Super Insulated Structure
A Passivhaus is like a giant thermos, carefully designed and engineered to prevent all forms of heat loss (or heat gain in summer)
A Passivhaus is like a giant thermos, carefully designed and engineered to prevent all forms of heat loss (or heat gain in summer)
The Passive House name comes from it's early utilization of passive energy gains (especially solar) in substantially reducing energy needs.
Air leakage is reduced to a minuscule amount in a Passivhaus. Specialized materials are used in conjunction with evolved construction techniques to produce the tightest possible structure.