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- Greenhouse effect and climate protection
- 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... iers.\\ \\ |{{ :picopen:see_eis_wf.gif }}|//**The northern polar region (image by NASA): a thermometer
- Primary energy – quantifying sustainability
- 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... e energy sources and energy efficiency, there are no risks of this magnitude** - at least, as long as
- Primary Energy Renewable PER
- ment of buildings are: * Primary energy (PE) (non-renewable) or * the greenhouse gas impact, in... greenhouse gas emissions and the transition to a non-fossil-based energy supply, which will take plac... r life cycles than just the transition phase to a non-fossil based society and hence they will also be... ment methods suggest this, but obviously, this is not the case. Renewable energy must be generated, de
- Zero-energy and zero heating energy houses
- down to zero is a very demanding one, and up till now it has only been achieved in a few costly pilot ... zero-energy house is technically possible, it is not yet implementable in terms of affordability.\\ \... ar**. Even on the coldest of days there should be no need for auxiliary heating in such a house.\\ \\ ... climate this is financially unjustifiable: it is not possible to recover any further investments any
- Life Cycle energy balances, Embodied energy and the Passive House Standard
- to the excellent thermal protection that there is no need for a separate heating system. The energy re... ximum heat load, the heating surfaces (steel) are now smaller. * For this house, the Passive House ... d with, resulting in a peak in the curve. Please note: in this diagram, the zero-point has been suppr... ugh efficient use of materials**; but this should not be at the expense of increasing operating energy
- Renewable sources of energy
- nefficient houses with high consumption values is no more than a "fig leaf"; but Passive House efficie... l be: * less burden on social funds (through noticeably increased employment) * additional t