Kippen is a conservation village in Stirlingshire, Scotland, a short drive from Stirling. Its streets are lined with older stone houses, and new buildings there are closely watched. A modern timber house on a plot behind existing homes has to fit in without copying its neighbors. Passivhaus is a voluntary building standard that emphasizes low energy consumption through heavy insulation and airtightness with controlled ventilation. The certification is given after an independent verification of both the design and the completed building. It is uncommon for architects to build their own Passivhaus home for their family, let alone do the work themselves.
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