Monday, May 28, 2012

EnerPHit — The Passive House Approach to Deep Retrofit

Subtitle:

Since it is much trickier to hit the Passive House standard for a retrofit project than for a new house, the Passivhaus Institut has created a retrofit standard that is ambitious but achievable

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**Reprinted with permission from [Construct Ireland][7] magazine.**

[1]: http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blog-river/EnerPHit-TITLE 3.jpg (EnerPHit)
[2]: http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/blogs/dept/green-building-blog/enerphit-passive-house-approach-deep-retrofit
[3]: http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blog-river/EnerPHit-01 - Feist.jpg (Photo of Wolfgang Feist)
[4]: http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blog-river/EnerPHit-02 - rafters.jpg (Photo of rafters at a retrofit project)
[5]: http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blog-river/EnerPHit-03 - air sealing tape.jpg (Photo of air sealing work at the Passfield Drive retrofit project)
[6]: http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blog-river/EnerPHit-04 - window stool.jpg (Photo of interior air sealing work around a window)
[7]: http://www.constructireland.ie/Vol-5-Issue-8/Articles/Passive-Housing/EnerPHit-the-passive-house-approach-to-deep-retrofit.html

URL: http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/blogs/dept/green-building-blog/enerphit-passive-house-approach-deep-retrofit

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