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Required U-values for Passive House windows

Passive House windows completely redesigned

Basic principles for windows - research on energy efficient modernisation

Biomass heating in Passive Houses

Certification and primary energy balance calculation for compact heat pumps

Sound protection in heat pump systems

• Excitation sources in heat pumps

• Sound protection measures for heat pumps

• Analysis of sound paths

• Dimensioning sound insulation

Passive House heating systems in practice

• A brief description of the projects

• Classification and procedures

• Heat consumption and heating load

• Total useful energy and losses

• Electricity consumption

• Primary energy

Heating and DHW systems - overview

• The specific PE value - parameters

• Systems adapted for the Passive House

Heating and DHW systems - comparison

• Cost development

• Case study: Schrecksbach, Germany

• Appendix

Combustion heat in the Passive House

• Firing systems
• Room-sealed operation
• Safety considerations
• Non-room-sealed operation
• Air conveyance
• Airtightness
• Chimneys

Structural soundproofing for building services systems – Proposed approaches for architects and planners

• Conditions for dimensioning
  
• Possibilities and limitations for setting up devices
  
• Prevention of airborne sound through walls
  
• Soundproofing of doors
  
• Suspended ceiling with duct installation
  
• Practical implementation of the encasing (enclosure)
  
• Sound protection simulation based on EN 12354
  

Flow rate adjustment in ventilation systems

Automatic volume flow balancing in ventilation units

Minimising thermal bridges in existing buildings

Basic principles for windows - research on energy efficient modernisation

Integrating ventilation ducts

Interior insulation

Airtightness

Insulation measures for the external envelope

• Roof insulation
• Thermal insulation of the exterior wall
• Basement ceiling insulation

Improving thermal bridges and airtightness in existing buildings

• Main objectives of refurbishements with Passive House components

• Modernisation using Passive House components

Prospects for the modernisation of existing buildings using highly efficient components

• Structural thermal protection measures

• Improved airtightness in existing buildings

• Passive House windows

• Home ventilation

• Heating balances of modernisation variants

• Suggestions for promoting implementation

Overview of inter-dependence of individual energy efficiency measures

Passive Houses in South-West Europe

Air Quality in Schools

Passive House retail establishments

• Retail establishments - the Passive House concept

Airtightness and wind proofing

Quality Assurance - Thermal bridges

Final approval and initial use

Quality Assurance - Nuremberg case study

• Nuremberg case study: Examination of the external envelope using thermographic imaging

• Nuremberg case study: Testing for airtightness

• Nuremberg case study: Air exchange and air distribution testing

• Nuremberg case study: Thermographic inspection with reference to building services

Climate data tool for the Southern Hemisphere

Czech

Pasivní dům – rozvoj ve všech směrech

Klimatická neutralita budov do roku 2050

Chinese

Achieving climate neutrality in the building sector by 2050