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Book Description

Throughout the world, Passive House is now recognised as the best method to create comfortable, healthy, low energy buildings and it is a key component of the 21st century's green economic revolution.

Written by one of the UK's leading passive house architects, 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.

Whether you are an architect, client, student or construction professional, this book is an enlightening introduction to Passive House and a valuable source of inspiration.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Title
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface
  8. What is Passive House?
    1. Introduction
    2. The origins of Passive House – how and why it began
    3. Dr Wolfgang Feist – “the father of Passive House”
    4. The pilot Passive House building
    5. Testing the concept at scale – the CEPHEUS project
    6. The impact of building users on design energy targets
    7. The economic foundations of Passive House
    8. The Passive House solution
    9. Key elements of the Passive House standard
  9. Why Passive House?
    1. The renewable-energy revolution
    2. Capital and whole-life costs
    3. Localised Passive House construction
    4. The Nirvana of Zero-Zero – energy efficiency and low embodied energy
    5. Performance data and user feedback – comfort, health and energy efficiency
    6. Air quality and health
    7. The importance of skills
  10. Case studies
    1. Introduction
    2. Riedberg School
    3. Liebefeld House
    4. Ludesch Community Centre
    5. Kamakura House
    6. Liebig Gym
    7. Ranulf Road House
    8. Bushbury Hill Primary School
    9. St Gerold Community Centre
    10. Langenpreising Kindergarten
    11. Gasser Bau Offices
    12. Molkereistrasse Residence
    13. Hudson House
    14. Salzburg University
    15. Villa Langenkamp
    16. Mayville Community Centre
  11. Conclusions
  12. Further Information
  13. Picture Credits
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