About ten years ago I picked up some free old magazines from the Friend Shop bookstore at the local library. Someone had donated them and they were passing them along.
The magazine title was New Shelter, with the magazine being published by Rodale Press at the time of issue.
In one issue it told of an upstate New York builder that built homes without furnaces in them as there was no need for one. Instead he reallocated the furnace money to tighter building techniques and much more insulation. I tend to remember that he used R-50 in the sidewalls and R-90 in the attic.
At the moment I can't think what the heat is called, but the homes being built were heated only from the heat from baths, showers, water heater, refrigerator, lamps, range, body heat, etc. The homes were so energy efficient that was all that was needed.
If this can be done in upstate New York where it gets really cold why can't AND ISN'T it done everywhere where there is heating or cooling needs?
I'm sure that air to air heat recovery ventilators would be a must to prevent too much humidity and for fresh air.
IF I ever build a new home or retrofit an old one it will definitely be super-insulated.
I also desire remote compressors for refrigerator and freezer with the heat being used to heat the domestic hot water supply, aided by solar.
"Zero energy homes" is what one should aim for. That is a good search term to use to read about such for starters.
I sure wish Rodale Press would start publication of New Shelter again. I think it may be needed more now than back in the 1980s.
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