planning:guides_and_aids
Table of Contents
Guides and Aids
Technical topics
Thermal Bridge - Various
| Guide/Aid | Description | Languages |
|---|---|---|
| Thermal bridge calcation | Thermal bridges are an important instrument for identifying in more detail the heat losses from the building envelope. In highly efficient buildings such as Passive Houses, the influence of these losses has to be minimised. In ideal cases this is referred to as thermal bridge free connections or thermal bridge free design. | EN, DE |
| Guide: calculation of thermal bridges to ambient air | Guidance on the documentation of a thermal bridge calculation for a connection detail adjacent to ambient air. | EN |
| Timber construction thermal bridge catalogue | In timber construction in particular, there are many elements that are located in the insulation level, such as wall end cross-sections or similar. In practice, it can happen for various reasons that details are not executed as planned and not as contained in this catalogue. If this is the case, the values from the thermal bridge catalogue can serve as an aid for estimating heat losses. | DE |
| Thermal bridge catalogue for masonry and concrete walls | The catalogue contains typical Ψ-values and fRsi factors of common connection details in a building for masonry and concrete walls for a range of insulation thickness from 0 to 400mm, thereby allowing the estimation of Ψ-values for the use within various situations. A tool is also available for a more precise identification of the thermal bridge coefficients. | EN, DE |
| Guidance: thermal bridges of components in contact with the ground | In practice, very different methods are often used for calculating thermal bridges of components in contact with the ground (thermal bridges towards the ground). All methods constitute an estimation ultimately; nevertheless, the procedure according to DIN EN ISO 10211 is recommended. | DE,EN |
Thermal Bridge - Window
| Guide/Aid | Description | Languages |
|---|---|---|
| Assessment of installation thermal bridges - transparent components | Windows are essential for the energy demand of a building. If not properly installed, it results in high thermal bridges, reducing the overall performance of the building's insulation and leading to unnecessary heat loss. | EN |
| Guide: calculation of window thermal bridges | Guidance on the documentation of a thermal bridge calculation of a window profile and a window installation thermal bridge. | DE, EN |
| Window installation thermal bridges catalogue | Overview of the thermal bridge calculations from the thermal bridge catalogue for window installation in new buildings, version 2.0 by the Energy Institute Vorarlberg | EN, DE |
Ventilation
| Guide/Aid | Description | Languages |
|---|---|---|
| Checklist for Design: Ventilation System in a residential Passive House Building | Checklist of the main topics to consider for the design of a ventilation system in a residential Passive House building. | DE, EN |
| Kitchen Exhaust Systems for Residential Kitchens in Passive Houses: Guidelines | This guide serves as a planning aid for integration of kitchen exhaust systems for energy efficient buildings. Furthermore, an approach for the consideration of such systems in the context of energy balance calculations with the Passive House Project Planning Package (PHPP 9) is given. | DE, EN |
Airtightness
| Guide/Aid | Description | Languages |
|---|---|---|
| Guidance: Airtightness measurements in Passive Houses | Guidance on the airtightness measurements required for Passive House buildings. Procedure based on ISO 9972, method 1. The deviations (these are not of a fundamental nature), clarifications and additions to the standard in relation to Passive Houses are described here. | DE, EN |
| Checklist: Test reports of airtightness measurements | This checklist can be used to confirm that the report of the airtightness measurement includes the minimum information necessary according to ISO 9972 | DE, EN |
| Guide: Airtightness measurement of high-rise buildings | Due to the particularly strong wind and thermal influences in high-rise buildings, special rules must be taken into account for airtightness measurements. The Passive House Institute (PHI) has produced a guide for carrying out airtightness measurements in high-rise buildings. | DE, EN |
Summer Comfort
| Guide/Aid | Description | Languages |
|---|---|---|
| Summer comfort guideline | This guideline for summer comfort has been written to raise awareness and to aid building designers in developing a robust strategy to ensure the thermal comfort all year-round. The provided design aid helps to identify effective passive cooling techniques and analyse potential summer comfort risks of a project. | DE, EN, BG, EL, ES, FR, NL |
| Summer comfort user manual | In order to prevent misunderstandings and to ensure the building will perform as intended once in use, the chosen summer comfort strategy should be sufficiently explained to the future users. This template for a summer comfort user manual already contains some general recommendations and can be expanded with project specific user instructions e.g. for the ventilation strategy. | DE, EN, BG, EL, ES, FR, NL |
Specific building uses
Educational Buildings
| Guide/Aid | Description | Languages |
|---|---|---|
| Guide for energy-efficient educational buildings | Guide for Passive House schools, kindergartens and sports halls. The guide was developed in the German context and then translated into English. Therefore, the translation may not take into account international or country-specific construction aspects and regulations. | DE, EN, |
Swimming pools
| Guide/Aid | Description | Languages |
|---|---|---|
| Planning guidelines for Passive House indoor swimming pools | These guideline documents summarise the main research findings and provide recommendations to support the design, construction and long-term operation of highly energy efficient indoor swimming pools. | DE, EN, |
| Passive House Indoor Swimming Pools-Checklist for energy consumption | The energy demand of indoor swimming pools can be reduced significantly by consistently applying the high energy efficiency approach of the Passive House concept. This checklist help you for keeping an eye on energy consumption, as referenced in the guide | DE, EN, |
Hospitals
| Guide/Aid | Description | Languages |
|---|---|---|
| Baseline study - implementing the Passive House concept in hospitals | Main aspects to consider for the implementation of the Passive House standard in hospitals. Baseline study carried out for the State of Hessen for the Frankfurt Höchst Clinic . This paper presents the main insights from the baseline study. | DE, EN, |
Building certification
| Guide/Aid | Description | Languages |
|---|---|---|
| Sample Documents for Building Certification | Examples of the most important documents that must be submitted for building certification. | DE, EN, |
| Building Certification Guide | Supplement to the criteria for buildings (valid with versions 10b and earlier), explaining the requirements in a brief manner. Note that as of version 10c of the Guide was discontinued as a separate document, the content is integrated into the Criteria for Buildings. | DE, EN, |
See also
planning/guides_and_aids.txt · Last modified: by yaling.hsiao@passiv.de