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   * Passive House buildings allow for heating and cooling related energy savings of up to 90% compared with typical building stock and over 75% compared with average new builds. In terms of heating oil, Passive House buildings use less than 1.5 litres per square meter of living space per year – far less than typical low-energy buildings. Similar energy savings have been demonstrated in warm climates where buildings require more energy for cooling than for heating.    * Passive House buildings allow for heating and cooling related energy savings of up to 90% compared with typical building stock and over 75% compared with average new builds. In terms of heating oil, Passive House buildings use less than 1.5 litres per square meter of living space per year – far less than typical low-energy buildings. Similar energy savings have been demonstrated in warm climates where buildings require more energy for cooling than for heating. 
-  * Passive House buildings are also praised for their high level of comfort. They use **energy sources inside the building** such as the body heat from the residents or solar heat entering the building – making heating a lot easier.   + 
 +  * Passive House buildings are also praised for their high level of comfort. They use **energy sources inside the building** such as the body heat from the residents or solar heat entering the building – making heating a lot easier.  
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   * Appropriate windows with good insulation and a building shell consisting of good insulated exterior walls, roof and floor slab keep the heat during winter in the house – and keep it out during summer.    * Appropriate windows with good insulation and a building shell consisting of good insulated exterior walls, roof and floor slab keep the heat during winter in the house – and keep it out during summer. 
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   * A ventilation system consistently supplies fresh air making for superior air quality without causing any unpleasant draughts. This is e.g. a guarantee for low Radon levels and improves the health conditions. A highly efficient heat recovery unit allows for the heat contained in the exhaust air to be re-used.\\   * A ventilation system consistently supplies fresh air making for superior air quality without causing any unpleasant draughts. This is e.g. a guarantee for low Radon levels and improves the health conditions. A highly efficient heat recovery unit allows for the heat contained in the exhaust air to be re-used.\\
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   * Passive Houses require less than 15 kWh/(m²yr) for heating or cooling {{ :picopen:passive_house_section_400.jpg}}// (relating to the living space)//   * Passive Houses require less than 15 kWh/(m²yr) for heating or cooling {{ :picopen:passive_house_section_400.jpg}}// (relating to the living space)//
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   * The heating/cooling load is limited to a maximum of 10 W/m<sup>2</sup>   * The heating/cooling load is limited to a maximum of 10 W/m<sup>2</sup>
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   * Conventional Primary energy use may not exceed 120 kWh/(m²a) - but the future is renewable energy supply (PER) with no more than 60 kWh/(m²a). This is easy to accomplish with passive houses.   * Conventional Primary energy use may not exceed 120 kWh/(m²a) - but the future is renewable energy supply (PER) with no more than 60 kWh/(m²a). This is easy to accomplish with passive houses.
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   * Passive Houses must be airtight with air change rates being limited to n<sub>50</sub> = 0.6/h.   * Passive Houses must be airtight with air change rates being limited to n<sub>50</sub> = 0.6/h.
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   * In warmer climates and/or during summer months, excessive temperatures may not occur more than 10 % of the time.   * In warmer climates and/or during summer months, excessive temperatures may not occur more than 10 % of the time.
  
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   * As newer buildings are increasingly airtight, ventilation through joints and cracks alone is not sufficient to provide for fresh indoor air. Opening the windows as recommended won’t do the job either. Fresh air is not merely a matter of comfort but a necessity for healthy living - Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is the basic performance goal. [[planning:building_services:ventilation:basics:types_of_ventilation#The convenient solution: supply and exhaust air systems with heat recovery|Ventilation systems]] are therefore the key technology for all future residential buildings and retrofits.\\     * As newer buildings are increasingly airtight, ventilation through joints and cracks alone is not sufficient to provide for fresh indoor air. Opening the windows as recommended won’t do the job either. Fresh air is not merely a matter of comfort but a necessity for healthy living - Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is the basic performance goal. [[planning:building_services:ventilation:basics:types_of_ventilation#The convenient solution: supply and exhaust air systems with heat recovery|Ventilation systems]] are therefore the key technology for all future residential buildings and retrofits.\\  
-  * Even though ventilation systems do require an extra investment to begin with they will end up saving considerable amounts of energy costs, provided that they are highly efficient systems. Passive House quality ventilation systems will reduce the operating costs of any building.\\  + 
 +  * Even though ventilation systems do require an extra investment to begin with they will end up saving considerable amounts of energy costs, provided that they are highly efficient systems. Passive House quality ventilation systems will reduce the operating costs of any building.\\ 
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   * This is where the Passive House concept comes in: As large amounts of fresh outdoor air need to be supplied to the building anyway, why not use this air for [[planning:building_services:compact_hvac_systems|heating]]? - Without any extra amounts of air, without any recirculation of air, without any inconvenient noise or drafts? This way the ventilation system pays off twice.\\     * This is where the Passive House concept comes in: As large amounts of fresh outdoor air need to be supplied to the building anyway, why not use this air for [[planning:building_services:compact_hvac_systems|heating]]? - Without any extra amounts of air, without any recirculation of air, without any inconvenient noise or drafts? This way the ventilation system pays off twice.\\  
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    * This "supply air heating" concept only works in [[planning:thermal_protection:integrated_thermal_protection|appropriately insulated buildings]] – that is in Passive Houses. In expert terms: The transmission and infiltration heating load must be less than 10 W/m² to make sure that the required heat can be provided by the supply air.\\    * This "supply air heating" concept only works in [[planning:thermal_protection:integrated_thermal_protection|appropriately insulated buildings]] – that is in Passive Houses. In expert terms: The transmission and infiltration heating load must be less than 10 W/m² to make sure that the required heat can be provided by the supply air.\\
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