive thermal cost-competitive today?
Could a demonstration neighborhood work?
What would a passive thermal business model look like?
Is the Solar Fools network a path to scale?
Raw sources
- Peer Effects in the Diffusion of Solar Photovoltaic Panels · 2026-10-27
- Drake Landing Solar Community: 17 Years of Operation and Decommissioning · 2026-10-27
- The Promise of Passive House Design: Adoption Trends and Policy Landscape · 2026-10-27
- A multidimensional assessment of passive container houses: Energy, emissions, and economics · 2026-10-27
- One-year performance assessment of a passive house container-based prototype · 2026-10-27
- Energy Service Agreements: Potential Big Kid in Town? · 2026-10-27
- BlocPower Faces Restructuring: Lessons for Residential Thermal-as-a-Service · 2026-10-27
- Peer Effects from Energy Efficiency Retrofits: Visibility Matters (Yassin 2023) · 2026-10-27
- Trombe Wall Economics — BRANZ Sustainable Construction Fact Sheet (2023) · 2026-10-27
- The Elusive Cost Savings of Prefabricated Homes — Construction Physics (2024) · 2026-10-27
- Shipping Container Conversion Cost Breakdown and Factory Economics (2026) · 2026-10-27
- Trombe Wall Case Study — GreenHome Institute: Design, Construction, and Cost ($67/sqft) · 2026-10-27
- Trombe Wall Payback Periods Across Climates — Multi-Study Synthesis · 2026-10-27
- Cooling as a Service (CaaS) — Business Model and Economics · 2026-10-27
- Heat Pump Installed Costs — EnergySage Marketplace Data (2026) · 2026-10-27
- Heat-as-a-Service in Action — WBCSD Insights from Early Projects · 2026-10-27
- Passive House Multifamily Reaches Cost Parity — Passive House Network Survey (2023) · 2026-10-27
- Passivhaus ROI Analysis — Construction Premium, Payback, and Resale Value · 2026-10-27