Title: Passive House | INTUS Windows
Headings: Passive House Advantages
Passive building is a set of design principles used to attain a quantifiable and rigorous level of energy efficiency within a specific quantifiable comfort level – or in other words maximizing gains, and minimizing losses. These principles can be applied to any type of structure, from single-family residences, to skyscrapers, to schools, to multi-family apartment buildings.
Passive House Advantages
Why Build With Passive House Principles?
Passive House Principles
Passive House Requirements
How to Build a Passive House Building
Choose High-Performance Windows and Doors.
Insulate
Eliminate Thermal Bridges
Create an Infiltration-Free, Air Tight Building
Properly Ventilate by Specifying Energy or Heat Recovery Ventilation
Optimize Passive Solar and Internal Heat Gain
Conclusion

Content: No matter which type of insulation is used, Passive House builders must make sure that the product is installed correctly. Technicians using thermographic imaging as shown below, can directly measure the application and performance of insulation. These cameras can readily detect heat loss; therefore they can help identify areas where insulation is insufficient, incomplete, damaged, or settled. Eliminate Thermal Bridges
Heat flows out of a building by the easiest available path – the path of least resistance. It will pass very quickly through an element that has a higher thermal conductivity than the surrounding material, forming what is known as a thermal bridge. Thermal bridges can significantly increase heat loss, which can create areas in or on the walls that are cooler than their surroundings (cold spots). When warm, moist air condenses on a cooler surface, moisture and mold problems can easily arise. In a Passive House, there are few or no thermal bridges, which means negligible heat loss and a less moldy and therefore healthy environment. Passive House designers and builders reduce or eliminate thermal bridges by limiting penetrations, and by using heat transfer-resistant materials.