Library Lecture Series: Thorsten Chlupp See more about the lecture series and upcoming speakers here. Passive Houses in Alaska Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Thorsten Chlupp, local builder, will speak about the Passive House Performance Standard as applied to constructing superinsulated, net-zero-energy buildings for Alaska. For more information on Chlupp's green buildings and techniques, please see the following: talk held the next day for the Alaska Center for Appropriate Technology, Wasilla, April 21, 2011 articles in International Passive House Magazine Green Building Advisor: "A Passivhaus Design for Alaska's Frigid Climate," by Richard Defendorf Articles in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: "Builder uses solar power to heat Fairbanks home in the winter," by Molly Rettig "Cuting edge techniques keep Fairbanks home toasty with almost no fuel," by Molly Rettig Articles in The Ester Republic: "What's in a Passve House?" by Hans Mölders "Heating bills? What heating bills?" by Hans Mölders | |||||
Chlupp showing a schematic for the Drake Landing Solar Community (Okotoks, Alberta, Canada) during the April 20, 2011 lecture at Hartung Hall. Photo by Monique Musick. | |||||