Promoting passive house standard and very low energy buildings

Largest Passive House project in Europe has been opened in Tirol (Austria)

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Posting Date | 21 December 2009

Acronym | Largest Passive House in Tirol

Country | Austria

Geographic Coverage | National

Start date - End date | 15 October 2009

Theme | Energy savings materials and technologies

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Topic(s) | Energy efficient buildings, cases, Building energy requirements, building codes, standards and legislation, Building components incl. windows and solar control systems, building constructions, Heating and hot water systems in buildings

Target Group | Local/regional/national authorities and facilitators, Building professionals, Building occupants

Source of funding |

Passive House Buildings | solar collectors | ground water | social buildings

Abstract | The largest Passive House project in Europe has been opened in October 2009 in Innsbruck, the capital city of Tirol (Austria). About 35.000 m² (brutto) for 354 flats have been build by the building owner Neue Heimat Tirol, a social housing company providing affordable flats for the citizens. The heat energy demand is to be 15 kWh/m²year. Solar collectors, ground water and wood pellets are covering the energy demand for heating and hot water.

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Description | The largest Passive House project in Europe (project Lodenareal) has been opened in October 2009 in Innsbruck, the capital city of Tirol (Austria). About 35.000 m² (brutto) for 354 flats (26.000 m²) have been build by the building owner Neue Heimat Tirol (www.neueheimattirol.at), a social housing company providing affordable flats for the citizens. The heat energy demand is to be 15 kWh/m².year, as calculated by the PHPP software. Solar thermal collectors (1.050 m²), ground water for preheating (or cooling) of ventilation air, a wood pellets boiler (300 kW) and a condensing gas boiler (326 kW) are covering the energy demand for heating and hot water. The Passive House standard has been certified by the Passivhaus Institute (PHI) - Darmstadt.

Web URL(s) of the case | http://www.neueheimattirol.at

Lessons learnt | To implement Passive House standard is an adequate tool to secure affordable flats within the social housing sector.

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