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Passive house details : solutions for high-performance design / Donald B. Corner, Jan C. Fillinger, and Alison G. Kwok.

Corner, Donald, (author.). Fillinger, Jan C., (author.). Kwok, Alison G., (author.).

Summary:

"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"-- Back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9781138958258
ISBN: 1138958255
ISBN: 9781138958265
ISBN: 1138958263
Physical Description: xvi, 316 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Publisher: New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-312) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Design process for optimized enclosure : Activities ; Site and climate ; Performance of the whole ; Selection of the parts ; Design development concepts and methods -- Foundation systems and details : Pumpkin Ridge passive house ; VOLKsHouse 1.0 ; Freeman house ; Stellar apartments ; Fineline house ; Jung Haus ; Specht residence -- Floor systems : Balance project ; Skidmore house ; Windy View passive house ; Midorihaus ; Karuna house ; Orchard Street house -- Wall systems : Skidmore house ; Arlington house ; Full plane residence ; Portola Valley passive house ; CH2 ; MARTak rest/work space ; Warren Woods Ecological Field Station -- Roof systems : Midorihaus ; Hollis Montessori School ; New York Street passive house ; VOLKsHouse 1.0 ; Lone Fir residence ; Orchard Street house ; Pumpkin Ridge passive house ; Project green house ; Zero cottage -- Openings for windows and doors : Stellar apartments ; Lone Fir residence ; Madrona passive house ; Jung Haus ; Bayside Anchor ; Freeman house ; Tighthouse brownstone ; Warren Woods Ecological Field Station -- Openings: mechanical, plumbing, and electrical -- Case studies : Ankeny Row net zero community, Portland, Oregon ; Cowhorn Vineyard House, Jacksonville, Oregon ; Earthship Farmstead, Stuart, Virginia -- Empowerhouse, Washington, D.C. ; Hayfield House, Bolton, Connecticut ; Karuna House, Newberg, Oregon ; Louisiana passive house, Lafayette, Louisiana -- Madrona passive house, Seattle, Washington -- Orchards at Orenco, Hillsboro, Oregon ; Prescott passive house, Kansas City, Kansas ; San Juan passive house, Shaw Island, Washington ; Saugerties residence, Saugerties, New York ; Uptown Lofts on Fifth, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ; Viridescent Building, Falmouth, Maine -- Appendix A. Abbreviations and graphic symbols used in detail drawings -- Appendix B. Project information.