The Passivhaus standard in the UK: Is it desirable? Is it achievable?

PLEA 2008 - Towards Zero Energy Building: 25th PLEA International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Schiano Phan, Rosa ^a   Ford, Brian ^a   Gillott, Mark ^a   Rodrigues, Lucèlia T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low energy; Passivhaus standard; Zero carbon

Indexed keywords

THERMAL INSULATION; VENTILATION; WASTE HEAT;

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CONTROLLED NATURAL VENTILATION; HEATING ENERGY; LOW CARBON; LOW ENERGIES; MECHANICAL VENTILATION; PASSIVE DESIGN; PERFORMANCE STANDARDS; UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM; ZERO CARBONS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 85067742247     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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