Passive House Plus - The Passive House magazine
WEBPassive House Plus is an award-winning bimonthly magazine focused on highly energy efficient, healthy, sustainable buildings, based on the Passive house or passivhaus standard Passive house isn't just a phrase to bandy about – it's the world's leading energy performance standard
Rise of the passive house - passivehouseplus.ie
WEBFeb 1, 2012 — Éasca approved architect Paul McNally of The Passivhaus Architecture Company faced some unique challenges when it came to building a passive timber frame house in Ballinteer, Co Dublin — not only was the site tight, the budget was too. “There was no money to spend on extraordinary finishes or any grand architectural gestures, we really had to go with a very simple design,” he says.
Ireland’s first fully passive retrofit - passivehouseplus.ie
WEBNov 5, 2015 — The ground floor was insulated with 200mm of XPS insulation; the masonry walls were insulated externally with Webertherm mineral wool. When it came to insulating the building fabric, external insulation was the only real option for the walls. Dry lining internally would have sacrificed too much floor space, and would have risked causing condensation behind the insulation.
Up to 11 - passivehouseplus.ie
WEBOct 25, 2023 — Sixth place and the best result for a concrete- based system goes to wall type 3, the block on flat with EPS external insulation and silicone render, which at 8.2 tonnes adds over a tonne compared to the worst performing timber frame variant – and double the score of wall type 5.. Rendered cavity wall (wall type 1) comes in seventh at 8.9 tonnes, with brick-clad cavity wall (wall type 2) at ...
Simple and stunning Highlands passive house merges old and …
WEBApr 6, 2017 — While embracing traditional farmstead design made it trickier for this new build home in the Scottish Highlands to meet the coveted passive house standard, mixing modern standards of super-insulation with vernacular farmhouse architecture ultimately led to the creation of a very special home for proprietors Jeanette and Jon Fenwick — one that picked up a coveted UK Passivhaus Award in 2016.
About PH+ - passivehouseplus.ie
WEBPassive House Plus is the world's first English language magazine focused on building and upgrading to the world's leading low energy standard - passive house. Published in separate UK and Irish editions, the magazine's focus extends beyond energy efficiency to take in indoor air quality...
Vernacular passive - passivehouseplus.ie
WEBDec 12, 2014 — He had originally planned to install a wood pellet stove, solar thermal system, plus heating elements in the heat recovery ventilation.But he says that plan grew too elaborate and expensive, so he scrapped it and put in one ground source heat pump for space and water heating. Damien Mullins of Heat Doc, who designed the system, says in practice at Tony's house the heat pump has a COP of about ...
New build - passivehouseplus.ie
WEBJul 16, 2024 — The historic Roman city of York is embarking on an ambitious programme to redefine council housing for the 21st century, building 450 mixed-tenure passive houses across eight sites in the city, and unashamedly prioritising walking and cycling, and shared outdoor green spaces, over cars.
The builder's view - why passive house doesn't cost extra
WEBNov 5, 2015 — Metal web joists create smooth and neat runs for services. The first surprise was that when modelled in Deap the house required a passive level U-value for the floor of 0.15. The table suggested 110mm of PIR insulation under the slab to achieve this. My sense of vindication was short lived however, as this still wasn’t low enough for PHPP.
Passive House Plus standard - Glossary - passivehouseplus.ie
WEBThe ‘passive house plus’ standard is a new certification category designed to recognise the production of onsite renewable energy by passive buildings. It requires a minimum of 60k kWh/m2/yr of renewable energy generation, along with a maximum renewable primary (PER) energy demand of 45 kWh/m2 ...