Passive house design : planning and design of energy-efficient buildings / Roberto Gonzalo, Rainer Vallentin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gonzalo, Roberto, author.

Vallentin, Rainer, author.

Series:

Edition Detail green books.

Edition Detail Green Books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture and energy conservation.

Architecture--Environmental aspects.

Architecture.

Sustainable buildings--Design and construction.

Sustainable buildings.

Architecture, Domestic--Environmental aspects.

Architecture, Domestic.

Ecological houses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (152 pages) : illustrations (some color), graphs.

Place of Publication:

Munich, [Germany] : Institut fur Internationale, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Passive House Design" provides architects with the confidence required to deal with the Passive House Standard. It shows where there is significant scope for design and explains design strategies that lead to better passive houses. A selection of international buildings illustrate how design, construction and building technology combine in passive houses. Chapters on building physics, building services engineering and energy balancing round out the planning guidelines.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Imprint

Contents

Introduction

Principles

Passive House planning

Design and planning principles

Reference buildings - residential

Urban design

Non-residential building

Reference buildings - non-residential

Passive House refurbishment

Reference buildings - Passive House refurbishments

Building envelope components

Building services

Outlook

Appendix

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-95553-221-6

OCLC:

979596682