I have a questionnaire related to Passivhaus - would any of you in this or related work be interested in answering ten questions (some of which may help you think about your own practice).
I'm working on achieving a better fit between Passivhaus and related design (also at industrial / commercial scale). Despite Passivhaus being a step change in building performance their gardens and landscapes are the same as conventional; a huge lost opportunity as to want Passivhaus means the client can think ecologically and holistically.
Features / considerations would include:
• Using plants to deplete local CO2 for air-intake (plant science and orchard related)
• Manipulating tree shelter to split fog, rain and snow for better stormwater control (exploiting isotopic forms of water).
• Planting-integrated PV arrays and wastewater/septic fields (selected low, and shallow-rooting plants)
• Careful planted shading to control decrement delay..., (also manipulating when a plants leaves fall)
and promoting a deeper level of landscape than most clients are willing to consider e.g. wildfire planning (no one is doing despite drastic changes in wildfire behaviour).
I have a background in plant science, ecology and industrial ecology and facilities maintenance as well as landsape architecture and management.
I'f I get any feedback I'll put the questions up here, or on my blog.