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AIRTIGHTNESS | The New Zealand's First Passive House
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Friday, June 1, 2012. Previous blower door tests have not quite met the requires air change per hour (ac/h) required to meet the minimum Passive House standard of 0.6ac/h, so a few adjustments are made to address the building envelope. Additional blower tests are done until this is achieved. A ply panel with seals for the blower fan is fitted into the internal garage door that provides direct access to the house entry foyer . Fitting of the panel for the blower door can be seen in the garage. However, as...
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PASSIVHAUS
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IS PASSIVE HEATING and VENTILATION AFFORDABLE IN THE UK? Professors Bo Adamson, Sweden, and Wolfgang Feist, Germany. IS PASSIVHAUS RELEVANT IN THE UK? There is growing interest in Passivhaus in the UK. The high standards of energy efficiency achieved can meet government targets for lower carbon homes. There is also a marketing advantage since the homes adopt an inclusive, adaptable design which require little to no energy. PassivHaus is based on enhancing building envelopes to reduce heating loads to the...
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HOT WATER | The New Zealand's First Passive House
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Thursday, July 12, 2012. Hot water is supplied to the house from an external heat pump, which is strapped to the structure for stability, to meet NZ seismic requirements. The STIEBEL ELTRON WWK 300A Heat Pump works through utilising the ambient air temperature (thermal energy) and converting this. To usable energy to create hot water. A heat pump essentially works. In a similar way to a refrigerator, only in reverse. The only primary. The advantages of this technology is in the benefit of being able to.
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HEAT RECOVERY VENTILATION SYSTEM (HRVS) | The New Zealand's First Passive House
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Friday, April 20, 2012. HEAT RECOVERY VENTILATION SYSTEM (HRVS). The Heat Recovery Ventilation System (HRVS) -. By Zehnder (in Germany), imported into New Zealand by Fantech and is distributed by Carters. This is the. Second house in New Zeland to adopt this system. The 'hub' of the heat recovery ventilation system. The grey ribbed ducting is fitted into the framed walls and ceilings. The grey bulb terminating at the end of the ducts will have outlet grilles fitted later in the build process. It’s ...
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TIMBER FRAMED WALLS | The New Zealand's First Passive House
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Friday, January 13, 2012. Construction on the Passive House building site took a break over the 3 week Christmas holiday period, and this week the house has grown considerably - and quickly - with the installation of the pre-cut and nailed ' Laserframe. Laserframe Structural Timber is kiln dried, and is a structurally graded timber for residential and commercial construction of wall frames for general indoor load bearing applications. The pine used is. Also seen in these pictures is the pro clima. H12 Bo...
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Interviews | The New Zealand's First Passive House
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Close-up interview screened on TV3, August 20 2012 -. Http:/ tvnz.co.nz/close-up/warm-home-without-electricity-video-5038807. The PH owner, Philip was interviewed today (March 21, 2012) on National radio -. Http:/ www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2513359/auckland-story-for-21-march-2012-first-passive-house. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The blog of the first Passive House in New Zealand. CONCRETE FLOOR SLAB - SECOND POUR. HEAT RECOVERY VENTILATION SYSTEM (HRVS). FLOOR SLAB - FIRST POUR.
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News | The New Zealand's First Passive House
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Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The blog of the first Passive House in New Zealand. CONCRETE FLOOR SLAB - SECOND POUR. In January, the second concrete floor slab was poured for the majority of the house footprint. Using the same construction as the first fl. As well as timber-framed walls being installed, block-layers are building reinforced Firth concrete-block walls on top of the concrete f. HEAT RECOVERY VENTILATION SYSTEM (HRVS). FLOOR SLAB - FIRST POUR. Excavation &#...Rainwater is collected fr...
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Clay tiles - Sun Protection. Textiles - Sun Protection. Others - Sun Protection. Description - Passive House. A Passive House is a building, for which thermal comfort can be achieved solely by heating or. Cooling of the fresh air volume required to provide good indoor air quality. Passive House requirements are performance based criteria defining limits to Heating/Cooling loads. Annual space Heating/Cooling demand, air tightness and annual primary energy needs are very critical. Please contact us for mor...
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Eco Ventilation | Extraction Ventilation | Remove stale and moist air from your home - Resource Center
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