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- Are Passive Houses cost-effective? @basics:affordability:investing_in_energy_efficiency
- fits should not be expected. The Passive House is more stable, more secure and more worthwhile than the alternative. Whoever wants “easy money” should try something else (... heaper; * this way it will be possible to gain more room height in the upper floor in spite of the sl
- Superior thermal protection is affordable @basics:affordability:investing_in_energy_efficiency
- elopment Loan Corporation,** the results are even more favourable. Improving the thermal protection mean... vings in energy costs. The table also shows that more is better: economising on the insulation thicknes... not pay off. Thicker insulation is only slightly more expensive; the greatest part of the investment co... .. In contrast, the additional costs incurred for more insulation are small, but only if it is applied r
- Economic feasibility of Passive House design
- form the energy efficient building envelope: * more and better thermal insulation layer * windows ... this intends to reduce energy costs and have some more investments in corresponding energy saving compon... ften misleading: better components which might be more expensive will have higher energy savings and thu... er. \\ In addition it turns out that already the more expensive bundle No 6 (PH1 as realized) comes wit
- Life cycle cost analysis of energy interventions in 18 reference buildings
- liable results for very well insulated buildings. Moreover, their studies report on only one possible re... figures. The conviction that conserving energy is more sustainable and cheaper by providing insulation t... e are some building types, however, for which the more effective renovation today combines rudimentary i... c panels oriented to the south, east or west, are more profitable. * It is necessary that the current
- Cost-effectiveness analysis @basics:affordability:investing_in_energy_efficiency
- his is only a current problem; in 2005 there were more than 25 hurricanes; in 2006, before reaching the ... hat the present above-trend prices will fall once more – the curve takes this into account. What kind o... /kWh) and the variable share of the system costs (more than 1.6 cents/kWh). In total, average future hea... duce the energy consumption by a factor of 4 (and more)**. Even that is cost-effective in relation to fu
- Economy and financing of efficiency: new buildings, renovation and step by step retrofit @basics:affordability:investing_in_energy_efficiency
- There are many methodological frameworks that fit more or less in this scheme: not all methods though fu... rate, residual values can easily be up to 30% or more of the original investment.\\ * Interest (disc... bishment with Passive house components looks even more advantageous. Shown costs = total energy relevant... equity. Therefore, often credits are needed, with more or less attractive boundary conditions and requir
- Investing in energy efficiency
- attractive in the light of rising energy prices. More about this topic can be found on the following pa