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In the media: Kiruna was to build "the world's northernmost passive house"

Six years ago, Sweden's northernmost passive house in Kiruna would be the first in an Arctic climate. Today, there is no one who wants to comment on how the result was.

In the media: Energy-efficient houses are tested in Kiruna

An energy-efficient house has been tested in northern Kiruna to see if passive houses can work in Arctic cold. Thousands of new homes will be built when Kiruna city is being moved, and many of them can now become so-called passive houses because the thick house shell works for cold climate residents.

media: New measurements in the northernmost passive house

- What we can say so far is that the house is estimated cope Febys passive house requirements. The house is heated regardless of whether anyone lives there or not, so heating use not vary so much, says Jutta Schade, assistant professor of structural engineering and construction work at the university.

In the media: The Seventh House in Kiruna

Building a passive house in Kiruna, Sweden's northernmost city, located 20 mil north of the Arctic Circle, requiring great adaptation to the climate.

Climate smart home with Honda

Honda is certainly most associated with the cars and motorcycles but they also develop housing solutions for a climate-neutral lifestyle. On the campus of California Davis there is an advanced newly built passive house where all the technology is integrated in the house and save everything from energy to water and carbon dioxide.

Passive House in Kiruna can be Building of the Year in 2015

The newly built Seventh House in Kiruna has been nominated for Building of the Year in 2015. The building is the world's first passive house in subarctic climate. Researchers in construction at Luleå University of Technology, NCC and Technical Office in Kiruna AB, stands behind several special solutions that make this house interesting.

In the media: Sweden's northernmost passive house in Kiruna will be the first in the arctic

In cooperation with Luleå University of Technology and the project Attract the whole house will be equipped with measuring instruments to the house's performance can be analyzed and the new technologies are evaluated.

Building low energy houses in new Kiruna

The construction company NCC is building passive houses in new Kiruna. The house will be completed in September 2014. The construction is a spin-off effect of the R&D project Attract where LTU researchers and enterprises produce goods and services that meet the evolving needs of the new city of Kiruna.

Published:27 February 2016

Updated: 11 October 2019

By:IT

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