Daniel Kress will be sharing his expertise in Passive House concepts on the 20th November at our office in Fremantle. Passive House principles allow for the design of energy-efficient and cost-optimal buildings. Seating is limited. To register, please click here.
The Passive House standards involve:
– Maximum heating and cooling external energy: 15kWh/m2 per year;
– maximum total external energy: 120 kWh/m2 per year;
– maximum air leakage rate: 0.05 cubic feet per minute; and,
– thermal comfort must be met with a maximum temperature of 25oC with a deviation allowance of 10% of the hours in a year.
The model originated in Europe in the 1980s. The German physicist, Wolfgang Feist and Swedish scientist, Bo Adamson created the design throughout the 1980s, and launched the first construction in May 1988 in Darmstadt, Germany. The successful performance led to the use of this standard throughout the world, by 2011 there were approximately 17,000 buildings created with Passive House standards. The adoption of these standards began to spread throughout Germany; then, in other countries within Europe, such as Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Poland and England; following, in the US; and recently in Qatar.
We are honoured to have Daniel on the night as our presenter. Daniel has a considerable involvement with sustainability: he is a representative of the Australian Passive House Association, and he has recently started Smart Plus Homes.
We had positive feedback from our previous events, and hope that you will find the Passive House dialogue inspiring and helpful. We look forward to seeing you and discussing Passivhaus technologies together.