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nextroom.at is an online news site, forum and project library for architecture in Austria (German only)

Wer plant und baut mein Haus aus Holz? Das machen die Mitglieder der vorarlberger holzbau_kunst - Holzhaus - Architekten, Planer, Holzbaubetriebe

This TEUI Calculator helps you determine the Total Energy Use Intensity of a building or home.

Fragen der Zeit. Was Forscher*innen über unser Leben herausfinden. Einblicke in die Wissenschaft. Neue Folgen immer donnerstags und freitags.

PH Live Sync is an add-in for Autodesk® Revit® allowing two-way Live Syncing between the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP) and the BIM All the hard work is done for you! Simply and quickly sync your BIM model with the PHPP.

PHPP10 is the next iteration in Passive House design tools from PHI. This introduces huge changes for the work of high-performance building designers in Australia. Join Jason Quinn, Sustainable Engineering and Luc Plowman, Detail Green for this one hour webinar introducing the key changes and improvements to the PHPP software, and some discussion of the implications in relation to PHPP modelling and design of Passive House buildings in warm and warm temperate climates. Q+A to follow.

Europe’s energy crisis is forcing companies to switch strategies or close down. The industry’s future hangs in the balance.

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Michael Eliason is a Seattle-based architect who has lived and worked in Germany. The Livable Low-carbon City explores the stories, places, and people working to make our buildings and cities more sustainable, enjoyable, and humane – in the face of a changing world. New episodes every Friday. ish.

A Systematic Approach to Sustainable Urban Densification Using Prefabricated Timber-based Attic Extension modules

Use Google Translate for English version. Wärmeleitfähigkeit von Isolierung und Dämmstoff, Mauerwerk und Sonstiges in Tabellenform aufgeführt.

Piped water may be the greatest convenience ever known, but Lloyd Alter argues that our sewage systems and bathrooms are a disaster

Research on carbon-storing materials demonstrates potential to transform buildings from carbon emitters to reservoirs, aiding climate change.

Developing a roadmap for low-carbon and carbon-storing materials with potential for broad impact through exploration of emerging strategies.

Embodied carbon emissions calculator for residential buildings

Magwood, C. and Trottier, M. Material Emissions Benchmark Report for Part 9 Homes in Vancouver. Builders for Climate Action (2022). https://www.buildersforclimateaction.org/our-work.html

Completed in 2022 in The Hague, The Netherlands. Images by Christian van der Kooy. In the Bomenbuurt; a 1930’s neighborhood in The Hague located between the center of The Hague and the beach, the founder of Bloot Architecture...

Almost all solar PV panels are now produced in China, where the electric grid is about twice as carbon-intensive and about 50% less energy efficient than in Europe.

If the electricity for a vertical farm is supplied by solar panels, the energy production takes up at least as much space as the vertical farm saves.