The building doesn’t expand to fill the whole urban space but is set back instead to introduce a welcome plaza in front. Each project has good quality colour photographs, fairly detailed technical descriptions, general arrangement drawings and detailed technical drawings illustrating the specific construction employed. This means that managing humidity is a key factor in the building services design.

In hot climates, which are both of hot-dry and hot-humid type, space cooling is a key task for indoor comfort, and may be achieved in many ways.

So 15 degrees Fahrenheit, 8 degrees Celsius temperature … The continuous concrete structure forms the airtight layer. This introduces daylight to both levels and the tree provides summer shade without interrupting winter solar heat gains, daylight penetration and views out.As well as stepping in section and containing a small courtyard, the building plan is cranked to respond to the surrounding buildings and identify the library zone and service areas as different volumes. The happy ending is that, once all the technical details got worked out and the building was certified, the PHI was very pleased with it and is promoting it as the next generation of PH. It’s a mild climate that doesn’t suffer high summer temperatures or below freezing winter temperatures.The ground floor is a shopfront and pharmacy, above this is an apartment with two floors. My house is built into a rise, so I have a "crawl" space that has an 8' ceiling at one end. The majority of the case studies are from the US, but there are also projects in Ireland, Austria, Sweden, Mexico, Spain, China and Korea showcased.While many of the projects in the book are new build residences, there are several other typologies represented including offices, a library, multi-unit residential and retrofits.Essentially, this is a handbook of specific Passivhaus case studies in different climates.

With the cool winters, heating is also required. However, engaging the community and creating a Passive House culture in a hot and humid climate has been a challenge. Other case studies in this section are residential retrofits and multi-unit housing.

The climate types are; Marine, Cold and Very Cold, Mixed-Dry and Hot-Dry, Mixed-Humid and Hot-Humid. These aspects of the design do not help to optimise the building performance, instead, they demonstrate that a creative response to the many constraints of a project is possible while still achieving the Passivhaus Standard.Play Arquitectura managed to deliver an outstanding and inspirational library that met the PH targets, and all for a really low price. Climatic building design in warm-humid areas Passive and active houses Alexina de Roux Paris, France Key-words : Indoor comfort – Passive house – Active house – Warm-humid climate – Ventilation 1 Introduction The main purpose of a shelter is to give privacy and thermal comfort.

Smart Design For Hot/Humid Climates - Architect Peter L Pfeiffer, FAIA Part 2 of 2 - Duration: 19:14. [p18]Chapter 3 is “Evolving Passive House Standards”. Stay informed on the Passive House building standard, project developments, upcoming events and courses.

In addition to the five principles typically referred to (super-insulation, elimination of thermal bridging, airtightness, high-performance windows and doors, heat recovery ventilation), the following two principles are included;Chapter 2 is “Applying Passive House Principles in Different Climates”. You may know of Mary James from her previous books on Passive House in the US, including “American Passive House Developments” that I James Bill is an architect, certified Passivhaus Designer and founding member of The book starts with a brief overview of the international Passivhaus Standard, the building physics principles and how it is being applied in different climates. Other case studies in this section are a barn conversion, a residential retrofit, a detached house and an office building and adjacent apartment building. A large part of the case study is dedicated to describing some of the challenges of these competing constraints and how they were successfully resolved. Connect with us on social media, sign up for our email newsletters or give us a call. The roof is 750mm deep and the walls are 350mm thick – reflecting the complex geometry and cold climate. Walls have a ventilated rain screen cladding to ensure the high rainfall doesn’t make its way into the wall assembly. With an annual average of 1,260mm rainfall, relative humidity stays in a range of 66% to 77% all year round.The house follows a somewhat ‘traditional’ Passivhaus approach with a “A canopy shades the southern facade, windows have motorised external blinds for shading and humidity is managed with a heat pump air conditioning unit. [p146]Overheating was a key concern as there is extensive glazing around the courtyard and on the south and west facades. Connect with us on social media, sign up for our email newsletters or give us a call. Glazing includes triple-pane windows, curtain walling and rooflights over the apartment, while rooflights over the pharmacy are quad-pane.Despite what might be expected in the mild marine climate, fixed external shading for the curtainwall frontage to the pharmacy is included to prevent summer overheating.