To survive and exploit this, we needed to be able to travel, develop technologies (fire and tools), problem solve, and adapt.
Highly insulated walls, floors and roofs.. Site specific shading to mitigate summertime overheating, whilst allowing winter solar heat gains.. High performance triple glazing with thermally bridge- free heads, jams and sills.. A thermal bridge-free building via detailed design of junctions, and clear and easily buildable air seal lines, to deliver the specified air permeability..Mechanical ventilation with heat recovery (MVHR) and low-pressure loss duct systems to minimise heating demand..
High-performance air source heat pumps for heating and DHW.. Renewable technology, including building mounted photovoltaics, solar thermal or small-scale generators and consider the use of battery storage for improving payback periods of building mounted renewables..Recommended design measures for the achievement of Passivhaus performance.What are the benefits and challenges of adopting Passivhaus?.
These are the main benefits of adopting a Passivhaus standard:.A well-recognised quality mark: Passivhaus is a well-recognised, international, sustainable design standard which is seen by professionals and non-professionals alike as guaranteeing a level of environmental excellence that goes well beyond national standards..
Performance gap reduced to minimum: Its all-encompassing energy assessment methodology and bespoke design software (Passive House Planning Package) offers a different approach to the compliance-focused UK energy modelling, which results in performance gap being largely avoided.. Ultra-low energy/carbon and lower operational costs: Passivhaus designs achieve low-energy consumption.
Rapid grid decarbonisation and the use of high efficiency heat pumps results in extremely low carbon emissions and gives clients the option of going net zero in operation through the use of additional PV or green electricity tariffs.He starts from the perspective that there is Tradition.
And if we stick by the way we always did things, then all will be well; it is what holds everything together.But then he, himself points out that once, these traditions were new.
As each of his first two daughters, choose their own husbands against the wishes of their parents, he goes through personal moral debate and anguish.Under review are the values he holds.