Abstract
The new Danish Building Regulations (Building Regulations, 2005) introduces the total energy consumption, i.e. energy use for heating, ventilation, cooling and domestic hot water, for buildings as a measure for the energy efficiency of new buildings, i.e. moving away from the former U-value demands. In addition to the minimum requirements for new buildings, the new Building Regulations also specify requirements for characterizing a building as either low energy building class 1 or low energy building class 2. This paper describes a type-house that is presently being built in Denmark. The type-house easily meets the requirements for being categorized as a low energy building class 1, and the paper investigates how much U-values can be increased if the type-house were to fulfil the requirements for a low energy building class 2 or a building that just fulfils the minimum demands.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 7th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries |
| Number of pages | 608 |
| Volume | Volume 1 |
| Place of Publication | Reykjavik, Island |
| Publisher | Icelandic Building Research Institute |
| Publication date | 2005 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Print) | 99-79-91744-X |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |