Energy efficient refurbishment: Ruins of a pre-war holiday building to become most energy efficient youth hostel

The energy efficient retrofit concept is based on a reduction of the primary energy need to a third of the German requirements for new buildings and on the environmental friendly supply of the remaining need including the neutralisation of the CO2 emissions. The main goal is to have an CO2 emission neutral building. High performance windows, an integrated insulation system with good airtightness and nearly no thermal bridges, mechanical ventilation with high heat recovery rates, user-dependent lighting and heating are measures to reduce the needs.

BINE Informationsdienst – Energieforschung für die Praxis

Informationstransfer aus der Forschung in die Praxis BINE Informationsdienst hat den Auftrag, den Informations- und Wissenstransfer aus der Energieforschung in die Anwendungspraxis zu unterstützen. BINE wird vom Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie (BMWi) gefördert.

Advanced energy design guide for highway lodging

Daylighting Design Tips

Optimizing the daylighting design’s performance requires analysis using computer or physical models to accurately determine if the design criteria for daylight has been met. Working together in an interactive fashion as the design progresses, the architect and daylighting analyst can create a building which performs as well as it looks.