Mannion Passive House Builders Ltd has recently diversified into the building of passive homes. Passive houses are houses that are so well insulted that a conventional heating system is not required. The passive house will heat and cool itself. It is eco-friendly, has lower heating bills and is more comfortable than the standard house. With all of these advantages it has to be the future method of construction for all. 

You may ask how is all of this possible? The solution is available at Mannion Passive House Builders Ltd where they combine a number of components together to create an energy-efficient building with year-round comfort. The first of these necessary components is super insulation i.e. the passive house has extremely well insulated walls, windows, roof and floor areas. The insulation of a passive home is substantially better than the standard house in Ireland. This super insulation is combined with an excellent level of air tightness; this basically means that virtually no draughts can sneak into the house via window frames, walls or joints. Combined with all of this is a heat recovery ventilation system which works by extracting air from rooms that produce heat, moisture and odours (e.g. kitchen and bathroom), it is then passed through a heat exchanger so that the heat is transferred to a separate incoming stream of fresh air. The result is that any fresh air entering the house is now heated. Passive houses have a southern orientation and passive windows which are triple glazed are also used. All of these components produce low energy, zero carbon passive homes. 

Mannion Passive House Builders Ltd can offer a complete passive house building package. A consultant will travel to you, discuss your project, inspect your site and access your plans. Using PHPP software a full costing of a project can be given within two weeks or less. 

So if it is building a new passive house from scratch or renovating an existing dwelling to make it more energy efficient and economical Mannion Passive House Builders Ltd can provide a hands-on, professional and personal service at a competitive price to all of its clients. 

www.passive-house-builders.com 




Author's Biography: 

Cyril Mannion owns Manx Construction Ltd, passive house construction company in Co. Galway in Ireland 


Posted on: September 9,2009