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A Natural Ventilation Alternative to the Passivhaus Standard for a Mild Maritime Climate [PDF]

Buildings, 2013
This study examines the need in mild maritime climates, such as the southern areas of the UK, for mechanical ventilation with heat recovery (MVHR) as required by the German Passivhaus standard.
Paola Sassi
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A Comparative Study of the Brazilian Energy Labelling System and the Passivhaus Standard for Housing [PDF]

Buildings, 2014
The ever-increasing energy demand of the residential sector has required the adoption of tighter energy standards, aiming for high energy efficiency in dwellings.
Renata C. S. Tubelo, Lucelia T. Rodrigues, Mark Gillott   +2 more
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Energy Losses or Savings Due to Air Infiltration and Envelope Sealing Costs in the Passivhaus Standard: A Review on the Mediterranean Coast

Buildings
To obtain the Passivhaus Certificate or Passivhaus Standard (PHS), requirements regarding building envelope air tightness must be met: according to the n50 parameter, at a pressure of 50 Pa, air leakage must be below 0.6 air changes per hour (ACH).
Víctor Echarri-Iribarren, Ricardo Gómez-Val, Iñigo Ugalde-Blázquez   +2 more
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Energy, Economic, and Environmental Performance of a Single-Family House in Chile Built to Passivhaus Standard [PDF]

Sustainability, 2021
The energy consumption of buildings accounts for 22% of total global energy use and 13% of global greenhouse gas emissions. In this context, this study aims to evaluate the energy, economic, and environmental performance of housing in Chile built according to the Passivhaus (PH) standard.
Camilo Bravo-Orlandini, José M. Gómez-Soberón, Claudia Valderrama-Ulloa, Francisco Sanhueza-Durán   +3 more
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Evaluation tool for the thermal performance of retrofitted buildings using an integrated approach of deep learning artificial neural networks and infrared thermography

Energy and Built Environment, 2021
In most countries, buildings are responsible for significant energy consumption where space heating and air conditioning is responsible for the majority of this energy use.
Amin Al-Habaibeh, Arijit Sen, John Chilton   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lessons Learned from the First Passivhaus Building in Qatar

Environmental Science and Sustainable Development, 2019
Energy efficient models have become the path to reduce energy consumption and Greenhouse gas emissions in the built environment in many developed countries.
May Khalfan
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Trends in sustainable architectural design in the United Kingdom: A Delphi study

Sustainable Development, Volume 28, Issue 4, Page 880-896, July/August 2020., 2020
Abstract Despite the prevalence of sustainable and green building in the United Kingdom, there is little agreement on what is required to achieve this status. This research seeks consensus among expert sustainable architects in the United Kingdom on the relative importance of a range of factors in facilitating a sustainable built environment.
Robert Grover, Stephen Emmitt, Alexander Copping   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Principles of the Passivhaus Standard Applied to Rehabilitation. Case Study

, 2023
This document describes the interventions carried out in Classroom 4 of the Former Military Hospital of Burgos, currently owned by the University of Burgos and used for teaching purposes. The building was refurbished in 2015 following the principles of the Passivhaus standard, obtaining the EnerPhit + 1 certification after the works.
Zurro García, Belén, González Moreno, Sara, González Martín, José Manuel, Paredes Núñez, Ana María   +3 more
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The Passivhaus Standard in the Spanish Mediterranean: Evaluation of a House’s Thermal Behaviour of Enclosures and Airtightness [PDF]

Sustainability, 2019
Few houses have been built in the Spanish Mediterranean in accordance with the Passivhaus (PH) standard. This standard is adapted to the continental climates of Central Europe and thorough studies are necessary to apply this standard in Spain, especially in the summer.
Echarri-Iribarren, Víctor, Sotos-Solano, Cristina, Espinosa-Fernández, Almudena, Prado-Govea, Raúl   +3 more
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THE PASSIVHAUS STANDARD IN THE MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE: EVALUATION, COMPARISON AND PROFITABILITY

Journal of Green Building, 2015
INTRODUCTION One of the main environmental problems faced by the global community in the twenty-first century is unquestionably the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (Fuller and Crawford 2011). To face this challenge, the European Union (EU) has set the so-called 2020 Horizon as one of its main objectives: limiting the emission of ...
Saldaña Márquez, Héctor, Gómez Soberón, José Manuel Vicente, Arredondo Rea, Susana Paola, Almaral Sánchez, Jorge Luis, Gómez Soberón, M. Consolació, Rosell Balada, Gerard   +5 more
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