Promoting passive house standard and very low energy buildings

How can we promote the passive house standard in our country, in the European Union and worldwide? Stakeholders are invited to join the community for networking, discussing as well as exchanging experiences and tools

The mission of the community is to bring together stakeholders whose aim is to support and spread passive house standard all over the world. Passive house standard is technically mature and currently the highest standard for energy efficiency in buildings. It is be the basis for realising Zero Net Energy Buildings in a wide range and therefore the necessary standard for achieving a sustainable energy policy in Europe.

Even passive house standard is technically fully mature and in some regions in Europe already obligatory standard for new buildings, there are still myths and legends about apparently non functionalties and exorbitant costs of passive houses. Those myths and legends, which do no more reflect the current situation, shall be overcome by intensive information activities as excursions, International Passive House Days (open passive houses), special seminars for decision makers as well as an International data base, documenting the growing share of passive house buildings.

Additionally it is important to achieve a critical mass in the market for passive house materials and components to make the passive house more cost efficient.

Contact email: gerhard.bayer@oegut.at
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Latest Blog Posts 4 Blog Post(s)

1 July 2010 | 0 replies | 2920 visits
The Report on Nearly Zero Energy Buildings until 2020 was published on BUILD UP.  See under topic "news"
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9 March 2010 | 0 replies | 1148 visits
Here is a passive house solar scheme available under CC licence.
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1 February 2010 | 0 replies | 1263 visits
This is a very interestinmg article. I'd be very interested to hear how this study compares to the outcomes of earlier studies and to learn about built examples in Southern ...
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Latest Cases and Tools 3 items

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In Gyldenrisparken, we are builing Denmarks first day care facility according to passive house standards. We expect the facility to be ready for use in November 2009. A passive house ensures a ...
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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 ...
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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, ...