QuixoticgeekI don't think this is getting the coverage it needs. Scottish government to require passivhaus standard for all new build homes. This is big. Really big. Growing out of lessons from the 70's oil crisis. Passivhaus buildings use very little energy to heat, or to cool. We've known how to do this for decades. It's gross negligence from all western governments that the same is not true of all new builds in the developed world.
Tomek Modrzyński@quixoticgeek meanwhile everyone in Australia: 🥲
There are few requirements about energy efficiency wrt. heating/cooling here, and double glazed windows are unheard of. Instead of builders building efficient homes, the cost is passed onto someone living in there, as increased electricity cost.
FrancescaJ@modrzew @quixoticgeek yes, I seriously wish Aus governments had done this 30years ago! Our last house we rented was incredibly energy inefficient with unshaded windows facing North. Shouldn’t be allowed to build like it, and I see similar developments going up still!
@FrancescaJ @quixoticgeek oof, unshaded as in without even internal blinds?
@modrzew @quixoticgeek luckily it did have internal blinds, but one room got so hot even with that closed we basically didn’t use it in summer