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A look into our future - The active house PDF Print E-mail
Written by Hanna Blomdahl   
Monday, 08 March 2010 14:03

Lystrup, Denmark:

Visit a house that produces more energy than it consumes. With an energy surplus of 9 kWh/m2/year, it takes approximately 40 years for the house to generate the same amount of energy that was used to produce its building materials.
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Britain launches 'Green homes' loan scheme PDF Print E-mail
Written by Hanna Blomdahl   
Monday, 08 March 2010 13:54

British households will be able to take out soft loans to improve the efficiency of their homes under a proposed new law to fight climate change and cut fuel poverty, the government said on 2 March.
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Polish builders see a boom in low-energy homes PDF Print E-mail
Written by Hanna Blomdahl   
Wednesday, 07 April 2010 15:56

Five years ago it would have been difficult to find low-energy houses in Poland. But in response to high heating bills and the recent EU directive on low-energy houses, they are becoming increasingly common.

Read the article from Deutsche Welle here
 
Cold winters put the passive house to the test PDF Print E-mail
Written by Kristin Fridholm   
Monday, 25 January 2010 09:26

Outside Jack Frost is bundled up and the line on the bottom of the thermometer can barely be seen. How is it, then, to live in a house that is heated by body heat and by the electrical appliances in the house?
We asked a few tenants and managers of passive houses how they experience the hard cold. Have they turned ice blue?
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Smart metering pilot in Groningen PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ilja van der Veen   
Wednesday, 20 January 2010 10:56

The municipality of Groningen is piloting smart meters, measuring the consumption of energy in both private and public buildings. The results are graphs shown on internet that tell you the exact electricity consumption in real time. The first results are available now.
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