{"id":26264,"date":"2020-01-14T15:17:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T15:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/?p=26264"},"modified":"2020-01-14T15:17:29","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T15:17:29","slug":"heat-loss-form-factor-and-mayo-rural-houses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/heat-loss-form-factor-and-mayo-rural-houses\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat Loss Form Factor and #Mayo #Rural #Houses"},"content":{"rendered":"
I wrote THIS POST<\/a> yesterday that explained that a more ‘simpler’ form will result in a building that is less expensive to heat.<\/p>\n I also presented a paper & poster at the Passivhaus Conference in Munich in 2018 where I analysed the Heat Loss Form Factor of a traditional Irish cottage and compared it to a ‘planning friendly’, contemporary version. You can read more about the conference paper HERE<\/a><\/p>\n So let’s look a little deeper into how minimising the Heat Loss Form Factor is actually encouraged by Councils across Ireland and especially the ones I work in with Mayo, Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim and Sligo…<\/p>\n