Passive House Style Scandinavian
Seattle s palatine passive house consumes 90 less energy.
Passive house style scandinavian. The ventilation system for a standard scandinavian homes ltd. Cold australian houses vs warm scandinavian passive houses june 17. A fundamental rule in passive house design is to keep the shape of buildings simple because complicated shapes inevitably bring about a larger outside wall area exposed to the weather and hence to heat losses. For that reason you will see that scandinavian homes display a.
It results in ultra low energy buildings that require little energy for space heating or cooling. House of scandinavia best houses for you. Scandinavian style house treml baufritz. House is designed for a 0 5 air exchange per hour.
A similar standard minergie p is used in switzerland. Passive house plus issue 12 uk edition by passive house. The typical swedish house with its pitched roof is the basic design we used to create the volume and added the tubes to emphasize the entrance and the terrace on the back. In the passive house the recommendation is to lower this to 0 3 exch h.
The swedish government too follows. Passivhaus is a voluntary standard for energy efficiency in a building which reduces the building s ecological footprint. The standard is not confined to residential properties. The temovex ventilation heat recovery system can be set to slightly lower speed for a passive house.