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- Zero-energy and zero heating energy houses
- ====== Zero-energy and zero heating energy houses ====== ===== Foreword ===== The very first zero-energy houses which were built in the 1970s required complicat... ystems. Today however, experience with low-energy houses has shown a more practical and easier approach: cost-efficient highly insulated houses without any heating systems, called Passive Hous
- Life Cycle energy balances, Embodied energy and the Passive House Standard
- energy balances, Embodied energy and the Passive House Standard ====== ===== Cumulated primary energy d... mption during the period of use in the low-energy house is about the same with 45% for each. Improvement ... city. * The heating consumption of the Passive House is so small due to the excellent thermal protecti... gy required for the construction of a new Passive House can thus be even less than that of ordinary new b
- Primary Energy Renewable PER
- mary energy (PE) (non-renewable) or * the greenhouse gas impact, indicated by CO<sub>2</sub>-equivalen... esently our main concern is the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the transition to a non-fossil-... .png?250|**Fig. 3: The same building as a Passive House: a winter gap remains but it uses much less ener... ig_4.png?250|**Fig. 4: In the case of the Passive House, the number of PV modules and the corresponding e
- Primary energy – quantifying sustainability
- rmful substances (e.g. CO<sub>2</sub>, other greenhouse gases), contamination of the water and soil (e.g.... esources. To have a measure for this, the passive house institute introduced the [[:certification:passive_house_categories:per|"primary energy renewable" PER]] a... s arising in the building, * thus also for the household electricity in a residential house (shown in
- Greenhouse effect and climate protection
- ====== Greenhouse effect and climate protection ====== Everyone is now aware that the Earth is "sufferin... t is now time to act, is sinking in. The Passive House Institute has always refrained from painting pict... r water and biodiversity...**//|\\ \\ The Passive House Institute doesn't need to add anymore to the info... ects of continuing and unchecked emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere can be tremendous and i
- Renewable sources of energy
- e issue of climate protection.//\\ \\ The Passive House is a perfect example for this: * more than a t... hird of the total energy consumption of a Passive House in a typical cool moderate climate can be covered by **hot water collectors** – because a Passive House requires more energy for the generation of hot wa... ignificantly to the supply of energy //in Passive Houses//. But let us be honest: The contribution of pho