Session XII: Residential and non-residential Passive House buildings
Saturday, 20 April 2013
10:30
Tomás O'Leary | Target to deliver 100,000 m² Passive House Projects in New York City by 2017
NYC is one of the front runner Passive House districts in the US and is experiencing a rapid uptake of projects. In just three years, the local Passive House community has put the necessary measures in place to provide a secure future for this world-beating energy standard.
11:00
Adam J. Cohen| Design & Construction of the Malcolm Rosenberg Center for Jewish Life
The Malcolm Rosenberg Center for Jewish Life in Virginia, USA, the first mixed use assembly building in the US, presented opportunities to design with a complex usage pattern and different zoning requirements. The design in a mixed humid climate is a compromise between simplicity, comfort and cost.
11:30
Sebastian Moreno-Vacca| Passivhaus + Breeam and green lease at no extra cost. A myth?
An interesting development has been unfolding since the “passivehouse” concept gained momentum in Brussels: the office and property sector is reacting faster than expected and is contributing to the diversification of the standard.
12:00
Hannes Mahlknecht | User habits - impact on energy consumption in Passive Houses
Small deviation between measured and calculated energy consumptions were detected within an extensive monitoring campaign of passive houses in the alpine space. User habits have one of the biggest impacts. Investment on their awareness seems to be the cheapest way to affect consumptions and comfort.
12:30
Poster contribution:
1) Rossi: Zero energy cooperative building in North Italy
2) Langenkamp: Challenging the possibilities