Passive Houses are not restricted to residential buildings any longer

The first non-residential Passive House was an office building - the administrative centre of Wagner & Co., a company situated in the city of Cölbe, near Marburg (responsible architect Mr. Schramm). Further office buildings followed rapidly.

Passive Houses are especially suitable for administrative buildings, as well as schools, gymnasiums and nursery schools.

With every new implementation, new questions arise: What is the sufficient level of heat insulation? How can the ventilation system work at its best? How can good thermal comfort be achieved in summer times?

Each existing Passive House is one cornerstone on the way to a better and liveable future. Passive Houses prove that comfort and prosperity need not imply an unjustifiable utilisation of resources. Passive houses, built with the help of regional craftsmen in an intelligent and energy-efficient way lead to high comfort and living quality. Thereby providing opportunities for the public building trade in particular, with respect to future problems of climate protection, tight labour markets and provision for an ageing society.

Passive Houses can be ...
Office buildings (architect: Mr. Schramm)	School buildings (architect`s office 4a)	Gymnasiums (architects: Mr. Steffan and Mr. Pfletscher)	Refuges (architects: Oettl, Rezac,Stieldorf, Treberspurg and Hofbauer)
... and ...

You have got an own project of a non-residential Passive House?
Please, present your experiences at the 10th Conference on Passive Houses in

Working group no. 6: Non-residental Passive Houses.

This group focuses on operating experiences, specific tasks and findings of usage in non-residential Passive Houses. Working group no. 6 is meant as a platform for exchanging experiences and thoughts between planners.

You want to submit a paper? Find more Information here.

Time schedule of the 10th International Conference on Passive Houses in Hannover

2005 Dezember 1st: Deadline for abstracts
2006 February 1st:    Notification on acceptance of abstracts
2006 March 1st:         Registration period for reduced fee ends
2006 March 15th:       Deadline for the written contributions of the preceedings

2006 May 19th and 20th   10. Conference on Passive Houses HCC Hannover with Exhibition on Passive House Components and manufacturers session

May 21st field trip to the most interesting Passive House projects and construction sites incl. refurbishment in the region near Hannover.

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