Health risk associated with passive houses; an exploration

The passive house standard of northern European countries functions as an inspiration for home owners and project developers for building or retrofitting with high energy ambitions. Passive houses typically involve high insulation levels and heat recovery ventilation. Residual heating is based on heating of the inlet airflow, but other solutions...

The relationship between health complaints, the quality of indoor air and housing characteristics

The energy performance for new houses in the Netherlands increased during the last decade with 45%. A shift from Conventional Mechanical Ventilation (natural inlet and mechanical exhaust or CMV) to balanced flow Heat Recovery Ventilation (HRV) can be seen. Several occupants of the newly constructed neighbourhood of Vathorst in Amersfoort...