1000 Passive houses in Austria - 3. Documentation period
3rd documentation period of the joint project of IG Passivhaus Österreich to set up a detailed network documentation on a representative cross-section of all passive houses in Austria.
Project description / tasksStatuscompleted
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Summary3rd documentation period of the joint project of "IG Passivhaus Österreich" under the programme ‘Building of Tomorrow’, an initiative of the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (bmvit) to set up a detailed network documentation on a representative cross-section of all passive houses in Austria.
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MotivationThe ecological passive house meets the need for living quality, comfort and cosiness to an extent hardly yet reached, both in single-family and multi-family homes and public and commercial buildings. It is the most consistent and economic concept of sustainable building. In order to further promote this positive development tendency it was imperative to establish a comprehensive network of passive houses from all over Austria.
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ObjectivesThis unique network has covered 99 % of all passive houses built until 2002, 63 % built until 2004, 30 % built until 2006, and 11 % built until 2009 in Austria as successful examples of sustainable building. In total, 801 passive-house building projects, primarily from Austria, and 42 international projects have been documented. This makes up 30 % of all passive houses documented in Europe. This platform for expert planners, property developers, trades and opinion-leaders serves to expand their knowledge about the passive house, different building types, construction methods, services and technical equipment concepts and architectural solutions demonstrated in already built projects. Experiences, developments and trends towards implementing the passive house standard are opened to the general public in all Austrian provinces.
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Processing methodThe central online database was used as the management tool focussing exclusively on the passive house for entering and managing data gathered from all over Austria in a uniform data entry mask. The user can select permanently updated buildings by using targeted search criteria and obtains various evaluations also in the form of charts and diagrams. The purpose is to provide maximum market diffusion in order to more rapidly disseminate information about the passive house.
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DataThe criteria for including passive houses in the IG Passivhaus joint project are solely those set up by the Passivhaus Institut Darmstadt! This secures the high scientific quality and offers a major contribution to raise the general awareness of the high quality standard. The buildings are subdivided in five categories:
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ResultsDue to the broad basis of cooperation in capturing planned and already built passive houses in Austria, as of April 25, 2010, the essential data of a total of 801 passive houses, 759 of them in Austria covering around 5341 residential units, were gathered, documented and made available on the Internet.
801 buildings included in the database with a total useful floor space of 652,704m² (Germany: 1281 documented buildings with a total useful floor space of approx. 485,500m²)
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The passive house market has rapidly increased
Further comparisons (of provinces, technique), analysis and cognitions can be found in the final report (only in German). The passive-house building database is currently visited by up to 85,000 users per month on the four websites:
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Project partnersProject managementIng. Günter Lang
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Publikation1000 Passivhäuser in ÖsterreichPassivhaus Objektdatenbank: Interaktives Dokumentations-Netzwerk Passivhaus 3. Dokumentationsperiode 2006-2009 Downloads zur PublikationDie Schriftenreihe "Berichte aus Energie- und Umweltforschung" des BMVIT dient der Veröffentlichung von neuen, ausführlichen Expertisen, Forschungsergebnissen und Tagungsbänden aus dem Bereich nachhaltiger Energie- und Umwelttechnologien. |
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Contact addressIng. Günter Lang |
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