A French commercial net zero energy building insulated with straw
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Posting Date | 5 March 2010
Country | France
Geographic Coverage | International
Theme | Building envelope (walls, windows,...), Energy efficiency technologies and materials, On-site renewable energy sources, General, Very low energy buildings, Heating, domestic hot water, Air conditioning, cooling, ventilation, air infiltration
Target Group | Local/regional/national authorities and facilitators, Building professionals, Building occupants
Source of funding | Private
Abstract | This 200 m2 building in Anet, near Dreux, France, is the show-room of a renewable HVAC systems installer. The structure of the building uses wood-frame with insulation by straw bales. Heating is provided by a wood pellets stove and domestic hot water is produced by a solar thermal water heater. Ventilation will use a balanced system with heat recovery in series with an earth-to-air heat exchanger. LED are used for lighting. The roof (240 m2) is entirely covered with solar photovoltaic cells (32 kW peak). The energy consumption for heating is estimated to be 25 kWh of primary energy per m2 and per year.
Web URL(s) of the case | http://www.villageinfo28.fr/actualites_28.asp?news=LE-BATIMENT-DE-http://www.vil..., http://www.villageinfo28.fr/actualites_28.asp?news=LE-BATIMENT-DE-LA-SARL-JPF-VI...
Lessons learnt | This building is one of the first commercial buildings in France using straw bales insulation.
Award labels | none
Case Languages | French
Submitted by François Durier (CETIAT )
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