Yes, it is a trick question; they both are Passive Houses.
One, the Beattie Passive new build, looks very much like the neighbouring houses in Inchkeith Drive, Dunfermline, Scotland. The other does not really have neighbours. It is the the Monte-Rosa hut build 2883m high in the Swiss Alps. By the way, the hut is cladded with aluminium, but the inside is all timber. The Fife Housing Association was looking for a different solution than the "Schweizer Alpenclub" (SAC), but both got what they wanted. So the not very subtle message is: every house can be a Passive House (almost). CN
Beattie Passive House in Five: http://www.beattiepassiveprojects.com/fife/index.html
Monte-Rosa hut: http://www.section-monte-rosa.ch/cabanes_4.htm
Monte-Rosa video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEL7SEJFMpM&feature=topics
One, the Beattie Passive new build, looks very much like the neighbouring houses in Inchkeith Drive, Dunfermline, Scotland. The other does not really have neighbours. It is the the Monte-Rosa hut build 2883m high in the Swiss Alps. By the way, the hut is cladded with aluminium, but the inside is all timber. The Fife Housing Association was looking for a different solution than the "Schweizer Alpenclub" (SAC), but both got what they wanted. So the not very subtle message is: every house can be a Passive House (almost). CN
Beattie Passive House in Five: http://www.beattiepassiveprojects.com/fife/index.html
Monte-Rosa hut: http://www.section-monte-rosa.ch/cabanes_4.htm
Monte-Rosa video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEL7SEJFMpM&feature=topics