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- 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
- Economy and financing of efficiency: new buildings, renovation and step by step retrofit @basics:affordability:investing_in_energy_efficiency
- step by step retrofit ====== {{:picopen:iee_.png?nolink}} [[http://europhit.eu|{{:picopen:europhit_logo.png?nolink}}]] \\ \\ Authors: Witta Ebel, Wolfgang Feis... frameworks that fit more or less in this scheme: not all methods though fulfil the requirement of ref... ajor distortions are assignment of costs that are not related to energy efficiency, underestimation of
- Economic feasibility of Passive House design
- built construction, the economic feasibility can now be evaluated easily by comparing the full height... rgy savings are accounted for in this section. So not only building envelope components, but also buil... (passive cooling) in summer. Cooling in summer is not accounted in this section, because in Germany an... Central Europe active cooling systems are usually not necessary and not commonly used. Therefore no en
- Life cycle cost analysis of energy interventions in 18 reference buildings
- building, the decision makers involved often have no idea of the required investment and the returns t... inancially and otherwise optimal measurements are not taken into account. While approximations, fairly... he national Dutch calculation programme that does not provide reliable results for very well insulated... avings due to poor insulation) and the study does not indicate the potentials of the optimal energy sa
- Cost-effectiveness analysis @basics:affordability:investing_in_energy_efficiency
- elevant authorities tended to agree that what may not be, that cannot be. High energy prices are not exactly a stimulus for the economy. This possibility ... Production capacities are declining in Europe and North America - //this trend is set to increase in t... n China - //this is just the beginning; and it is not only China's demand that is increasing. In the l
- 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
- influence the energy balance and affordability of non-residential EnerPHit projects ====== ===== Does it make sense to retrofit non-residential buildings with Passive House compone... lot of internal heat sources ?===== Often, it is not possible (within reason) to retrofit buildings i... ertification criteria have been expanded to cover non-residential buildings. \\ A study [[basics:affo
- Superior thermal protection is affordable @basics:affordability:investing_in_energy_efficiency
- s when heating energy was much cheaper than it is nowadays. **The substance of the building is subject... each case that was studied**, if the component is not already insulated; e.g. whenever scaffolding is ... ng on the insulation thickness in particular does not pay off. Thicker insulation is only slightly mor... these measures are even lower than the costs for normal fossil fuels. The value creation due to therm
- Investing in energy efficiency
- icient technologies]]: from the 1.5 litre car and notebook technology to the extremely energy saving r... estment. Whether this investment is worthwhile or not, needs to be examined in each individual case. I... developed and many of the established methods are now becoming quite attractive in the light of rising