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 In the case of window ventilation in the Passive House,**long-term experiences of many users are available**. Here are some statements by a Passive House resident in his own words:\\
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-"//**'Whether we want to open the windows in winter or not, and for what length of time, remains up to us **. This has an insignificant influence on the Passive House concept, especially as no-one wants to keep the windows or doors open for more than a few minutes at minus temperatures <below frost>, even in ordinary houses. As a rule, opening the windows is not required, as the  ** the ventilation system (not to be confused with an air conditioning system) continuously provides for an adequate quantity of fresh air **.  The indoor climate has a better quality of air than an average new construction, even though airing several times a day in winter is not necessary here. Mould due to humidity cannot occur in the Passive House.  In the summer, the Passive House is just like a normal house where windows are opened at night for cooling.  The house where I live was planned with 13.6 kWh  per square metre per year, and according to measurements it achieves 12.9 kWh  with actual user behaviour and without any restriction of the user behaviour: [[http://www.passivhaus-vauban.de/passivhaus.en.html|Passivhaus 'Wohnen & Arbeiten' (in English)]].//"\\
+"//**'Whether we want to open the windows in winter or not, and for what length of time, remains up to us **. This has an insignificant influence on the Passive House concept, especially as no-one wants to keep the windows or doors open for more than a few minutes at minus temperatures <below frost>, even in ordinary houses. As a rule, opening the windows is not required, as the  ** ventilation system (not to be confused with an air conditioning system) continuously provides for an adequate quantity of fresh air **.  The indoor climate has a better quality of air than an average new construction, even though airing several times a day in winter is not necessary here. Mould due to humidity cannot occur in the Passive House.  In the summer, the Passive House is just like a normal house where windows are opened at night for cooling.  The house where I live was planned with 13.6 kWh  per square metre per year, and according to measurements it achieves 12.9 kWh  with actual user behaviour and without any restriction of the user behaviour: [[http://www.passivhaus-vauban.de/passivhaus.en.html|Passivhaus 'Wohnen & Arbeiten' (in English)]].//"\\
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-Now that the Passive House is no longer in the research and development phase – and in fact has been actual practice for decades –it is an easy to find out what it is really like: Passive Houses can be viewed and residents can be questioned about their experiences.  On [[http://www.ig-passivhaus.de/index.php?page_id=157&level1_id=75|International Passive House Days]] property developers and owners of Passive Houses make it possible for those who are interested in experiencing a Passive House for themselves to visit these.  The Passive House is a concept for everyone.  Every property developer, architect, building constructor or investor can and may build a Passive House.\\
+Now that the Passive House is no longer in the research and development phase – and in fact has been actual practice for decades – it is a easy to find out what it is really like: Passive Houses can be viewed and residents can be questioned about their experiences.  On [[http://www.ig-passivhaus.de/index.php?page_id=157&level1_id=75|International Passive House Days]] property developers and owners of Passive Houses make it possible for those who are interested in experiencing a Passive House for themselves to visit these.  The Passive House is a concept for everyone.  Every property developer, architect, building constructor or investor can and may build a Passive House.\\
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 ===== Literature =====
-**[Ebel 2001]** W. Ebel, M. Großklos, T. Loga, K. Müller, B. Steinmüller: Wohnen in Passiv- und Niedrigenergiehäusern, IWU, 1. Auflage 2001 (An extract is available for free (in German): [[http://www.bine.info/hauptnavigation/publikationen/publikation/wohnen-in-passivhaeusern/siedlung-wiesbaden-dotzheim/|Wiesbaden Passive Houses settlement]]).
+**[Ebel 2001]** W. Ebel, M. Großklos, T. Loga, K. Müller, B. Steinmüller: Wohnen in Passiv- und Niedrigenergiehäusern, IWU, 1. Auflage 2001 (An extract is available for free (in German): [[http://www.bine.info/hauptnavigation/publikationen/publikation/wohnen-in-passivhaeusern/siedlung-wiesbaden-dotzheim/|Wiesbaden Passive Houses settlement]]. \\ (In this development a lot of different measurements have been made in order to check indoor air quality, opening periods of windows and the actual energy consumption. A big part of the conclusions drawn in our article comes from these measurments).
-**[Ebel, Kah 2003]** W. Ebel, O. Kah: Tracergasmessungen: Auswirkungen von Fensteröffnung bei kontrollierter Lüftung; im Tagungsband der 7. Passivhaustagung Hamburg, Passivhaus Institut, 1. Auflage 2003
+**[Ebel, Kah 2003]** W. Ebel, O. Kah: Tracergasmessungen: Auswirkungen von Fensteröffnung bei kontrollierter Lüftung; im Tagungsband der 7. Passivhaustagung Hamburg, Passivhaus Institut, 1. Auflage 2003 \\ (tracer gas measurements allow for a precise determination of actual air flows; the method has been used to determine the real amount of fresh air provided through an opened (or titled) window under otherwise normal operation of the dwellings. In this research we have learned, that the actual energy loss through a single opened window in a passive house is by far not as high as it has been suspected. That is one reason, why users may operate their windows just like they want to - as long as they close the windows again, when they start to feel uncomfortable.).