{"id":14699,"date":"2017-01-08T11:18:30","date_gmt":"2017-01-08T10:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/preprod.popup-house.com\/en\/?p=14699"},"modified":"2018-05-17T14:44:38","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T13:44:38","slug":"what-is-a-passive-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.popup-house.com\/en\/what-is-a-passive-house\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a passive house?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18807 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.popup-house.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/picto-tamponpassive-bleu2-150x150.png\" alt=\" Build a passive wood house | PopUp House\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.popup-house.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/picto-tamponpassive-bleu2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.popup-house.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/picto-tamponpassive-bleu2.png 251w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A passive house is a building which has limited heat loss and takes advantage of natural factors<\/span>\u00a0in<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0its direct environment (bio-climatic design). A passive house\u2019s energy consumption is very low and thermal indoor comfort is ensured all year long.<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><b>Passive buildings<\/b><\/td>\n<td><strong>Newly built houses in France<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Heating energy consumption<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&lt;15 kWh\/m\u00b2\/year<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&lt;91 kWh\/m\u00b2\/year (2013)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Criteria defining passive buildings are defined by the Passive House Institute which holds the PASSIVHAUS<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00ae<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> label.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>How to make a house passive?<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24758 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.popup-house.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/maison-passive-final1.png\" alt=\" 4 technical solutions for building a passive wood house | PopUp House\" width=\"583\" height=\"341\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although passive houses require limited heating, they still need a heating system.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks to its <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.popup-house.com\/en\/what-is-a-popup-house-thermal-performance\/\">high energy efficiency<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a PopUp House can comply with the PASSIVHAUS<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00ae<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> label. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Advantages of a passive house<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Thermal comfort<\/strong> all day and all year long. Temperatures are regulated:\u00a0it is always warm during the winter and there is no overheating during the summer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Energy savings<\/strong>: In France, heating is responsible for 67% of the electricity bill (2013, ADEME). In a passive house, it is possible to reduce the heating energy consumption by up to 80% compared to a non-passive new house. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To build a low-energy house, please read our recommendations about <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bio-climatic design<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. A PopUp House can easily become an energy positive building (compliant with the next French thermal regulation in 2020) if renewable energy equipment such as solar panels or wind turbines are added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A passive house is a building which has limited heat loss and takes advantage of natural factors\u00a0in\u00a0its direct environment&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18805,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Build a passive house with PopUp House | PopUp House<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Build a wooden passive house with PopUp House: learn more about the advantages of exceptional insulation, thermal comfort, and energy 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