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The amount of active heating input required to heat a building usually expressed in kWh/m2/yr. It is often calculated using building energy software applications such as PHPP, Deap or Sap The new ...

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Surface area to volume ratio is a measure of how compact a building is. In passive house design, it is often expressed as the ‘heat loss form factor’, which is the ratio for the external surface area ...

A technology that ventilates a building while also helping to heat it. HRV systems typically extract warm, damp air from 'wet' rooms like kitchens and bathrooms and use it to heat cool, fresh incoming ...

Heat loss form factor is a measure of how compact a building is. It is the ratio of the surface area of the thermal envelope to the treated floor area. The higher the figure, the less compact the ...

A wall with inner and outer masonry layers (eg block or brick), with a cavity in between. The cavity serves as a way to drain water out of the wall. Cavities can be insulated to improve their ability ...