Passive house for Polish climate

Abstract

This thesis refers to the viability of applying the Passive house concept to the Polish climate, focusing on city of Lodz. The Passive house concept introduces the construction of high energy efficient building, with the aim of fulfilling the requirements established by the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (2010/31/UE, EPBD). The study began with the introduction to Passive House concept. Therefore, the examples of construction solutions, specifications and overall requirements regarding Passive House were presented. The comparative study over the heating demand of the case study, between the European standard EN 13790 and the software “Passive House Planning Package” was performed. Afterwards, the accommodation of the case study to the Passive House standards with the use of “Passive House Planning Package” was executed. The accommodation was planned for the city of Lodz, Poland. To finalize, the economic study, with the aim of receiving the payback time of investment was presented. Summarizing, this study presents the Passive House concept with the practical approach, performed for Polish climate.