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- Airtightness and airtightness measurement @planning:refurbishment_with_passive_house_components:thermal_envelope
- es discomfort and heat losses because the heat cannot be recovered from air lost through building joint... lead to increased energy consumption. This should not be confused with __air__tightness that is being d... Pressure test results of old buildings that have not been modernised are often in the range between 3 ... in a building that needs to be refurbished. It is not known what effect this will have on the airtightn
- Step-by-step Retrofits towards EnerPHit Standard in social housing in Spain
- ent Situation ===== Refurbishment projects were not taken into account by the Spanish energy efficien... updated, and till now comfort and efficiency are not measured in the compulsory technical inspections ... f buildings in poor conditions. Their dwellers do not enjoy adequate comfort conditions or need a huge ... purchasing power of social housing owners, who cannot afford the cost of retrofit works, worsens the so
- Windows in a step-by-step retrofit
- , or a window may be in such bad shape that it cannot wait. If a façade is renovated, any windows renew... “in the meantime” will still be in good shape and not need retrofitting. In addition, building users may not wish to be bothered further. Often, there simply is not enough capital to do both things at once. Sometim
- Component Award 2016: Affordable ventilation solutions for retrofits
- act duct networks** Compact duct networks reduce not only pressure losses during operation but also th... of directed airflow. Here, fresh supply air flows not only from supply air rooms into extract air rooms... cific floor plan. Active overflow elements are another interesting option for air distribution (Figur... requiring high-quality insulation. The unit does not need a fancy case as long as it is quiet during o
- Overall retrofit plan for step-by-step retrofits to EnerPHit Standard
- for a more efficient heating system, which could not be installed for now. In other multi-family build... carried out one building side after the other or not all elements of one component are improved in one... components to indicate if a component is there or not. Enter “0” or “1” for “not existing” or “existing”, respectively, of the component and link the “activ
- Refurbishment with Passive House components - introduction
- If it is properly carried out, the facade\\ will not need to be renovated again for a long time.\\ Ret... talling, protection from weather etc. (this would not be profitable under any circumstances). That is w... the same level as the Passive House components is not only economical but also preferable in all aspect... measures are even more worthwhile in that case). Not only are the profits safe but they are also tax-f
- Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) in Step by Step Retrofitting Projects
- work extremely well in Mediterranean climates and not only in residential buildings. Moreover, EnerPHit... rgy efficiency of the obsolete buildings that did not follow the modernized patterns of sustainability.... ondition, the indoor and outdoor temperatures are not so steady. Therefore, there is a need of definin... ass can be used on glazing systems refurbishment. Not only does it produce free clean energy on site, b
- Economic analysis for the retrofit of a detached single family house to the EnerPHit standard
- ly electric. Figure 3 indicates that a CO2 tax is not a strong enough lever to shift towards efficiency... tion unit is placed in the building core and does not have the highest efficiency on the market. We est... same thickness, down to 0.021W/m.K. Windows could not be significantly improved under current market co... n and phEco of PHPP9. However, deep retrofits are not automatically cheaper than low energy alternative
- Step-by-step deep retrofit and building integrated façade/roof on a 'million program' house
- plying external insulation). Maintenance cost has not been investigated separately but it should be sim... with 14–16% efficiency will be used (Figure 3). Another advantage with thin film modules on the façade... les in place may have been a simpler solution, if not for the reason that FEM modelling showed that the... been created with the support of the EU, they do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European U
- Prospects for the modernisation of existing buildings using highly efficient components
- , in the case of existing buildings it is usually not possible to achieve the Passive House Standard at... nd technology available today. However, this may not even be necessary in the case of modernisations, ... there isn’t any reason why the existing system cannot continue to be used. On the contrary, the existin
- Floor Replacement: Svartbäcksvägen @planning:refurbishment_with_passive_house_components:thermal_envelope
- ent temperature is +15.3°C – which is high enough not to cause concern. ---- |//The sole responsib... been created with the support of the EU, they do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European U
- Improving thermal bridges and airtightness in existing buildings @planning:refurbishment_with_passive_house_components:thermal_envelope
- completely thermal bridge free implementation is not possible with justifiable effort (e.g. basement p... ndividual component layers to each other, it will not be possible to achieve an adequate standard of ai
- Insulation measures for the external envelope @planning:refurbishment_with_passive_house_components:thermal_envelope
- without insulation ("cosmetic refurbishment") is not efficient. The first column in the graphic in Fig