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Understanding Passivhaus
UNDERSTANDING PASSIVHAUS
A Simple Guide to Passivhaus Detailing and Design
Learn about the fastest growing energy performance standard in the world
UNDERSTANDING PASSIVHAUS
A Simple Guide to Passivhaus Detailing and Design
What's Included?
What is Passivhaus?
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Why design a Passivhaus?
- PHPP
- Certification
Principles of Passivhaus Design
- Technical requirements
- Building fabric
- Form factor
- Insulation
- Thermal bridge
- Airtightness and air leakage
- Building services and ventilation
- Windows
- Solar design
- Shading
- Summer ventilation
- Roof lights
Types of Construction
- Masonry construction
- Timber frame
- Structural Insulated Panels (SIPS)
- Insulated Concrete Formwork (ICF)
- Mixed methods of construction
Construction Details
- Solid concrete with rendered external insulation
- Insulated concrete formwork
- Solid masonry with larsen trusses
- Timber frame with larsen trusses
- Timber I joist frame
- SIPS construction
Case Studies
A selection of wonderful examples of Passivhaus designs and construction methods.
Download over 40 2d CAD files and over 40 3D SketchUp models!
WHO IS IT FOR?
students | graduates | professionals | tutors | professors
HOW THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU
- Gain a better understanding of the Passivhaus standard
- Understand the basic principles of detailing a Passivhaus
- Learn about the different construction methods that can be used for Passivhaus design
- Improve your technical ability
- Increase your knowledge of one of the fastest growing energy performance standards in the world
- Save a huge amount of time searching for details
- Edit and develop the CAD files into your own detail library
- Explore the 3D SketchUp files to improve your understanding of the Passivhaus design
BUNDLE 1
- (Book in pdf format)
- Over 40 2d images
- Over 40 3d images
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Bundle 2
- (Book in pdf format)
- Over 40 2d images
- Over 40 3d images
- PLUS – All the 2D details featured in the book (in dwg format) for you to explore
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Bundle 3
- (Book in pdf format)
- Over 40 2d images
- Over 40 3d images
- PLUS – All the 2D details featured in the book (in dwg format) for you to explore
- PLUS – All the SketchUp models (.skp) as seen in the book for you to explore
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Understanding Passivhaus - in PDF format
All the 2D details in CAD format as dwg files
All the 3D details in SKP format for SketchUp
Plus UAD Commercial Wall Details bonus book and digital files
UK construction standards and methods
Details drawn in metric units
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