WG IX: Examples of Passive House developments

The presented projects of new buildings in this working group have been chosen according to the helpful suggestions and stimuli they imply and offer for the participants of the conference.

Thomas Kirtschig is presenting a primary school in Frankfurt- Preungesheim. In his lecture he is concluding that the Passive House standard is economically feasible for schools. Summer heat protection and room acoustics are requirements where Passive House components can be very helpful.

On 11.500qm² of the former industrial area ‘Sulzer’ in Winterthur the first ever zero-energy housing estate in Switzerland with 136 units is been built. For the passive-solar energy concept both main buildings are facing south. Andreas Baumgartner is introducing the project in his lecture on “Zero-Energy Annual Balance”.

Project drawing: housing estate ‘Eulachhof’ in Winterthur (lecture of Mr. Baumgartner)

Within the research project “zero-heat energy house”, prefabricated vacuum insulated wall-, ceiling-, and roof foundation modules have for the first time been planned and successfully implemented. Standardised building elements make it possible for any construction company to build a certified, vacuum insulated and prefabricated Passive House. Martin Forstner is presenting the construction of a Passive House in Neumarkt in his report on a “Vacuum Insulated Zero-Heating Energy House using Prefabricated Elements”.

Photo: Passive House in Neumarkt with vacuum insulation ( lecture of Martin Forstner)

In his lecture, Markus Treiber is talking about ”A modern Office Building with Energy Saving Indoor Climate Techniques in Combination with Geothermal Heat- and Cold Production”. The energetic advantages of thermo active building elements is only then advantageous if the biggest share of required heat and cold can be taken from the environment on quasi cost neutral terms. Is the required heat and cold respectively acquired from conventional system solutions such as (central-heating) boiler and air conditioning systems much higher expenses are to be expected since these system solutions are subject of higher inertia compared to quickly reacting components.

“lu-teco” is an office building with 10.000 qm² floor space, situated in the technology mile of Ludwigshafen and is being built as a Passive House. Parts of the structure have four storeys, comb-shaped with an opening area so that the building can be erected demand-orientated in three equal construction stages. In working group no IX Walter Braun is reporting on the status quo of this construction project.

Photo: Passive House Office Building ‘lu-teco’ in Ludwigshafen (lecture of Walter Braun)

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


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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Programme of the 10th International Conference on Passive Houses
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