{"id":89,"date":"2016-09-13T09:38:49","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T09:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.proclima.com\/int\/?p=89"},"modified":"2017-03-13T07:43:15","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T07:43:15","slug":"tom-oleary-thats-why-you-should-build-a-passive-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.proclima.com\/int\/2016\/09\/13\/tom-oleary-thats-why-you-should-build-a-passive-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom O&#8217;Leary: That\u00b4s why you should build a passive house"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_66569\"  width=\"1170\" height=\"658\"  data-origwidth=\"1170\" data-origheight=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/651PRCwSTRg?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tom O\u2019Leary built Ireland\u00b4s first certified Passive House. 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