Build with CaRe partners have been successful in bringing to life a number of exciting and innovative examples of how to design and construct energy efficient buildings across the North Sea Region.
Whether these are:
- • new build houses
- • existing social housing stock being retrofitted to ensure efficiency
- • the sustainable refurbishment of buildings that are important to our cultural heritage or a
- • new near-zero carbon business school
what is clear is that the possibilities for energy saving and carbon reduction are wide ranging.
Each week the Build with CaRe team will offer you an insight into a number of these projects through a series of articles, which we hope will inspire you to learn more about energy efficient buildings.
These articles will be available to download from the 'Good Examples' page of our website.
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Wednesday, 27 April 2011 17:35 |
PUMPKÄLLEHAGEN, VISKAFORS, SWEDEN
Wide awake in a sleepy country town
 When the Borås suburb Viskafors planned to build rental units there were two choices: build cheap or unique. Today, 18 high-quality passive houses attract visitors and prospective residents from around the world.
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Wednesday, 27 April 2011 16:52 |
De Tuinwijk neighbourhood, Groningen, The Netherlands
 The Dutch province and city of Groningen have high aims: not only was the city recently involved in transforming two old working class areas into energy efficient ones. The province has challenged the Dutch government for a new, tougher energy norm.
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LIVING IN A PASSIVE HOUSE |
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Sunday, 10 April 2011 19:09 |
SCHNELSEN, HAMBURG, GERMANY
Not everyone has the good fortune to have an architect in their household.
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Sunday, 10 April 2011 18:57 |
Steubenstrasse, Oldenburg, Germany
Jan Boos owns a company that sell energy management systems for smart houses. No wonder he chose a passive house when moving his home and office to Oldenburg.
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Practical take on passive houses in Bremen |
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Sunday, 10 April 2011 17:59 |
Passive houses in Bremen
Bauraum Bremen is not a building centre like others. Not only does it focus on energy saving, but also on practical and educational information in order to make sustainability less complex.
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Wednesday, 06 April 2011 18:37 |
Multi-family dwelling Pinnasberg Hamburg
In the 1980s, several dilapidated buildings in the St. Pauli neighbourhood next to the Hamburg red-light district was under occupation. The landowners gave up their plans to build offices, and the occupiers won and their historical buildings were renovated. In 2003 a passive house with 19 flats was built in the direct vicinity, which was then the first and the absolute tallest passive house in town. The building’s playground with its palm trees and flying carpets was constructed according to drawings by the children living in the house. The building has acted as a lift for all of St. Pauli, and many of the first tenants are still there – and happy.
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Wednesday, 06 April 2011 17:54 |
IBA DOCK, HAMBURG, GERMANY
The Hamburgische Wohnungsbaukreditanstalt (HWK) gives local residents and builders a 240/m2 Euros subsidy for the construction of passive houses. For the past three years, the city has been part of a sustainability effort based on the IBA Hamburg progressive building exhibition.
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Better indoor climate and smarter students |
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Wednesday, 30 March 2011 20:58 |
Hauptschule Kreyenbrück, Oldenburg, Germany
The students at Hauptschule Kreyenbrück in Oldenburg love the look of their new passive house standard school building. But the greatest improvements are not visible at all.
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A passive house school example |
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Wednesday, 30 March 2011 20:47 |
Ulzburg Süd Primary and Lower Secondary School, Henstedt-Ulzburg, Germany
Long term commitment and passive houses is a fantastic combination. Thanks to a 25-year contract with the building’s general contractor, the Ulzburg Süd Primary and Lower Secondary School has every chance to contribute to the development of the passive house market.
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Wednesday, 30 March 2011 20:11 |
Sport centre at the Albert Einstein School in Bremen, Germany
A low budget is not an excuse not to build a passive house. The German architect Ingo Lütkemeyer designed Bremen’s first passive standard sports centre with no extra money at all.
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