Passive Houses
The present article boards Passive Houses and its properties , taking as the main sample one of the passive houses on sale by the best builders in the market , Scandinavian Homes Ltd .
Scandinavian Homes Ltd have fixed a standard in the passive houses construction in Europe , merging together elegance and style , and the smart design of ecologic friendly passive houses .
The following is a passive house built by Scandinavian Homes Ltd :
Passive Houses are buildings which ensure indoor comfortable climate , together with the absence of a conventional heating system .
For example , in the coldest day of the winter , a passive house can keep a constant temperature of 20 degrees , requiring less than 10 watt / sq m .
This extraordinary advance is reached by creating a system of ailment and ventilation working together to keep the heat while eliminating the moisture of the air :
The floors are separated from the cold of the ground by polystyrene insulation , pressure impregnated bearing boards , damp proof membrane board supporting insulation , 195mm mineral wool insulation and 22mm T&G floor moisture resistant particleboard .
The walls are doubled Timber profile , with mineral wool insulation and plastic foil vapor control , and the windows are triple glazed with ventilation valves .
Finally , the roof includes 230 mm mineral wool insulation with windshield , 60 mm air ventilation , vapor control layer , and internal timber ceiling panel .
The following is a floor section of the house :
As said , this passive house is on sale at Scandinavian Homes Ltd , measures ~ 100 sq m , being the following its plan :
More Scandinavian Homes Ltd passive houses can be found here . A nice brochure on the issue can be downloaded here .
