Attached are two sketches illustrating what I aim to research for my thesis. Before active systems were integrated into buildings (most notably air conditioning), construction principles relied on passive heating and cooling strategies. What I am currently looking into is retrofitting homes that predate active systems with environmentally sustainable strategies. Implementing a wide scope of methods (solar, wind, hydro), these homes have the ability to maintain their passive capabilities while simultaneously providing active heating and cooling systems for the extremes of the climate. The end goal is to create a zero energy retrofitted home, with minimized carbon emissions.
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