Air Tightness and Energy Performance of an Arctic Low-Energy House

Carsten Rode; Petra Vladyková; Martin Kotol

Air Tightness and Energy Performance of an Arctic Low-Energy House

Carsten Rode
, Petra Vladyková
, Martin Kotol

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Abstract

A low-energy house has been built in Sisimiut, Greenland, five years ago. An ambitious target was set for its low energy consumption for heating: 80 kWh/(m2∙a). But unfortunately, the house has used more energy than planned, approximately 140 kWh/(m2∙a). Although higher than anticipated, this is still for Greenland a very low energy consumption. The purpose of the work presented in the paper has been to analyze the energy consumption of the house and to understand why it was different than anticipated. One significant lesson learned is that the house was not built with sufficient air-tightness and that it was one of the main reasons for its higher energy consumption.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Building and Ductwork Air-tightness
Number of pages	13
Publisher	Energie und Umweltzentrum am Deister GmbH (e.u.[z.])
Publication date	2010
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	5^th International BUILDAIR-Symposium „Building and Ductwork Air-tightness“: former „European BlowerDoor-Symposium“ - DTU, Kgs. Lyngby/Copenhagen, Denmark, Denmark Duration: 21 Oct 2010 → 22 Oct 2010 Conference number: 5

Conference

Conference	5^th International BUILDAIR-Symposium „Building and Ductwork Air-tightness“
Number	5
Location	DTU
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Kgs. Lyngby/Copenhagen, Denmark
Period	21/10/2010 → 22/10/2010

UN SDGs

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

Low-energy house, building envelope, heat exchanger, air tightness, blower-door test

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Rode, C, Vladyková, P & Kotol, M 2010, Air Tightness and Energy Performance of an Arctic Low-Energy House. in Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Building and Ductwork Air-tightness. Energie und Umweltzentrum am Deister GmbH (e.u.[z.]), 5^th International BUILDAIR-Symposium „Building and Ductwork Air-tightness“, Kgs. Lyngby/Copenhagen, Denmark, Denmark, 21/10/2010. <http://www.buildair.de/homepage.html>

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Air Tightness and Energy Performance of an Arctic Low-Energy House

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