Air Tightness and Energy Performance of an Arctic Low-Energy House

• Main Authors: Rode, Carsten, Vladyková, Petra, Kotol, Martin
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Energie und Umweltzentrum am Deister GmbH (e.u.[z.]) 2010
• Subjects: Low-energy house; building envelope; heat exchanger; air tightness; blower-door test; /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy; SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy; Arctic; Greenland; Sisimiut
• Online Access: https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/7b9876e0-7e8b-47b7-800c-decd5857794d; https://backend.orbit.dtu.dk/ws/files/5213127/BUILDAIR2010_Rode_Fullpaper_engl.pdf; http://www.buildair.de/homepage.html

A low-energy house has been built in Sisimiut, Greenland, five years ago. An ambitious target was set for its low energy consumption for heating: 80 kWh/(m2∙a). But unfortunately, the house has used more energy than planned, approximately 140 kWh/(m2∙a). Although higher than anticipated, this is sti...