This 85 m2 house, built in the sixties, has been renovated and extended up to 135 m2. Renovation includes increased thermal insulation of the facades (oudoor insulation) and of the roof, the ...
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 ...
Tesco, the world's third-largest retailer, opened a new store (december 2009) in Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, that is the first zero-carbon store of this company. It uses a biofuel ...
Red Kite House is a three-storey office building in South East England with a total floor area
of 2 500 m². Each floor is mainly open-plan office area with some meeting and other rooms.
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The Frederick Lanchester Library forms part of Coventry University. It has a gross floor area of
9 100 m² and is unusual in that, although it is a deep-plan building occupying a 50 m by 50 ...
Space heating is provided by high efficiency gas-fired boilers supplying a compensated radiator
circuit. Local zone control is obtained using two-port valves. The boilers also supply ...
The design objectives of this 1750 m² office building were to develop a sustainable and ecological building, integrated with its surroundings and providing a high level of individual control and ...
In autumn 2009 the first Passive House Hotel in Austria (and probably in the world) has been opened. The minimised heating demand is covered by a water/water heat pump, using thermo active ...
The Reichstag building, the chair of the German parliament in Berlin was certified for its energy performance by the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics. According to the goals of the EPBD ...
Key points concerning the design: + East–West alignment allowed substantial area of south-facing façade to encourage passive solar gain in winter. + Use of internal exposed concrete to provide ...
