Passive House Details

Description

Passive House Details, Solutions for High-Performance Design

Passive House Details introduces the concepts, principles, and design processes of building ultralow-energy buildings. The objective of this book is to provide design goals, research, analysis, systems, details, and inspiring images of some of the most energy-efficient, carbon-neutral, healthy, and satisfying buildings currently built in the region. Other topics included: heat transfer, moisture management, performance targets, and climatic zones. Illustrated with more than 375 color images, the book is a visual catalog of construction details, materials, and systems drawn from projects contributed from forty firms. Fourteen in-depth case studies demonstrate the most energy-efficient systems for foundations, walls, floors, roofs, windows, doors, and more.

CONTENTS

• Foreword, Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction
• Chapter 1: Design Process for an Optimal Enclosure
• Chapter 2: Foundation Systems and Details
• Chapter 3: Floor Systems
• Chapter 4: Wall Systems
• Chapter 5: Roof Systems
• Chapter 6: Openings for Windows and Doors
• Chapter 7: Openings: Mechanical, Plumbing, and Electrical
• Chapter 8: Case Studies
• Appendix A Legend of Detail Materials
• Appendix B Project Information
• Bibliography, Index

316 pages, 380 Color Illus. 110 Line drawings / 21,6 x 28 cm / English