An Introduction to Passive House

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Half Title
3. Copyright
4. Title
5. Contents
6. Foreword
7. Preface
8. What is Passive House?
   1. Introduction
   2. The origins of Passive House – how and why it began
   3. Dr Wolfgang Feist – “the father of Passive House”
   4. The pilot Passive House building
   5. Testing the concept at scale – the CEPHEUS project
   6. The impact of building users on design energy targets
   7. The economic foundations of Passive House
   8. The Passive House solution
   9. Key elements of the Passive House standard
9. Why Passive House?
   1. The renewable-energy revolution
   2. Capital and whole-life costs
   3. Localised Passive House construction
   4. The Nirvana of Zero-Zero – energy efficiency and low embodied energy
   5. Performance data and user feedback – comfort, health and energy efficiency
   6. Air quality and health
   7. The importance of skills
10. Case studies
    1. Introduction
    2. Riedberg School
    3. Liebefeld House
    4. Ludesch Community Centre
    5. Kamakura House
    6. Liebig Gym
    7. Ranulf Road House
    8. Bushbury Hill Primary School
    9. St Gerold Community Centre
    10. Langenpreising Kindergarten
    11. Gasser Bau Offices
    12. Molkereistrasse Residence
    13. Hudson House
    14. Salzburg University
    15. Villa Langenkamp
    16. Mayville Community Centre
11. Conclusions
12. Further Information
13. Picture Credits