LILU´s House: bio-based Passivhaus Plus

praxisadmin on 18 June 2022

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

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

Single-family home in Sitges

praxisadmin on 6 September 2021

Description Passivhaus design and consultancy, M & E engineering, and M & E site supervision, for this detached house in Sitges, Barcelona, designed by the architecture firm Intercon. The home, of 884 m2 distributed over 3 floors, is in the process of Passivhaus Classic Certification. Praxis has delivered the PHPP modelling, design of the thermal …

Single-family home in Sitges

Passivhaus design & consultancy, Blower Door Tests, M & E design, Site supervision

Description

Passivhaus design and consultancy, M & E engineering, and M & E site supervision, for this detached house in Sitges, Barcelona, designed by the architecture firm Intercon.

The home, of 884 m2 distributed over 3 floors, is in the process of Passivhaus Classic Certification.

Praxis has delivered the PHPP modelling, design of the thermal envelope and airtight layer, advice on low-impact materials, and analysis and optimisation of thermal bridges and construction details.

We’ve also designed the M & E systems: mechanical ventilation with heat recovery, space heating and cooling, hot water production, plumbing, wastewater & drainage, electrical services, telecommunications, control and monitoring. Praxis has also undertaken the Blower Door testing, on-site M & E supervision and on-site Passivhaus supervision and quality control.

Year: 2021

Location: Sitges, Barcelona

Services:
Passivhaus design & consultancy, Blower Door Tests, M & E design, Site supervision

Blower Door in Viladecans

praxisadmin on 7 September 2021

Description Blower Door airtightness test to the EN 13829 (A/B) standard for the verification of whole building airtightness, as part of the deep energy retrofit of a single-family terraced home in Viladecans, Barcelona. The house is in the process of Passivhaus EnerPHit certification and has been designed by Daniel Tigges of Tigges Architekt. Two tests …

Blower Door

Blower Door in Viladecans

Description

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

The house is in the process of Passivhaus EnerPHit certification and has been designed by Daniel Tigges of Tigges Architekt.

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=0.55/h, is well below the minimum requirements of the Spanish building regulations CTE DB HE-1 2019 and almost 50% lower the minimum requirements of the Passivhaus EnerPHit standard (where the limiting value for existing buildings is N50 ≤ 1/h).

Year: 2021

Location: Viladecans, Barcelona

Services: Blower Door

Blower Door test in Castellgalí

praxisadmin on 9 December 2021

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

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

praxisadmin on 9 December 2021

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

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