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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815634503321

Autore

Gonzalo Roberto

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

℗2014

ISBN

3-95553-221-6

Descrizione fisica

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

Collana

Edition Detail Green Books

Disciplina

728.047

Soggetti

Architecture and energy conservation

Architecture - Environmental aspects

Sustainable buildings - Design and construction

Architecture, Domestic - Environmental aspects

Ecological houses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

"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.