Passive House Doors

The r value is further enhanced by using low emissivity low e coatings on the window glazing.

Passive house doors. Kohltech passive house windows and doors will ship with a passive house institute us certification label as shown in the sections below. What is a passive house door. The standard first originated in germany in 1988 and has now. Conventional doors provide modest levels of insulation but passive house doors can insulate almost as well as the wall of a conventional home.

What are the door design principles to consider for passive house design. A history of performance innotech windows doors was established at the turn of the century with the purpose of manufacturing german engineered windows and doors that reached beyond industry standards. Our passive house windows are manufactured in canada for north american passive house projects. As airtightness is such an important factor that at the end of a build and or when the building envelope is finished this is verified through a blower door test.

Kolbe products are continually designed to meet or exceed today s stricter building codes and standards for energy efficiency. Passive house entry door groke entry doors u factor range from 257 all the way down to an impressive 13 making them ideal for use as a passive house door. A look at passive house doors. Passive house windows and doors are extremely well built incorporating tightness thermal breaks minimal air infiltration and exfiltration all of which lead to extraordinary high r values.

There is no such thing as a passive house door so to say but rather doors that offer the airtightness and insulation levels necessary. Passive house passivhaus certified building standards the term passive house refers to a rigorous standard for energy efficiency in buildings. What is a passive house door. In general passive house construction elements tend to have a similar range of features and importantly are.

Garth hood passive house designer and owner of thoughtful dwellings chooses passive house doors for all his design construction and renovation projects we interviewed garth to learn more about these amazing doors. Kolbe is proud to offer a wide range of vistaluxe collection wd line and ultra series windows and doors that have been verified by the passive house institute us phius. In general passive house construction elements tend to have a similar range of features and importantly are. Garth designs incredibly energy efficient homes.

Our range of certified products means that american made windows and doors for an entire. The passive house standard is performance based for the entire building not a checklist of components to purchase. Exterior doors airtight superinsulated exterior doors prevent air leakage and heat loss in winter and heat gain in summer. All groke door configurations meet european air leakage class 4 with the exception of double in swing doors which meet class 3 criteria still within the passive house performance.