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- Step-by-step Retrofits towards EnerPHit Standard in social housing in Spain
- ority of owners. Furthermore, it is very common that the owners make improve¬ments in their dwelling or replace components at a certain point in time. These changes coexist wi... works, unexpected situations frequently appear that require making a decision on the fly. Moreover, t... is deficient. Usually, no quality control is done at the end of the works, not even when these works a
- Overall retrofit plan for step-by-step retrofits to EnerPHit Standard
- rted within EuroPHit, 11 case study projects with at least one retrofit step have been completed by Ap... f the renewal and efficiency improvement of the flat roofs of only a section of the whole school build... rify the possibility to achieve EnerPHit Standard at the final completion. The pre-certificate provide... building owners and planners with the security that the standard being aimed for will actually be ach
- Component Award 2016: Affordable ventilation solutions for retrofits
- key to widespread residential ventilation with heat recovery ===== Seventy percent of the building s... Germany was constructed before 1989. Solutions that are easy to integrate in such buildings will be c... providing high-quality ventilation systems with heat recovery in the growing retrofit market. The conc... in the long run if controlled ventilation with heat recovery becomes more affordable. ===== 2. Aspec
- Airtightness and airtightness measurement @planning:refurbishment_with_passive_house_components:thermal_envelope
- use discomfort for occupants and there are high heat losses. That is why airtightness standards have been set for many years and why we still have them in... rrent regulations. It is still widely beleived that poor airtightness ensures good ventilation in dwe... tial drafts in poorly airtight old buildings even at moderate wind speeds but during periods of mild a
- Economic analysis for the retrofit of a detached single family house to the EnerPHit standard
- ly air ducts, and added a ventilation unit with heat recovery in the basement. New electric heaters ha... l cost than the low-energy variant (see Figure 2) at €6500/a. The actualised payback period of the Ene... ot water are fully electric. Figure 3 indicates that a CO2 tax is not a strong enough lever to shift t... on a similar window type (left), supply only vs heat recovery ventilation (right)}}] The Comparison w
- Step-by-step deep retrofit and building integrated façade/roof on a 'million program' house
- y effects of installing building integrated solar at the same time as achieving the last steps of a st... use Standard. The scope of the project includes that the existing concrete façade will be externally i... and demand controlled ventilation coupled to a heat recovery unit and vacancy sensor based lighting w... 1, 2]. Needless to say, these buildings are in great need of renovation today, and that poses both a c
- Windows in a step-by-step retrofit
- ctice, windows and façades are seldom retrofitted at the same time, even though doing so would save co... n tenants, or a window may be in such bad shape that it cannot wait. If a façade is renovated, any win... re simply is not enough capital to do both things at once. Sometimes, the ownership community can only... -by-step retrofits”, the focus was on solutions that are as affordable and functional as possible over
- Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) in Step by Step Retrofitting Projects
- iding greater acoustic and thermal insulation and at the same time producing clean energy on site. T... the energy efficiency of the obsolete buildings that did not follow the modernized patterns of sustain... use radiation. Then, a-Si technology is the one that offers the best result in terms of kWh/kWp instal... s is an alternative solution for external walls that is composed of an insulation material in the inne
- Refurbishment with Passive House components - introduction
- ]], and the special aspects of building facades that are worth preserving were dealt with in the 32rd ... erature|[Peper,Grove-Smith,Feist 2009] ]]).//| \\ At each step of the refurbishment the question that should be asked is: which alternative is more “worth... s to be done, it should be properly done! To stop at moderate insulation would be a waste of money. It
- Improving thermal bridges and airtightness in existing buildings @planning:refurbishment_with_passive_house_components:thermal_envelope
- ign – i.e. optimising the details to the extent that the thermal bridge addition becomes smaller or eq... in the case of modernisations of old buildings? That is highly desirable, because moisture damage due ... Fig. 1 shows a section through an old building that is to be modernised. The additional uninterrupted... idges: * Masonry projecting out of the envelope at the knee wall * Wood beam ceilings as intermed
- Prospects for the modernisation of existing buildings using highly efficient components
- full use of innovative technology like compact heat pump units for example, a high standard of therma... ot possible to achieve the Passive House Standard at reasonable cost by means of the procedures and te... cial spaces involved usually have a functioning heat distribution system (usually based on hot water p... ibution losses and enables the efficient use of heat generation variants like condensing boilers and h
- Floor Replacement: Svartbäcksvägen @planning:refurbishment_with_passive_house_components:thermal_envelope
- ater installation of a MVHR system, will ensure that there is no danger from the radioactive gas in th... g to an acceptable minimum. This helps to avoid heat loss and condensation (which in turn may damage t... t, the (static model) minimum surface temperature at -10°C ambient temperature is +15.3°C – which is h... European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.
- Insulation measures for the external envelope @planning:refurbishment_with_passive_house_components:thermal_envelope
- ity ....**|| \\ On the other hand, the question that arises in connection with step-by-step modernisat