{"id":3900,"date":"2013-11-02T20:29:26","date_gmt":"2013-11-02T20:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markstephensarchitects.com\/?p=3900"},"modified":"2013-11-02T20:29:26","modified_gmt":"2013-11-02T20:29:26","slug":"passivhaus-is-it-the-future-a-reply-to-piers_taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/passivhaus-is-it-the-future-a-reply-to-piers_taylor\/","title":{"rendered":"Passivhaus \u2013 Is it the Future? a reply to @Piers_Taylor"},"content":{"rendered":"
Occasionally I do a reply to a blog post with a blog post and this is one such occasion.<\/p>\n
The response is following on from the post by Piers Taylor on Passivhaus: ‘Passivhaus \u2013 Is it the Future?’<\/a>. The post is especially relevant as today’s Guardian has a full page on the concept and implementation of a Passivhaus approach – CLICK HERE FOR THE ONLINE VERSION<\/a><\/p>\n And as the faithful readers know that I’ve written copiously on the Passivhaus method, have completed the Passivhaus PHPP course and midway through the Certified Passivhaus Designer\/Consultant course<\/a>. So I guess I’m well on the way to being a Passivhaus ‘Zealot’ \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n But that being said, I love a conversation and this blog post is exactly that, a response to the issues raised in Pier’s blog post:<\/p>\n I’ll start with explaining what the Passivhaus standard is about:<\/p>\n 1. It’s the design and construction of ANY building (not just a house) that has a comfortable temperature for every room, day an night throughout the building for every day of the year with very low heating bills<\/strong>. A building needs to meet an exacting standard in terms of design and construction in order to meet this standard. You can get your building certified as a Passivhaus via an accredited Passivhaus certifier through the Passivhaus Institute.<\/p>\n The temperature for every room is designed, calculated and built to be 20 degC<\/p>\n It’s a common misconception that a Passivhaus requires no heating; this isn’t the case – for a largish, detached house the heating costs are in the region of hundreds of euro rather than thousands per year. 2. The house is designed and constructed to be very comfortable to live in<\/strong>; no condensation on windows (internally), no mould growth and ventilated with lovely clean air.<\/p>\n And that’s more or less it.<\/p>\n
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