Passive House (Passivhaus)
The Passive House standard shows how integrated design choices, such as heavy insulation and heat-recovery ventilation, can cut a building's heating and cooling energy use by up to 90 percent without large active systems.
A clear illustration of this design-led shift away from fossil fuel dependency can be found in the Passive House (Passivhaus) standard. Instead of designing conventional buildings that require large, active energy systems, the Passive House approach uses a set of integrated design principles—such as extreme insulation, airtight construction, high-performance windows, and heat-recovery ventilation—to create buildings that require up to 90% less energy for heating and cooling.
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Methods
- Passive House (Passivhaus) · both placed under Jevons Paradox (rebound effect) and design for less
Examples
- Abstracting Craft (book by Malcolm McCullough) · discussed together in section 152
- Caress of the Gaze (Behnaz Farahi / Critical Matter group, MIT) · discussed together in section 152
- Healthy Materials Lab at Parsons School of Design · discussed together in section 152
- Kamikatsu Zero Waste · discussed together in section 152
- Materiom · discussed together in section 152
- Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) · discussed together in section 152
- Thinking in Systems (book by Donella Meadows) · discussed together in section 152
- Tocco.earth · discussed together in section 152
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- Energy · variable
- Technological Component
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- Chapter 15, section 152 · Variables
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