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- Are Passive Houses cost-effective? @basics:affordability:investing_in_energy_efficiency
- others claim that a profit of over "200,000 Euro" can be made with a single-family Passive House. Anti... he roof will have to met some 0.12 W/(m²K), which can be achieved in a lot of different ways and what w... floor areas result. Since the value of such areas can be set to be high or low and this has very little... orresponding to n<sub>50</sub>=0.4 h<sup>-1</sup> can be achieved** with this approach. There are no ex
- Economy and financing of efficiency: new buildings, renovation and step by step retrofit @basics:affordability:investing_in_energy_efficiency
- y of buildings implies that short payback periods cannot be expected; they are not good indicators sinc... theory, economic activities aim at profits which can only be valuated in comparison with alternatives.... s (classification: risk; a subjective assessment can involve non-economic factors too). In a perfect c... ion period and the discount rate, residual values can easily be up to 30% or more of the original inves
- Economic feasibility of Passive House design
- intenance) during lifetime of the building significantly. But to get the savings, some extra investment... built construction. The energy-cost savings then can be used to finance the extra investment cost whic... 1 for several variants of renovation a building – can be added up easily. [{{ :picopen:full_life_cycl... ingle family home**.}}] The reduced energy costs can be calculated easily with energy balance calculat
- Superior thermal protection is affordable @basics:affordability:investing_in_energy_efficiency
- mponents are assembled, **additional insulation** can be applied **without incurring extra costs** for ... requirements. Again, thermal insulation measures can be combined with the maintenance measures which a... have changed fundamentally; for example, a significantly higher average energy price must be assumed to... rice for each kilowatt hour (kWh) of energy saved can be determined in this way. For all individual mea
- Investing in energy efficiency
- ht of rising energy prices. More about this topic can be found on the following pages. Improved energy efficiency can be applied everywhere. Efficiency can be improved wherever services requiring energy are being provided. These measures can be carried out together with new acquisitions or
- Life cycle cost analysis of energy interventions in 18 reference buildings
- a of the required investment and the returns that can be expected. Measurements with the lowest investm... nt. While approximations, fairly reliable figures can be provided when tied to a particular building ty... bills of about 1*, 2* or …6*. Figures like these can greatly facilitate the choice between these level... rding to the Passive House Standard in most cases can be realised against the same costs with regard to
- Cost-effectiveness analysis @basics:affordability:investing_in_energy_efficiency
- rities tended to agree that what may not be, that cannot be. High energy prices are not exactly a stimu... ks in Iraq - //is this just a "current problem"? –can anyone guarantee safety in the future? // * In... his will be the main driving force.// * 4 hurricanes within 6 weeks (in 2004)-// at the moment this ... ent problem; in 2005 there were more than 25 hurricanes; in 2006, before reaching the American mainland