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: 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. Thermal bridge details are analyzed during the design phase through thermographic imaging (as shown above), and can be used to determine the effectiveness of eliminating thermal bridges. Create an Infiltration-Free, Air Tight Building
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