Passivhaus Roof Construction

Consuming up to 90 less heating and cooling energy than conventional buildings and applicable to almost any building type or design the passive house high performance building standard is the only internationally recognized proven science based energy standard in construction delivering this level of performance.

Passivhaus roof construction.

The main diagram below shows how the three passive elements roof wall and foundation link together. There are at least three good reasons for timber construction being popular for passivhaus. Fink truss attic truss the vaulted roof and the flat roof. This passivhaus in berkshire was built by tom gresford of gresford architects using a prefabricated timber frame constructed off site and then erected on site to airtight stage within two weeks.

It s gaining lots of attention in the uk and is based around the principle of reducing heating demand to a very low level rather than relying on renewables. Yes timber is a suitable passivhaus construction system. Structural stability we have used steel structural ridge purlins to carry the main load of building which are inside the thermal envelope so not creating a thermal bridge. Clad in vertical timber panels the exterior façade nods to the traditional agricultural buildings in the area.

The roof detailing at the golcar passivhaus is in fact similar to that at our stirley farm enerphit project. Timber in all its forms structural framing studwork panels mass timber is suitable. The passivhaus standard developed in germany is a low energy design standard. Some of the key characteristics of a passivhaus include.

The individual roof type diagrams show the detail associated with each roof type. Excellent levels of thermal comfort. And it is a popular choice for passivhaus. To achieve the passivhaus standard passive roofs need high levels of insulation thermal bridges need to be eliminated and the structure itself needs to be airtight.

It was developed in 1990 over 25 years ago and some estimates suggest there are well over 50 000 passivhaus buildings around the world. All mbc passive roof systems deliver a u value of 0 10w m2k. Click image to expa nd.