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- Are Passive Houses cost-effective?
- nsulation (0.032 W/(mK)); the external wall will therefor be only 370 mm thick and thus thinner than the... is better to keep the reference areas the same.** Here, we have actually increased the area a little, bu... p>-1</sup> can be achieved** with this approach. There are no extra costs associated with this – in fact... ality, airtight external envelope; besides that, there is the additional benefit of health living condit
- Economy and financing of efficiency: new buildings, renovation and step by step retrofit
- ldings Directive (EPBD) of the European Union.\\ There are many methodological frameworks that fit more ... ther costs or revenues will occur at demolition. Therefore, life cycle costs of buildings mostly include... onomic factors too). In a perfect capital market there is only one interest rate (= price of capital). I... te later revenues, thus the upfront investments. Therefore, the choice of an adequate interest rate is i
- Cost-effectiveness analysis
- ly characterised by great fluctuations. However, there is also a clear upward trend, as shown by the reg... e moment this is only a current problem; in 2005 there were more than 25 hurricanes; in 2006, before rea... ercome in the medium term; but in the long term, there will be an overall capacity limit, see "peak oil"... e future (see Fig. 1) ==== Thus we venture that there will be a continuation of the average energy pric
- Superior thermal protection is affordable
- hy it is correct to apply a life cycle assessment here. * In order to avoid speculations about the en... t medium-sized businesses; the businesses located here have a high concentration of employment, so that ... mobilisation of the economic potentials as shown here will have a significant employment effect.\\ \\ G... 005**; The full version of the study can be found here, in German: {{:picopen:wirtschaftlichkeit_waermed
- 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
- tc.). In early 2010, the Passive House Institute therefore rolled out the EnerPHit standard for retrofit... idges in old buildings. The EnerPHit standard is therefore especially applicable to office buildings wit... insulation will admittedly be somewhat lower if there are great internal heat sources, but the investme... when the internal heat sources reach 12 W/m² is there little difference between the two standards (Figu