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- Economic feasibility of Passive House design
- he idea behind the conception of energy efficient building design is to reduce energy consumption costs (and... nses e.g. for maintenance) during lifetime of the building significantly. But to get the savings, some extra... ment cost which are probably needed to get better building components to form the energy efficient building envelope: * more and better thermal insulation layer
- Life cycle cost analysis of energy interventions in 18 reference buildings
- analysis of energy interventions in 18 reference buildings ====== Representative averages or generally ... phase of considering improvements in an existing building, the decision makers involved often have no idea ... figures can be provided when tied to a particular building type. For example, all apartments of a particular... ced studies on the energy needs of representative buildings for some time. These were calculations based on
- Are Passive Houses cost-effective? @basics:affordability:investing_in_energy_efficiency
- e reduced because increased airtightness prevents building damage, the repair of which is much more expensiv... onsideration period has been set as 30 years; the building components used will function at least this long.... r\\ 30 years, there will be the “golden end“: the building loan will\\ have been paid off by then and the fa... by a factor of 4 when compared with “normal” new buildings. The more people decide in favour of energy-effi
- Economy and financing of efficiency: new buildings, renovation and step by step retrofit @basics:affordability:investing_in_energy_efficiency
- ====== Economy and financing of efficiency: new buildings, renovation and step by step retrofit ====== {{:pi... == Introduction ===== The economic assessment of buildings has to be based on life cycle costs. From the be... become a major issue in the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) of the European Union.\\ There ... Energy Efficiency ===== The overall longevity of buildings implies that short payback periods cannot be exp
- Factors that influence the energy balance and affordability of non-residential EnerPHit projects @basics:affordability:investing_in_energy_efficiency:economic_feasibility_of_passive_house_retrofits
- == Does it make sense to retrofit non-residential buildings with Passive House components if the buildings have a lot of internal heat sources ?===== Often, it is not possible (within reason) to retrofit buildings in compliance with the Passive House Standard fo... teria have been expanded to cover non-residential buildings. \\ A study [[basics:affordability:investing_in
- Superior thermal protection is affordable @basics:affordability:investing_in_energy_efficiency
- constructions**, walls, roofs, and other external building components are built up from scratch. As these co... ding, plaster or facing etc...\\ \\ Most existing buildings were built in the days when heating energy was m... eaper than it is nowadays. **The substance of the building is subject to constant changes including essentia... ance procedures and the modernisation of outdated buildings.** Each of these measures offers the opportunity
- Cost-effectiveness analysis @basics:affordability:investing_in_energy_efficiency
- riods in which a new construction or a modernised building will require heating energy, the average prices f... investment costs when compared with ordinary new buildings, which is why well thought out financing is impo