Designing Ecohouses for Irkutsk: an Ecohouse Designed on the Basis of Thermal Core and Buffer Zone

Authors

  • Anna Zarubina
  • Alisa Saushkina

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7480/projectbaikal.49.1071

Published

2016-08-02

Issue

No. 49 (2016): nature in the city

Section

Short reviews

How to Cite

Designing Ecohouses for Irkutsk: an Ecohouse Designed on the Basis of Thermal Core and Buffer Zone. (2016). Project Baikal, 13(49), 158-159. https://doi.org/10.7480/projectbaikal.49.1071

Keywords:

ecohouse, sustainable architecture, green building, energy-efficient house, frame house building

Abstract

The article features the principles of ecohouse design. The two ecohouses described in the article are designed for climatic conditions of Irkutsk, basing on the combination of thermal core and buffer zones, and using prefabricated units as well as local building materials.