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- Thermal insulation
- asures. This principle is taken very seriously in Passive Houses – because quality insulation is a very aff... grated thermal protection#Detailed information on Passive House insulation|further information about therma... ful analysis]]. ===== The level of insulation in Passive Houses ===== U-values (thermal transmittance) of external walls, floor slabs and roof areas of Passive Houses range from 0.10 to 0.15 W/(m²K) (for Centr
- Insulation vs. thermal mass @planning:thermal_protection:thermal_protection_works
- ze. * And what happens when the heating in a Passive House breaks down? Even at minus temperatures, su... istically proved in random samples of hundreds of Passive Houses in contrast with ordinary constructions)) ... he heat radiation into the cold sky. However, the passive use of solar energy can be considerably increased... ns of complete buildings using Fourier's Law, the Passive House turns out to be a particularly energy-conse
- Types of glazing and their specific values @planning:thermal_protection:windows
- => The result is a "comfort window", also called "Passive House window" which reduces the annual heat losse... one also takes into account that the (cost-free) passive solar energy entering through the Passive House window almost compensates for the heat losses in winter, t... It is only by combining these two qualities that Passive Houses can be realised in cold climates such as t
- Windows
- ====== Windows ====== [{{ :picopen:passive_house_window_u.png?300|**Passive House windows allow for major energy savings and offer a superior level o... pecifically developed to meet the requirements of Passive Houses, are offered by an increasing number of ma... tureres across the globe. A list of PHI Certified Passive House windows can be found [[http://www.passiv.de
- Energy use for heating in a well insulated new building @planning:thermal_protection:thermal_protection_works
- ecorded in a highly insulated building, the first Passive House in Darmstadt-Kranichstein in Germany.\\ \\ ... oximately 10 kWh. * The data recorded in the Passive House in Darmstadt Kranichstein, on the other han... kWh per square metre of living space. This means: Passive Houses require less than 10% of the energy used b... uld be heated by a few candles.\\ \\ ===== Why do Passive Houses require so little energy for heating? ====
- PHI window certification: previous success and new climate zones @planning:thermal_protection:windows:window_certification
- ous success and new climate zones ====== ===== Passive House window certification: a success story ===== One of the problems when Passive House was just getting started was that there wer... construction site. To improve the situation, the Passive House Institute established a window certificatio... esent a lot of new opportunities. While the first Passive House buildings tended to stick to the classic pa
- Outdoor thermography @planning:thermal_protection:thermal_protection_works
- l image**//|\\ This image shows a member of the passive House Institute taking a thermal image. The camer... arup.de/29.html|Dr. Burkhard Schulze-Darup]]. The Passive House Institute provided guidance and quality ass... been published (see [[planning:refurbishment_with_passive_house_components|Refurbishment with Passive House components]]).\\ \\ |{{ :picopen:insulated_uninsu
- Comparison of in-situ measurements and hygrothermal simulations of four different interior insulation systems @planning:thermal_protection:thermal_protection_works:comparison_of_in_situ_measurements_and_hygrothermal_simulations_of_four_different_interior_insulation_systems
- otection works" [[phi_publications:international_passive_house_conference_contributions_4|List]] of all re... conference proceedings of the 18th International Passive House Conference 2014 in Aachen [[http://www.pas... uct/view/12/1455|Conference Proceedings]] of the 18th International Passive House Conference 2014 in Aachen
- Don’t save on the insulation
- isive factor for heat loss. Built and functioning Passive Houses are the best proof of that: they hardly re
- Thermal protection works
- ng" (available in German only) elaborated by the Passive House Institute. [[http://www.bbr.bund.de/nn_1127