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- Are Passive Houses cost-effective? @basics:affordability:investing_in_energy_efficiency
- 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 @basics:affordability:investing_in_energy_efficiency
- 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 @basics:affordability:investing_in_energy_efficiency
- 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
- Economic feasibility of Passive House design
- are usually not necessary and not commonly used. Therefore no energy costs or savings for (active) cooli... ble LEB was available to get invoiced cost data. Therefore costs were estimated according to data from l... sts for energy saving components for the LEB are therefore only about 240 €/m² TFA and thus the differen... nsumption costs during lifetime of the building. Therefore the documentation of 'total lifecycle costs'
- Superior thermal protection is affordable @basics:affordability:investing_in_energy_efficiency
- 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
- Life cycle cost analysis of energy interventions in 18 reference buildings
- ment for the wide deployment of deep renovation. There are some building types, however, for which the m... . * Not using natural gas is only possible if there is sufficient room for solar panels. * Solar c... Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.//| \\ \\
- Investing in energy efficiency
- Improved energy efficiency can be applied everywhere. Efficiency can be improved wherever services requiring energy are being provided. These measures can b