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Criteria for Abstracts

  • The deadline for abstract submissions is Tuesday 01 October 2013.
  • Please note that there is a two abstracts per person maximum.
  • Abstracts can only be accepted together with a completed and signed submission form
  • Please send your abstract via mail to tagung@passiv.de. You will receive a confirmation of receipt.
  • Please use the following format for your abstract: File format: PDF or Word document .doc, Font: text 12 pt ; caption 20 pt bold, Length: max. 3.000 characters incl. blanks. In addition, up to 3 photos or graphics may be submitted, which have to be integrated into the document.
  • The title must be short and precise and characterise the issue to be presented. Max. length: 90 characters
  • The contents of the issue must be interesting for the participants of the Passive House conference.
  • The topic, the essential methods, the execution and the results must be clear from the presentation. All information, which may be of significance for accepting the contribution, must be included in the presentation.
  • The status of the treated facts must be clearly visible: If it concerns a planning, a building report, an inspection after moving into a building, a measurement data evaluation, a survey, a literature research, etc. If certain objects (building, systems) crop up in the abstract, it is also to be made clear whether these objects are in planning, in construction, completed, restored.
  • Photos and graphics have to be integrated in the document. The amount of data must not exceed 3 MB. Brochures or promotional materials are accepted. Separate attachments will not be considered and will not be forwarded to the Conference Advisory Board.
  • Tip: Ask yourself when writing your contribution, which benefit a participant can gain from presentation: Exemplary execution? Planning assistance? Building experience? User experience? Avoidance of errors? The more useful your contribution is for solving tasks which appear frequently, the higher the value of your contribution.
  • Tip: Place special importance on the conclusions from your contribution.
  • Tip: Above all state concretely what you have to say about the issue - and less what you wish to criticise about others.
  • Contributions, which contain statements which infringe the law, are insulting or derogative, will be rejected without a further statement. Neither may contributions contain any product and company advertisements (advertising is reserved for the specialist fair and the advertisement section of the conference volume). Abstracts or contributions, which contain a frequent mentions of a certain product or a certain offer or an institution, can be rejected

Please send your abstract with a completed submission form to:  tagung@passiv.de


By submitting an abstract for the 18th Passive House Conference 2014 in Aachen, you agree:

  • pending acceptance your abstract, to submit a written contribution no more than 6 pages in length by 20 January 2014 for publication in the conference proceedings and to present this contribution at the conference.
  • pending acceptance your abstract, to register for the conference. The reduced conference fee for speakers is €190 (only one discount per speaker will be granted).
  • to acknowledge that the decision of the conference advisory council regarding acceptance and allocation of contributions is final and requires no justification.
  • to accept that legal recourse concerning contribution acceptance and allocation is excluded.

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