Understanding Passivhaus: A Simple Guide to Passivhaus Detailing and Design - Softcover

Walshaw, Emma

 
9781916334328: Understanding Passivhaus: A Simple Guide to Passivhaus Detailing and Design
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1916334326 ISBN 13: 9781916334328
Verlag: First In Architecture, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

Understanding Passivhaus is a simple guide to the Passivhaus standard. The book explains the principles behind Passivhaus thinking, and explores numerous construction methods for achieving the Passivhaus standard.

What is Passivhaus?

  • Why design a Passivhaus?
  • PHPP
  • Certification

Principles of Passivhaus Design

  • Technical requirements
  • Building fabric
  • Form factor
  • Insulation
  • Thermal bridge
  • Airtightness and air leakage
  • Building services and ventilation
  • Windows
  • Solar design
  • Shading
  • Summer ventilation
  • Roof lights

Types of Construction

  • Masonry construction
  • Timber frame
  • Structural Insulated Panels (SIPS)
  • Insulated Concrete Formwork (ICF)
  • Mixed methods of construction

Construction Details

  • Solid concrete with rendered external insulation
  • Insulated concrete formwork
  • Solid masonry with larsen trusses
  • Masonry cavity wall
  • Timber frame with larsen trusses
  • Timber I joist frame
  • SIPS construction
  • Timber frame with external render

Case Studies

A selection of wonderful examples of Passivhaus designs and construction methods, with more case studies added for this second edition.

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Verlag
First In Architecture
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1916334326
ISBN 13 
9781916334328
Einband
Tapa blanda
Auflage
2
Anzahl der Seiten
246
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