Sentences with phrase «passivhaus standard benchmark»

It is quite possible to use only as much energy as the Passivhaus Standard benchmark in a building of a much lower standard.

Buildings notionally designed to meet the passivhaus standard benchmarks, but not certified, do not.

And this is with buildings designed to meet the passivhaus standard benchmarks and modelled in the passive house planning package, not just designed to some notional «passivhaus principles».

Not exact matches

So why does the Passivhaus Standard have a limiting benchmark for heating energy of 15kWh / m2 per annum?

Architects would benefit considerably more from reading this section of the book than by assuming they understand the Passivhaus Standard by way of the oft - quoted passivhaus energy consumption and airtightness bPassivhaus Standard by way of the oft - quoted passivhaus energy consumption and airtightness bpassivhaus energy consumption and airtightness benchmarks.

The majority of industry discussion around passivhaus focuses on the technical details and energy benchmarks required to meet the standard.

Benchmark 5: 15kWh / m2 Heating / Cooling The passivhaus standard requires that the building only uses 15kWh / m2 per year for heating or cooling to maintain the building at 20 ° C. And yes, this does mean that if you choose keep your Passivhaus building cooler it will use even lepassivhaus standard requires that the building only uses 15kWh / m2 per year for heating or cooling to maintain the building at 20 ° C. And yes, this does mean that if you choose keep your Passivhaus building cooler it will use even lePassivhaus building cooler it will use even less energy!

Benchmark 6: 120kWh / m2 Primary Energy The passivhaus standard requires that the building only uses 120kWh / m2 per year in total, this includes all uses such as heating, cooling, ventilation, hot water, laundry, cooking, electronics etc.; everything.

Benchmark 4: 30m3 / h The Passivhaus standard requires that the ventilation system provide 30m3 of fresh air, every hour, for every person in the building.

Benchmark 1: 0.6 ach The Passivhaus standard requires that a building be airtight enough to reduce air leakage to below 0.6 air changes per hour at 50 Pascals when subjected to a blower door test.