BLOG: How a Passivhaus building handles heat in the summer

Tom Pakenham from Green Tomato Energy reflects on how with a little bit of occupant management, the past two summers in their Passivhaus retrofit at Lena Gardens have been a great success – the house has stayed cool and fresh, with minor instances of localised over-heating.

"All-in-all, while it is during the winter that the house really comes into its own, the good news is that it is a comfortable place to be even on those rare hot summer days," write Tom on the YouGen blog.

Read the full blog post on the YouGen blog here.

11th September 2012

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