Over 90% of all building projects of the diocese Rottenburg-Stuttgart with an annual investment from about 40 million Euros are for renovating existing buildings. With the retrofitting of the ...
This high school, the Lycée Kyoto in Poitiers, France, is presented as the first "100% clean energy" high school in Europe. Built by the Region Poitou-Charentes, the high insulated 16500 m2 ...
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 ...
SOLTAG is a living home, designed as an energy-generating climate shield. SOLTAG is a prime candidate for a sustainable home of the future with optimum living conditions for people.
SOLTAG ...
The principal objective of the design was to reduce energy demand to ‘passivhaus’ standards,
with the remaining energy demand covered as far as possible from renewable sources, ...
Heating is supplied from the district heating system. Both mechanical and natural ventilation are
used in the building. Mechanical ventilation is used in the most densely occupied areas, ...
