Fulltext results:
- Greenhouse effect and climate protection @basics:energy_and_ecology
- act, is sinking in. The Passive House Institute has always refrained from painting pictures of doom and gloom. The scientific community has known about these interactions since the late 70s... here in large quantities. Rainfall and vegetation has washed out and bound this CO<sub>2</sub> in the c... ions of years ago i.e. the atmosphere.\\ \\ ** It has long been known that this increase in CO<sub>2</s
- The Passive House in summer
- such passive summer performance of Passive Houses has clearly shown that these houses have a pleasant (... ned more easily. This PHI Summer Case procedure has been documented in the Protocol Volume. Since 2000 the procedure has been included in the form of [[:a_simplified_me... eristics of the model. The model with seven zones has been described in detail ([[Basics:Summer#Literat
- Zero-energy and zero heating energy houses @basics:energy_and_ecology
- Today however, experience with low-energy houses has shown a more practical and easier approach: cost-... ainst this background, the energy-autarchic house has also become feasible - although the effort is sti... ncements are expected.\\ \\ Considerable progress has been made in the short time since the first Passi... zero is a very demanding one, and up till now it has only been achieved in a few costly pilot projects
- Energy efficiency – the key to future energy supply
- fort. \\ Energy efficiency does not mean that one has to feel cold all the time. Improved efficiency m... so, comfort. This insight is often a surprise but has been demonstrated in practice, it's not a theoret... duced to //one tenth// of the value it originally has been. \\ \\ ===== The Passive House is an ideal... restricting driving comfort – a good electric car has such a high efficiency) * With an LCD monitor
- Internal heat capacity
- ngs and the calculations carried out using DYNBIL has been published in [[Basics:Internal heat capacity... es as little as 1°C above the setpoint. This also has an influence on the heating energy consumption: I... diagram belongs to a simulation calculation that has been carried out. The simulations shown here wer... nditions, for example, the internal heat capacity has a higher significance in a school building due to
- The Passive House – historical review
- energy efficient buildings. Dr. Bernd Steinmüller has been engaged again in research on efficient build... n the requirements for energy-efficient buildings has been done and prototypes of new building componen... 14). The measured energy consumption for heating has remained less than 10 kWh/(m²a) since 1991, the s... are higher than 90%. Very good indoor air quality has always been monitored, and the high level of ther
- Economy and financing of efficiency: new buildings, renovation and step by step retrofit @basics:affordability:investing_in_energy_efficiency
- ction ===== The economic assessment of buildings has to be based on life cycle costs. From the beginni... ("cost optimal level") based on life cycle costs has become a major issue in the Energy Performance of... y boundary data very carefully. Special attention has to be paid to all estimations of future data, in ... case, the residual value of the basic investment has to be added to the extra energy efficiency invest
- Passive House – the next decade | Determining application-specific PER factors @basics:passive_house_-_assuring_a_sustainable_energy_supply:passive_house_the_next_decade
- the prevailing attitude. Seasonal storage, which has also turned out to be essential (such storage has no location problems, since there is already suffici... tuation is different when an application's demand has significant seasonal fluctuations, such as when h... primary power sources (wind turbines, etc.) then has nowhere to go – unless this excess power is sent
- Passive House and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Connecting an international building standard with global aims
- selected from the original list of 17. As the UN has subcategorised multiple targets and indicators un... rbon dioxide owing to the fresh air supply, which has been shown to support students’ concentration in ... the order of magnitude: A Passive House new build has around 90% reduced heating demand compared with the existing German building stock. This data has been proved through statistically significant emp
- Economic feasibility of Passive House design @basics:affordability
- ly. But to get the savings, some extra investment has to be done when doing the renovation or new built... ovation or new built, respectively. To do so PHPP has been accomplished with a financial calculation to... advantage with respect to cost transparency, but has some risk, e.g. rising construction costs during ... ectly with the maximum power. In addition the LEB has higher costs for heating system as each room has
- Heating load in Passive Houses @basics:building_physics_-_basics
- f the energy used in conventional buildings. This has been verified time and again in field measurement... th criterion). At 21°C and standard pressure, air has a heat capacity of 0.33 Wh/(m<sup>3</sup>K). Fres... rs just before the oil crisis: the heating system has to be accurately dimensioned even though the resu... ocedure, for which the use of exterior dimensions has become established. \\ ===== Problems calculat
- What defines thermal bridge free design? @basics:building_physics_-_basics
- tely included in the regular window U-value, this has already been applied in the PHPP and makes for le... articular category of connection details, it only has to be verified once in advance that the //**[TbCrit]**// criterion has been met. This can be done, for example, by calcu... ich the principle of “thermal bridge free design” has already been applied. There are complete catalog
- Life Cycle energy balances, Embodied energy and the Passive House Standard @basics:energy_and_ecology
- ve. Please note: in this diagram, the zero-point has been suppressed. The given value of 44 kWh/m² is ... he energy saved during the whole life cycle; this has been confirmed by other authors in independent ve... ===== Notes: ===== - This brief online summary has been compiled from the article {{:picopen:primary... ost-efficient Passive Houses**. - **The data** has **not changed significantly **since the original
- Primary energy – quantifying sustainability @basics:energy_and_ecology
- ion.** Incidentally, this quantification approach has also become increasingly popular with other autho... ories:per|"primary energy renewable" PER]] method has been developed for. //\\ \\ |{{ :picopen:primaere... ating demand even further**, as the Passive House has only a small heating demand. From the environment... ding.\\ \\ ==== Embodied energy ==== Grey energy has not been dealt with here. Of course, energy expen
- Are Passive Houses cost-effective? @basics:affordability:investing_in_energy_efficiency
- such areas can be set to be high or low and this has very little to do with the construction costs, th... ld be installed. The concept for air distribution has been redesigned (see __**Fig. 3 and 4**__).\\ \\ ... ls as described above, the Passive House Standard has already been achieved. **The existing heating** (... tion" ESH50/Passivhaus low-interest loan**, which has a 100% pay-out and interest rate of only 2.10% (l
- Efficiency of household appliances and their impact on the primary energy demand of residential buildings @basics:passive_house_-_assuring_a_sustainable_energy_supply
- Exterior wall on floor slab @basics:building_physics_-_basics:thermal_bridges:tbcalculation:examples
- Introduction - Passive House buildings in different climates @basics:passive_houses_in_different_climates
- Philips Experimental House Research 1974ff: Passive versus Active Measures in Europe & America @basics:the_passive_house_-_historical_review
- Special features and characteristics of components in contact with the ground @basics:building_physics_-_basics:thermal_bridges:tbcalculation:ground_contact