Energy Efficient Construction in Europe and the United States - Learning from Both Sides of the Atlantic to Significantly Reduce the Energy Consumption of Buildings

Date: Friday, November 16, 2007, 9.30 am - 4.30 pm

Office of the Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, 645 N. Michigan, Suite 990, Chicago

Presenters:

Dr. Wolfgang Feist, Founder and Director of the Passive House Institute, Darmstadt Germany

http://www.passiv.de/index_PHI.html

Katrin Klingenberg, Co-Founder and Director of Ecological Construction Laboratory and the Passive House Institute US, Urbana Illinois

www.passivehouse.us, www.e-colab.org

Registration/Check-In at  9:30 am

Agenda:

1. An Overview: Implementing high performance construction measures in Europe (Dr. Wolfgang Feist)

2. High Performance Homes in the US (Katrin Klingenberg)

3. A European Passive House Example - new Construction in Hanover, Germany (Dr. Wolfgang Feist)

4. A Passive House Example from Illinois (Katrin Klingenberg)

 

Lunch Break noon

1. Energy Balancing tool for Passive Houses: PHPP Passive House Planning Package Software (Dr. Wolfgang Feist)

2. Why airtight and thermal bridge-free construction is so important and how to achieve it (Dr. Wolfgang Feist, Katrin Klingenberg)

3. Balanced Ventilation with Heat Recovery (Dr. Wolfgang Feist)

Questions, Answers, Conclusions 4.00 pm

Course Fee: $50 (incl. Materials and Lunch), AIA continuing education credits available

Register online via PayPal

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Send a check for $50 payable to:

e-co lab

110 S Race St.  Suite 202

Urbana, IL  61801