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basics:energy_and_ecology [2014/09/18 18:19] – external edit 127.0.0.1basics:energy_and_ecology [2017/12/01 11:38] – kdreimane
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 ====== Energy and ecology ====== ====== Energy and ecology ======
  
-===== Greenhouse effect and climate protection =====+==== Greenhouse effect and climate protection ====
  
 Everyone is now aware that the Earth is “suffering from fever” – this was the headline featured on the front page of a popular German newspaper on 5th November 2006. On 2nd February 2007 the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) published its new “Climate Change 2007” report. Slowly the realisation that it is now time to act, is sinking in.  Everyone is now aware that the Earth is “suffering from fever” – this was the headline featured on the front page of a popular German newspaper on 5th November 2006. On 2nd February 2007 the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) published its new “Climate Change 2007” report. Slowly the realisation that it is now time to act, is sinking in. 
 [[Basics:Energy and ecology:Greenhouse effect and climate protection|Read more..]] [[Basics:Energy and ecology:Greenhouse effect and climate protection|Read more..]]
  
-===== Primary energy – quantifying sustainability =====+==== Primary energy – quantifying sustainability ====
  
 The primary energy demand determines the impact on the environment. The primary energy demand determines the impact on the environment.
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-===== Embodied energy and the Passive House Standard =====+==== Embodied energy and the Passive House Standard ====
  
 With energy-efficient construction, the primary energy demand for the application of electricity during the period of use, as well as the embodied energy of the building materials become increasingly significant. With energy-efficient construction, the primary energy demand for the application of electricity during the period of use, as well as the embodied energy of the building materials become increasingly significant.
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-===== Renewable sources of energy =====+==== Renewable sources of energy ====
  
 There are great potentials in improving efficiency, and in addition, energy efficiency and renewable energy go hand in hand for solving the issue of climate protection. [[Basics:Energy and ecology:Renewable sources of energy|Read more..]] There are great potentials in improving efficiency, and in addition, energy efficiency and renewable energy go hand in hand for solving the issue of climate protection. [[Basics:Energy and ecology:Renewable sources of energy|Read more..]]
  
  
-===== Zero-energy and zero heating energy houses =====+==== Zero-energy and zero heating energy houses ====
 The very first zero-energy houses which were built in the 1970s required complicated and costly technical systems. Today however, experience with low-energy houses has shown a more practical and easier approach: cost-efficient highly insulated houses without any heating systems, called Passive Houses, constitute the standard of the future. [[Basics:Energy and ecology:Zero-energy and zero heating energy houses| Read more..]] The very first zero-energy houses which were built in the 1970s required complicated and costly technical systems. Today however, experience with low-energy houses has shown a more practical and easier approach: cost-efficient highly insulated houses without any heating systems, called Passive Houses, constitute the standard of the future. [[Basics:Energy and ecology:Zero-energy and zero heating energy houses| Read more..]]
  
  
-===== Supplying Passive Houses with sustainable energy =====+==== Supplying Passive Houses with sustainable energy ====
 Climate change caused by humans is a threat to flora, fauna and our entire civilization. We must therefore reduce net greenhouse gas emissions to a sustainable amount. Possible future solutions in the building sector include zero-carbon / zero-emissions buildings, which are already required in some areas. [[planning:building_services:heating_and_dhw:Supplying Passive Houses with sustainable energy|Read more...]] Climate change caused by humans is a threat to flora, fauna and our entire civilization. We must therefore reduce net greenhouse gas emissions to a sustainable amount. Possible future solutions in the building sector include zero-carbon / zero-emissions buildings, which are already required in some areas. [[planning:building_services:heating_and_dhw:Supplying Passive Houses with sustainable energy|Read more...]]
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