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- Economy and financing of efficiency: new buildings, renovation and step by step retrofit @basics:affordability:investing_in_energy_efficiency
- ====== Economy and financing of efficiency: new buildings, renovation and step by step retrofit ====== {{:picopen:iee_.png?nolink}} [[http://europhit.eu|{{:picopen:europhit_logo.png?nolink}}]] \\ \\ Authors: Witta Ebel, Wolfgang Feis
- Greenhouse effect and climate protection @basics:energy_and_ecology
- effect and climate protection ====== Everyone is now aware that the Earth is "suffering from fever" –... e front page of a popular German newspaper on 5th November 2006. On 2nd February 2007 the IPCC (Inte... 2007" report. Slowly the realisation that it is now time to act, is sinking in. The Passive House I... of doom and gloom. The scientific community has known about these interactions since the late 70s: Ca
- Are Passive Houses cost-effective? @basics:affordability:investing_in_energy_efficiency
- Varying opinions about the Passive House abound, not only on the internet. It is still claimed by some that Passive Houses are not affordable. And others claim that a profit of ov... ts of a serious analysis, it suffices to say that none of these statements are correct. Under the pres... nd designed competently. But quick profits should not be expected. The Passive House is more stable, m
- The Passive House in summer
- concerning the laws of physics: **insulation does not "create" any additional heat**; it only reduces ... urope – where residential buildings typically did not require active cooling so far. This may change w... ehalf of G&H Ladenburg, ISORAST GmbH Taunusstein, Nordhessische Kalksandsteinwerke GmbH&Co; Rasch&Part... l for the optimisation. The basic model is clear enough while reflecting the zoning of the house and a
- Economic feasibility of Passive House design @basics:affordability
- \\ \\ \\ Author: Berthold Kaufmann \\ ====== Economic feasibility of Passive House design ====== ===== 1 Economic feasibility of Passive House Design and corresponding renovation bundles ===== To evaluate the economic feasibility of Passive House Design in general all re
- The Passive House – historical review
- e world, if buildings are "sensibly" constructed, no heating is required and neither is active cooling... e always been built there, although they weren't known as such. Bo Adamson (1990) was the first to cla... the mining of coal. However, in Iceland this was not possible. As we know, necessity is the mother of invention: the icelanders quickly found out that w
- Philips Experimental House Research 1974ff: Passive versus Active Measures in Europe & America @basics:the_passive_house_-_historical_review
- nceivable in the context of its core in-house technology, such as solar collectors, heat pumps, heat recovery units and other innovative energy supply devices - i.e. mainly “active... Balcomb et al. 1977, Lovins 1977. Interestingly enough, efficiency strategies for electrically operated homes served as another initial input (cf. Stoy 1973 and Hörster 2007
- Passive House and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Connecting an international building standard with global aims
- nd healthy environment for building users. * Economic and job creation: Boosting the economy by providing job opportunities across a spectrum of buildin... . * Education: Building capacity and spreading knowledge, both locally and internationally, by educa... nstruction on climate action. * Resilient and innovative buildings: Creating durable buildings, whic
- Passive House – the next decade | Determining application-specific PER factors @basics:passive_house_-_assuring_a_sustainable_energy_supply:passive_house_the_next_decade
- ations of a few days are less important((Author's note: Unlike what is frequently argued today, short-term storage is not the decisive issue here, since financially feasible technology is already available (pumped storage plants, etc.); it must "only" be expanded, and enough sites need to be found. The problem is, in fac
- Energy efficiency – the key to future energy supply
- relinquishing comfort. \\ Energy efficiency does not mean that one has to feel cold all the time. Im... the same time**. It is all about intelligent technology and not about having to forgo comfort.\\ \\ The potentials for better energy efficiency are much,... prise but has been demonstrated in practice, it's not a theoretical potential. Again: This is not a ty
- Internal heat capacity
- like the heat capacity, can only be observed with non-stationary processes and only using procedures w... ry conditions and influencing parameters that are not being investigated are kept to be identical; the... ated to at least 20 °C in winter, for example, is no different. But this assumption alone is not enough. For example, if temperatures of 25 °C (and more)
- Heating load in Passive Houses @basics:building_physics_-_basics
- , the heating demand in Passive Houses (typically no higher than 15 kWh/(m²a)) is negligible – only ab... x). \\ The specific values for heating loads are not identical with the ones for energy (measured in ... P> \\ A building whose maximum heating load does not exceed the available capacity of the supply air distribution system will no longer require other heat distribution pipes and
- Passive House – the next decade @basics:passive_house_-_assuring_a_sustainable_energy_supply
- ctors. For that reason alone, the frequently used nonrenewable primary energy demand will no longer be suitable for assessing buildings' energy efficiency... (could occur by 2060). Buildings constructed or renovated today will use this supply structure for the... ainable biomass (waste)// – is assumed. These technologies are already developed and available and are
- What is a Passive House?
- cological** at the same time.\\ Passive House is not a **brand name**, but a **construction concept**... than typical low-energy buildings((Of cousre you normally don't heat a passive hosue using oil. A sma... quality ventilation system: There is absolutely **no cutting back on comfort**; instead the level of c... ildings save energy and reduce greenhouse gases - not just a little but a great deal. And these saving
- Primary energy – quantifying sustainability @basics:energy_and_ecology
- e exact: * The total primary energy demand from non-renewable energy sources that is supplied to the... here are many environmental effects of the use of not renewable energy**: consumption of limited resou... mage to the environment etc. At the moment, it is not possible to weigh up the various effects against one another and to adjust the risks quantitatively in rel
- Special features and characteristics of components in contact with the ground @basics:building_physics_-_basics:thermal_bridges:tbcalculation:ground_contact
- Efficiency of household appliances and their impact on the primary energy demand of residential buildings @basics:passive_house_-_assuring_a_sustainable_energy_supply
- Introduction - Passive House buildings in different climates @basics:passive_houses_in_different_climates
- 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
- Exterior wall on floor slab @basics:building_physics_-_basics:thermal_bridges:tbcalculation:examples
- Recommended procedure for calculating thermal bridges of components in contact with the ground @basics:building_physics_-_basics:thermal_bridges:tbcalculation:ground_contact
- Software for calculating thermal bridges @basics:building_physics_-_basics:thermal_bridges:tbcalculation
- Life Cycle energy balances, Embodied energy and the Passive House Standard @basics:energy_and_ecology
- Basic principle for calculating thermal bridges @basics:building_physics_-_basics:thermal_bridges:tbcalculation
- Renewable primary energy demand in residential buildings with high energy intensity @basics:passive_house_-_assuring_a_sustainable_energy_supply
- Passive House – the next decade | Methodology @basics:passive_house_-_assuring_a_sustainable_energy_supply:passive_house_the_next_decade