LILU´s House: bio-based Passivhaus Plus

Passivhaus design and consultancy, for this single-family house in Abrera, Barcelona, designed by architecture firm OMB Arquitectura and built by House Habitat.

LILU´s house: bio-based Passivhaus

Passivhaus, Blower Door

Praxis cabecera proyectos

Description

Passivhaus design and consultancy, for this single-family house in Abrera, Barcelona, designed by architecture firm OMB Arquitectura and built by House Habitat.

The home has 143 m2 distributed over 2 floors, it will be the headquarters of the company House Habitat and a research unit for companies and universities. It is in the process of Passivhaus Plus certification.

Praxis has delivered the PHPP modelling, design of the thermal envelope and airtight layer, advice on low-impact materials, analysis and optimization of thermal bridges and construction details, and dynamic hygrothermal analysis of risk from moisture damage with the WUFI tool.

Praxis has also undertaken the Blower Door testing and on-site Passivhaus supervision and quality control.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ3Fx_TfkE0

https://passivehouse-database.org/index.php#d_7032

https://www.plataforma-pep.org/ejemplos-ph/lilus-house/

Year: 2022

Location: Abrera, Barcelona

Services:
Blower Door, Passivhaus

Blower Door test in Castellgalí

Description Blower Door airtightness test to the EN 13829 (A/B) standard for the verification of whole building airtightness, as part of construction of a single-family home in Castellgalí, Barcelona. The house is an nZEB built by House Habitat. A test was carried out during construction phase, where leaks were detected with a handheld smoke generator …

Blower Door test in Castellgalí

Blower Door

Praxis cabecera proyectos

Description

Blower Door airtightness test to the EN 13829 (A/B) standard for the verification of whole building airtightness, as part of construction of a single-family home in Castellgalí, Barcelona.

The house is an nZEB built by House Habitat.

A test was carried out during construction phase, where leaks were detected with a handheld smoke generator and anemometer.

The final result of N50=1,50/h, is well below the minimum requirements of the Spanish building regulations CTE DB HE-1 2019.

Year: 2021

Location Castellgalí, Barcelona

Services: Blower Door

Blower Door test in Llerona

Description Blower Door airtightness test to the EN 13829 (A/B) standard for the verification of whole building airtightness, as part of the construction of a single-family home in Llerona, Barcelona. The house is an nZEB designed by Divers Arquitectura. Two tests were carried out: during construction and following completion. For the preliminary test, leaks were …

Blower Door test in Llerona

Blower Door

Praxis cabecera proyectos

Description

Blower Door airtightness test to the EN 13829 (A/B) standard for the verification of whole building airtightness, as part of the construction of a single-family home in Llerona, Barcelona.

The house is an nZEB designed by Divers Arquitectura.

Two tests were carried out: during construction and following completion. For the preliminary test, leaks were detected with a handheld smoke generator and anemometer.

The final result of N50=0,83/h, is well below the minimum requirements of the Spanish building regulations CTE DB HE-1 2019.

Year: 2021

Location Llerona, Barcelona

Services: Blower Door