Week 9 Blog Assignment 2 - Case Studies

This week, the students were assigned their second blog assignment, which is to provide a critical review of a passive house built anywhere in the world. We have a number of case studies from last years class including:

• An Estate in Hannover Kronsberg
• The Denby Dale Passive House
• The Smith House in Urbana, Illinois
• Eco Arch House in Kent
• Another link to the Estate in Hannover Kronsberg
• Glencullen, Co. Wicklow
• The Underhill Passive House in the Cotswolds
• Passive House in Bessancourt, France 
• Bla Jungfrun in Stockhold, Sweden
• The Go Passive House in Maine   

So this year, the students will produce another set of passive house case studies. The passive house database is a good starting point.

Week 9 Blog Assignments

The students submitted the following blog assignments on various articles related to the passive house concept:

• Shay blogged on Passive House: Achievable Concepts for Low Carbon Housing
• Jan blogged on Detailed Energy Saving Performance Analyses on Thermal Mass Walls
• Kevin blogged on the Study of Primary Energy Implications of Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery in Residential Buildings
• Anthony blogged on the Performance Characteristics and Practical Applications of Common Building Thermal Insulation Materials
• Eimear blogged on Traditional, State-of-the-Art and Future Thermal Building Insulation Materials and Solutions - Properties, Requirements and Possibilities
• John blogged on CEPHEUS and the measurement results from more than 100 units in passive houses
• Kieran blogged on the Environmental Impact of Optimum Insulation Thickness for External Walls of Buildings
• Henrik blogged on Embodied and Operational Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Housing
• Diarmuid blogged on the Impact of Thermal Bypass
  

Week 5 Blog Assignment 1

The first blog assignment will involve a critical review of an assigned paper in the area of Passive House Design and Construction. The following is the allocation:
1. Henrick Kolberg    
A Case Study on the Effects of Thermal Mass and Climate Change

2. Eimear Hassett 
Traditional, State of the Art, and Future Thermal Building Insulation Materials

3. Diarmuid O' Ceidigh
Impact of Thermal Bypass

4. Jan Gottsche      
Energy Saving Analysis on Thermal Mass Walls

5. John Carroll       
CEPHEUS Measurement Report on 100 Houses

6. Shay Walsh            
Achievable Concepts for Low Carbon Buildings

7. Kevin Cunningham
Primary Energy Implication of Mechanical Heat Recovery Ventilation System


I will post the blog post brief and rubric on Moodle.