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INTELLO & DB+ Approved by DIBt for Use in Unvented Hot Roof Assemblies

The highly respected Federal Agency Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik (DIBt)* has certified INTELLO PLUS and DB+,  per German testing standard DIN68800-2, for use in unvented assemblies with vapor closed exteriors.  Such assemblies include unvented metal roofs, green roofs and gravel roof flat roofs, as well as vapor closed pitched roofs with asphalt shingles, EPDM, TPO etc.  With this certification these materials […]

Ireland Streaming Ahead with Better Buildings

Dublin local authority makes passive house mandatory in historic vote All new buildings in south-east Dublin must be built to the passive house standard or demonstrably equivalent levels, in a move that may lead to the construction of upwards of 20,000 passive houses by 2022. Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council adopted its county development plan for […]

LAROS at the South Pacific Passive House Conference 2016

LAROS had a wonderful weekend at the South Pacific Passive House Conference held at the University of Melbourne, Sidney Myer building with lots of interest and curious minds at our booth. We would like to thank all those who attended locally and internationally, the speakers with their brilliant presentations and Clare Parry from the Australian […]

Passivhaus Workshops

WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT DUE TO LIMITED SPACE UNFORTUNATELY OUR WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL. Join us at 5 Bodalla Place for our upcoming Passivhaus/High-Performance Workshops! Come along and meet our guest speakers, learn about many different aspects relating to your Passivhaus project. Workshop Agenda   –   15 minute introductions from: Nabil Adhami Adhami Pender Architecture […]

Airtightness and Ventilation for Comfortable Homes

‘A wall is not a ventilation system, therefore airtightness is not the enemy.’ INFILTRATION IS NOT VENTILATIONHow are our houses being ventilated? The answer is “poorly”. There is an accidental reliance on infiltration through the building to provide some background air movement, but this is not fresh outdoor air as required by the building code […]

Fluid Dynamic Modelling

Fluid Dynamic Modelling & Balancing – For Energy Recovery Ventilation (ERV) Systems All ducted ventilation systems have to be designed such that the supplied airflow coming out of each vent in each room is sufficient for the requirements of the space.For example, a living area that may have 4 people in it for apoteketrecept.com extended periods […]