Non-res­id­en­tial build­ings with spe­cial re­quire­ments

Non-res­id­en­tial build­ings with spe­cial re­quire­ments

Fri­day, 3 May 2019, 2:20 pm, Großer Saal (ground floor), sim­ul­tan­eous trans­la­tion in­to Eng­lish

Many people think that only small single family homes can be built to the Passive House standard, but as practitioners know, any building can be realised as a Passive House. In this session the presenters will explore some of the new types of buildings that have been realised to the Passive House standard over the past few years. In Germany a number of indoor swimming and leisure centres have been constructed to the Passive House standard and this has resulted in significant lifetime operational cost savings. The details of these projects and the new Passive House guidelines for these centres will be discussed in this session.

Later in 2019 the very first Passive House hospital will be completed in Frankfurt, Germany and the details of this ground breaking project will be presented to session attendees.  With OECD nations facing an ageing population, energy efficient buildings such as Hospital Frankfurt-Höchst, as well as other medical and aged-care facilities, will be increasingly important to the economic future of these nations.  A multi-function community centre / school / child care centre will also be presented in this session and show how Passive House buildings are the perfect solution to facilities that require superior indoor comfort and air quality.