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Re:What went wrong with the Texas power grid? by Gwypaas on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @07:49PM (#26161114)
Nope, simply bad housing standards leading to no isolation. Passive houses work in the Scandinavia. This is coming from a Swede who lived for a while in Texan suburbia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_house

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Re:What went wrong with the Texas power grid? by falcolas on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @08:18PM (#26161375)
You can definitely get a passive house in the US; but it's fairly expensive and takes quite a bit of time to pay off.

It also requires somewhat specialized (read: niche and expensive) heating and cooling equipment, since there is so little air movement into and out of the house, and requires so little energy.

Oh, and ironically, when the power's out in a passive house, you need to open a window to ensure you don't over-humidify the house with your breath.

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Re:What went wrong with the Texas power grid? by bjoli on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @03:43AM (#26164143)
Just better building standards will get you a long way. I live in a house with rather poor energy rating by Swedish standards (E on an A to F scale), yet with 4 people and some sunshine we keep 75m2 (half the house) heated to 20c with -5c outside.
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