Passive House (Passivhaus) represents today’s highest energy standard
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Passive House (Passivhaus) represents today’s highest energy standard, with the promise of reducing the energy consumption of buildings by up to 85% in New York while providing superior comfort and indoor air quality – all at minimal additional upfront cost. When coupled with renewable energy systems, such as solar, Passive House puts true zero energy buildings within reach. Passive House is a proven standard applied to more than 100, 000 buildings in all climate zones.
Benefits of Passive House
Passive House reliably delivers up to approximately a 90% reduction in heating and cooling demand and up to a 75% reduction in overall primary energy demand when compared to our existing building stock – meant to aggressively meet the climate crisis carbon reduction imperative while making a more comfortable, healthy and affordable built environment.
- Comfort
- Indoor Air Quality (air filter, pollution, allergies, wild fires)
- Efficiency (low utility bills, smaller solar PV systems to reach net zero, low operational foot print, up to 85% energy savings in California
- Sustainable, resilient, reliable
- Tranquility
- Simplicity and easy to use and maintain
This article uses material from the PHIUS Website