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- Are Passive Houses cost-effective?
- 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
- 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
- Cost-effectiveness analysis
- 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
- 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