Certified Passive
House ventilation units have exceptional ECM fan energy performance of no more than 0.45 Watt - hours per cubic metre of ventilation air, so the cost of running one is $ 50 — $ 70 per heating season, with much of this energy cost recovered in the form of heat.
Not exact matches
House - Foster said that one city school, Hampden Elementary, was dismissed early because its windows are sealed, allowing for little
ventilation in the building after its air conditioning
units broke down.
Five - part found - metal assemblage with five concealed remote - controlled radios: exhaust pipe on metal axle and pushcart wheels; automobile door on wheeled typewriter table, with crushed metal;
ventilation duct, water, and concealed showerhead in washtub on wheels, with chain, wire basket, and metal lid on wheels; constructed staircase control
unit housing automobile tire and batteries and other electronic components on wheels; and wooden window frame with
ventilation duct on wood support with wheels, dimensions variable.
It's critical to have an ERV (Energy Recovery
Ventilation Unit) or HRV in an air tight
house to make sure fresh air is circulated into each room and exhausting kitchen and bathroom air.
Please note, that a highly efficient Passive
House ventilation system should recover approximately five
units of heating energy for every
unit of electrical energy invested.
All
ventilation units which have been certified by the Passive
House Institute may be entered for the Component Award 2016.
Meanwhile a Zehnder 350 ComfoAir
unit processes heat recovery
ventilation, and a small solar photovoltaic array too is due to fitted imminently as Passive
House Plus goes to press.
Heating,
ventilation and cooling: Passive
House Institute certified Nilan Compact P
units in each apartment, including exhaust air heat pump with integrated cooling and heat recovery
ventilation system — a closed loop system which utilises extract air at room temperature.
If AC / dehumidifier becomes necessary, I expect a small portable or window AC / dehumidifier
unit will be all we need given the many passive measures that lower the cooing load and the existing whole -
house ventilation system to distribute the air.
The Zehnder Novus 300 HRV is the highest efficiency heat recovery
ventilation unit in the world (see Home Ventilating Institute (HVI) and Passive
House Institute (PHI) Directories of Certified Products) and all Zehnder HRVs / ERVs are characterized by a high level of heat recovery, quiet, energy - efficient DC - motors, rugged controls and simple operation.
As previously reported in issue 18 of Passive
House Plus, the company began to apply its learnings to new build in last year's 15
unit second phase at Silken Park, itself a laudable low energy project which featured essentially the same wall build - up, but with double rather than triple - glazed windows, a strip foundation system, demand controlled
ventilation and condensing gas boilers.
Overall U-value: 0.8 W / m2K Heating &
ventilation system: Nilan Compact P
unit, Passive
House Institute certified, combining mechanical heat recovery
ventilation with hot water generation and storage.