The program of the PassiveHouse Symposium 2011 is now available!
Discover the overview of the program here.
Like the past years our program will include a varied range of lectures. This year we have chosen the following topics (click on the buttons for more information):
Most economic ways to ventilate healthily
Measurements of indoor air quality in ventilated schools (DU)
Arnold Janssens, Ghent University
Ventilation systems: monitoring of performances on site (FR)
From design to reality: the performance of a passive house with regard to the energy use and the indoor environment (DU)
Key note speaker
Passive House as energy standard for urban development in Heidelberg-Bahnstadt zero-emissions area (EN)
Passive apartments and housing
Quality control in large scale passive house buildings – the interplay between construction management and planning (EN)
Evaluating energy efficient housing investments under uncertainty: a case study (DU)
Mohamed Al Marchohi , University of Antwerp, Department Environment, Technology and Technology Management (B)
The multifunctional ‘Nimmerdor’-house, Grijpskerke as a pilot project for a massive passive building in the Netherlands (DU)
Renovation towards 100% passive
Bottlenecks and solutions for the airtightness of individual home renovations (FR)
A 100% passive renovation of a listed building (DU)
The cost of retrofitting to PassivHaus standards (EN)
Passive house renovation at the example of my own office- and residential house (EN)
Execution of very low energy renovation through an integrated approach and application of new technology (NL)
Is a full transition to a higher energy performance level of massive brick houses in northern Belgium feasible both architecturally and economically? (DU)
Bart Janssens, Artesis College of Architectural Sciences – Henry Van de Velde Institute (B)
Project evaluation
The Brussels “Exemplary Buildings”: evolution of a new building standard (FR)
End-user acceptance of domestic low-energy, passive and zero-energy buildings in the Netherlands (DU)
Ger de Vries, Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture, Department Architecture (NL)
Health Institution ‘De Vluchtheuvel’: results of an intensive aftercare phase (DU)
District Development
Energy, time and space – assessing the impacts of zero energy districts (EN)
First zero energy district project in Belgium (DU)
Targeted transfer of skills: a passive, multi-stored, timber frame pilot project – 21 homes in St. Doulchard (FR)
Passive schools and office buildings
Expansion of the buildings of the Social House of Ternate (OCMW) (DU)
A passive building at the campus of KaHo Sint-Lieven (DU)
Overview from Passive House schools and NZEB schools to Plus Energy school (DU)
Passive house: future-proof
Behavior of a passive houses in case of fire (NL)
be.ACV. The Software, one step further (FR)
Net Zero Energy Building: a review of current definitions and market status in Belgium (FR)
Indoor climate
€COFFICE: HVAC solutions for passive offices (FR)
Solar shading solutions to secure sustainable summer comfort and to reduce energy consumption in buildings (DU)
The power of quality (NL)
Zero energy projects
Zero energy: an apartment building compared to an office building (FR)
Robustness study of a flexible, zero-energy-house (DU)
Can the passive house standard be generalized to complex building forms? Zero energy in sight (FR)
