BUCHAREST, ROMANIA

Project description

Category

New build

Climate

Humid Continental Mild Summer, Wet All Year(Dfb)

Building type

Multi family residential

Surface area

2 x 140m2 m²

Architect

C. Ochinciuc

Year of renovation

2011

Main contractor

AGECOM Baia Mare

Original construction year

2011

Country

Romania

In 2011, Saint-Gobain in partnership with the Politehnica University of Bucharest (PUB) built a pair of semi-detached houses in the Romanian capital.

The twin houses, located in a central area of Bucharest, were carefully designed to provide optimal all-round comfort in variable climatic conditions while also meeting Passive House standards.

Highlights and challenges

We successfully applied Saint-Gobain's principles to build better to achieve Passive House certification for twin family homes that are purposefully built to be adaptable to Romanian climate conditions.

Increased energy efficiency

Energy consumption :

First house: 119 kWh/m².yr. Second house: 79 kWh/m².yr.

Energy balance :

First house: -119 kWh/m².yr. Second house: -79 kWh/m².yr.

Energy production :

First house: 0 kWh/m².yr. Second house: : 0 kWh/m².yr.

Estimated CO2 savings :

Improved air quality

Airtightness :

n50: 0.31 h-1