Passive House Design AI
AI optimization for Passive House energy performance and certification requirements.
Definition
Passive House Design AI optimizes building designs for Passive House certification. It analyzes thermal bridge details, airtightness strategies, ventilation heat recovery, and envelope performance to achieve the rigorous energy consumption limits and comfort requirements of the Passive House standard.
In Depth
Passive House (Passivhaus) design achieves ultra-low energy consumption through an extremely well-insulated, airtight building envelope with mechanical ventilation and heat recovery. AI assists with the energy balance calculations, thermal bridge analysis, and PHPP (Passive House Planning Package) modeling that Passive House certification requires.
The energy balance is far more stringent than standard energy code compliance. Passive House limits the annual heating demand to 15 kBtu/sf (or a peak heating load of 3.17 Btu/h/sf) and the total primary energy to 38 kBtu/sf. AI iterates on the envelope design — insulation thickness, window specifications, thermal bridge details, and airtightness — to achieve these targets for the specific climate and building geometry.
Examples
Optimizing thermal bridge details
Analyzing airtightness strategies
Sizing heat recovery ventilators
Nomic Use Cases
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Frequently Asked Questions
Passive House Design AI optimizes building designs for Passive House certification. It analyzes thermal bridge details, airtightness strategies, ventilation heat recovery, and envelope performance to achieve the rigorous energy consumption limits and comfort requirements of the Passive House standard.
Optimizing thermal bridge details. Analyzing airtightness strategies. Sizing heat recovery ventilators.
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