Retrofitting to Passive House standards

Passive House, or Passivhaus, is an energy efficient building design standard for new builds all over the world. But what about existing buildings that already account for almost 40% of all global greenhouse gas emissions? Can they be upgraded to the same level?

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Research links

EnerPHit
https://passipedia.org/certification/...

EuroPHit
https://europhit.eu/

OutPHit
https://outphit.eu/en/

https://www.buildup.eu/en/explore/lin...

Homebuilding & Renovating
https://www.homebuilding.co.uk/advice...

Architecture 2030 Article
https://architecture2030.org/building...

Passive House Planning Package
https://passipedia.org/planning/calcu...

https://passivehouse.com/04_phpp/04_p...

https://passivehouse-international.or...

Passive House Accelerator - James Traynor Interview
https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/a...

CNN Business
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/18/su...

UK Retrofitting
http://www.beattiepassiveretrofit.com/

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/21/retro...

https://www.greenbuildingstore.co.uk/

Europe Retrofitting
https://www.seai.ie/

https://passivehouse.com/01_passiveho...

Australia Retrofitting
https://passivhausaustralia.com.au/

Canada Retrofitting
https://www.passivehousecanada.com/

https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazi...

USA Retrofitting
https://www.phius.org/home-page

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