Fischerhaus Passivhaus - 2009-06-29

The plan of my little dream house and the offer were finished and the guy in charge from Fischerhaus invited me to come to Nuremberg to see the new Passivhaus Fischerhaus had built there and discuss the plan, the offer and the next steps with me. Accompaning me was my aunt who built a house from Fischerhaus herself and so was very valuable in consulting me.

A Passivhaus is a house that generates more energy than it needs for heating the house itself and the warm water needed. Mainly this is accomplished by using the sun for electricity for heating water by using solar panels on the roof and big south-side windows vs. small north-side windows. Also an important part is the reuse of heat from waste water to refill the hot-water boiler. The most important part of course is just very good isolation.

My house of course wouldn't be a Passivhaus because I just can't afford the cost of the extra technology neccessary. However the isolation of new houses is very good in general, so it's still a low-cost house heating-wise.