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11^th Conference on Passive Houses 2007

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What is a Passive House?

In a Passive House the consumption for space heating is reduced by 90 percent compared to average houses of the building stock and by 75 percent compared to ordinary new construction – the energy requirement for heating Passive Houses is 15 kilowatthours per squaremeter living space each year and thus far less than in low energy houses. But, at the same time the comfort in a Passive House is significantly better. In contrast to ordinary buildings, which in European climates loose a lot of heat and have to be heated actively, a Passive House uses the free heat sources inside of the building envelope - e.g. the heat from the persons in the house and from solar energy incidenting through windows – and the heating system is simplified significantly. Special windows and an envelope built from highly efficient insulation panels help to keep the heat inside. Fresh air is constantly delivered by a ventilation system without drafts. A highly efficient heat recovery unit reduces the ventilation losses to a great extent.

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There are special conditions for journalists who will join the conference.
CONTACT:

Barbara Löbau
Rheinstr. 44/46
64283 Darmstadt
Tel.: 06151 / 82699-35
E-Mail: barbara.loebau@passiv.de

Mark your diary: There will be a press conference on Feb. 11th after the morning session. Details coming soon on this page.

You may download the following figures in high resolution by clicking on the images.

Passive House shematic figure, jpg.

Foto: Montessori-School in Aufkirchen built to Passive House standard.
Architekt: Gernot Vallentin
Download in high resolution : Passive House School building, jpg, 18 x 12 , 759 kB

Foto: Refurbishment to Passive House standard. André Zaman, GAG Ludwigshafen.
Download in high resolution: Passive House Refurbishment, jpg, 843 kB.

Figure: The energy savings of a Passive House are within 90% compared to an average old building. That has been proved by statistical methods (Source: Passive House Institute).

Download of this figure in high resolution: 90 Percent savings by Passive House standard, jpg, 277 kB.

Basic Information:
What is a Passive House?

Programme and invitation
08 Feb 2008

Invitation to the 11^th Conference on passive houses
12^th Passive House Conference
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How to get to Nuremberg
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