The Eco houses on http://www.riko-hise.si look great …. but for scandinavia. I am wondering ..and I am only new here and not an architect , but what Ideas are going around for Irish solutions to house design that suit our landscape and climate and start to address all the issues of energy efficiency and are also cost efficient. Yes I know the one off house argument etc. We have to live somewhere. I love the modern modular houses here is a link that has some……http://mocoloco.com/archives/cat_architecture.php……some very funky stuff ……may have problems with planning . I like the idea of the “off the grid house”
below is link to solar decathalon
http://www.eere.energy.gov/solar_decathlon/homes_gallery.html