Book description
This book contains essays that reveal the technical and creative secrets of Passive House design, as well as containing case studies of some of the world's best examples of beautiful, technically excellent buildings that still feel great even when the power supply is turned down to almost nothing.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Copyright
- Title
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
-
What is Passive House?
- Introduction
- The origins of Passive House – how and why it began
- Dr Wolfgang Feist – “the father of Passive House”
- The pilot Passive House building
- Testing the concept at scale – the CEPHEUS project
- The impact of building users on design energy targets
- The economic foundations of Passive House
- The Passive House solution
- Key elements of the Passive House standard
- Why Passive House?
-
Case studies
- Introduction
- Riedberg School
- Liebefeld House
- Ludesch Community Centre
- Kamakura House
- Liebig Gym
- Ranulf Road House
- Bushbury Hill Primary School
- St Gerold Community Centre
- Langenpreising Kindergarten
- Gasser Bau Offices
- Molkereistrasse Residence
- Hudson House
- Salzburg University
- Villa Langenkamp
- Mayville Community Centre
- Conclusions
- Further Information
- Picture Credits
Product information
- Title: An Introduction to Passive House
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2019
- Publisher(s): RIBA Publishing
- ISBN: 9781000708073
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