The Global Community for Sustainable Energy Professionals
In this webcast, Erwin Mlecnik from the Belgian Passive House Platform introduces the subject. Passive Houses reduce final demand for heat by a factor of 10, and total energy consumption by a factor of 6. They represent one of the largest and most promising concepts to contribute significantly to sustainable energy. The webcast defines the Passive House concept, and introduces its principles. A few practical examples are given, and references to further information are introduced.
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Please have a look at the web site: web.mac.com/wwilbert1
This building system offers the structural support in any form and shape, to compliment most of the sustainable building types today. It was used for example for straw bale buildings.
This technology was awarded with the "Industrial Champion Award 2006" by the Canadian Wood Council together with the Alberta WoodWorks.
Please see the "Update" on top of the web site, and go to the newest written article at the Builders Choice Magazine.
Thank you.
Wolf
Passive Houses also are being adapted to hot climates since several years. In center and southern Italy, first Passive Houses have been built from 2007 on. In Spain, there are different initiatives to introduce this standard, but economical crisis is decelarating this proces. Also a lot of architects and engineers in southern countries think that Passive Houses don't fit to Mediterranean culture, and that this standard, coming from central-Europe, is technicaly not suitable for hotter regions. Nevertheless, Passive House Institute and TBZ-Institute from Italy has proven the opposite. Theoretic studies as well as practical examples has shown a very high performance of Passive Houses in hot climate. A recent renovation of a residential building in Barcelone which we've designed in 2011 with Passive House components has shown also the very high satisfaction of the user in such a building, as Passive House is not only a guarantee for a extremly reduced energy-bill, but also a building standard with very high thermal comfort.