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Non-residential Passive House buildings
The Passive House Standard allows for extremely high levels of comfort as well as enormous energy savings - not only for residential buildings. The Passive House Standard has been successfully realised in many different types of buildings including offices, hostels, factories, administrative buildings, sports halls, schools and kindergartens.
Passive House schools
The Passive House Standard is a sensible alternative, not only for residential buildings. The Passive House Standard has been successfully realised in many different types of buildings including offices, hostels, factories, administrative buildings, sports halls and kindergartens.
Passive House school buildings are particularly interesting. Several school buildings have been realised using this standard and experiences gained from their use are now available: The Passive House Standards allows for energy savings of around 75% in comparison with average new school buildings - and of course there is no need for an additional heating or cooling system. The additional investment costs are within reasonable limits.
Passive House Schools - Boundary Conditions
Passive House schools – How to go about it
Passive House office buildings
Certification of Passive House office buildings - Passive House office buildings are certified by the Passive House Institute (PHI) based on a standard occupancy level and corresponding internal gains of 3.5 W/m² (the reference area being the “treated floor area” of the PHPP, not the office area). From the PHI’s experience this value represents a typical average, taking into account an improved efficiency of the equipment used. The reasons why the PHI uses standard values for certification are partly to be able to ensure consistency and also because the use of a building is often not permanent and not always prior known. Read more
Passive House swimming pools
Energy efficiency in public indoor swimming pools
The Passive house concept can be applied as a guiding principle for swimming pool buildings as well; the objective is to achieve optimal thermal comfort with significantly reduced energy consumption. The following article is a combination of different publications that deal with the basic principles of applying the Passive House concept for public indoor swimming pools.
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Passive House concept in hospitals
Baseline study - implementing the Passive House concept in hospitals
This article is published in the Conference proceedings of the 18th International Passive House Conference 2014:
Evaluations of consumption statistics show that hospitals are among the buildings that consume the most energy. To evaluate and tap the conservation potential of retrofits and energy-efficient new builds, the State of Hesse studied basic issues for the implementation of the Passive House Standard in hospitals while constructing a new build for the Frankfurt Höchst Clinic. Read more
Passive House: when reasoning becomes a passion
Download (pdf 5,8 MB) of the long version of the report “Baseline study on implementing the Passive House concept in hospitals” on www.passivehouse.com (only available in German language)
Aspects of efficient ventilation in hospitals
This article is published in the Conference proceedings of the 18th International Passive House Conference 2014:
Certain areas of hospitals require great air flows, with especially high air exchange rates found in operation rooms, labs, and areas where utensils are sterilized. Ventilation systems therefore make up a significant share of total energy demand. In addition, a large number of individual components are needed to filter and purify the air in compliance with hygienic and functional requirements for individual hospital areas (especially operating rooms). The sum of these individual pressure losses has a great impact on ventilators' power consumption. Read more
Energy efficiency in cafeterias and commercial kitchens
Energy efficiency in cafeterias and commercial kitchens
This article is published in the Conference proceedings of the 17th International Passive House Conference 2013:
Commercial kitchens are one of the most energy-intensive areas of buildings. In addition to cooking, dishes are washed and food is kept cool, all of which requires a lot of energy; in addition, each of these processes creates a lot of internal heat and moisture, which has to be drawn out of the kitchen with sufficiently dimensioned ventilation systems. Energy-efficient kitchen equipment therefore offers benefits in several ways – it saves energy, generally reduces internal loads, and thus allows smaller ventilation units to be used. The topic is especially timely as Germany switches to all-day schools with school cafeterias. Read more
Ventilation in commercial kitchens
This article is published in the Conference proceedings of the 17th International Passive House Conference 2013:
A large part of the energy used in commercial kitchens is devoted to ventilation. Kitchen ventilation systems have to remove heat, moisture, and aerosols emitted during cooking and cleaning from the indoor air to ensure tolerable working conditions for staff.
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Passive House retail
These and more articles can be found in Protocol Volume No. 40 about “Passive House Retail Stores” of the “Research Group for Cost-effective Passive Houses” (only available in German).
Nr.40 Passive House retail establishments
Retrofitting non-residential buildings to the Passive House / EnerPHit-standard
Factors that influence the energy balance and affordability of non-residential EnerPHit-projects
Does it make sense to retrofit non-residential buildings with Passive House components if the buildings have a lot of internal heat sources?
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Nr.48 Using Passive House technology for retrofitting non-residential buildings
See also
Certification criteria for non-residential Passive Houses buildings - English
Certification criteria for non-residential Passive Houses buildings - Other languages
Certification criteria for non-residential energy retrofits - English