PLUS to DETAIL Green 1-2011 | page 63

Slimmer facade cross-sections with a higher insulation effect and an improved environmental impact for concrete construction – this is what the four-man team from HTWK Leipzig aims to achieve with the vakutex facade elements. Key to their performance are two materials: the fibre concrete coating and an insulating core as well ...

The new Italian headquarters of the 3M company in Pioltello near Milan is the first part of a new master plan drawn up by Mario Cucinella as long ago as 2005. The 10, 300 m² new building accommodates offices, conference rooms and a canteen.

In their article for DETAIL Green, Frits Meijer and Lorraine Murphy (TU Delft ) analyse the characteristics and physical quality of the housing stock in selected European countries. A second section of the article analyses the current policies that are undertaken, including barriers and opportunities. In addition to the ...

Originally, the architect‘s office, COBE, were only commissioned to renovate the theatre in Taastrup near Copenhagen in terms of energy consumption. But, as is well known, energy efficiency is defined as the quotient of benefits and expenditure. The architects, therefore, decided to endow the building with a new aesthetic ...

The Passivhaus Institut (Passive House Institute) in Darmstadt estimates the number of passive houses built around the world to be 17, 500, 13, 000 of which are in Germany alone. In Germany and Austria, the passive house has progressed beyond its pioneering phase. Similarly rigorous energy standards have been tried out in ...

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“North House” is the contribution of three Canadian universities (the University of Waterloo, the Simon Fraser University, and Ryerson University) to the Solar Decathlon 2009 in Washington. The building was designed to suit the climatic conditions in high latitudes and, like all projects submitted to the American students’ ...

PLUS to DETAIL Green English issue 2-2009 | Page 7

Preikestolen Fjellstue near Stavanger is a timber construction through and through: the walls and floors are all made of dowelled laminated plywood. The outer walls have a total thickness of 60 cm, which includes an additional 20 cm of cellulose insulation. The U value of the walls is 0.14 W/m2K. When compared to the old ...

PLUS to DETAIL Green English issue 2-2009 | Page 7

Expressive forms and a sustainable method of construction are the key features of this new community centre and home of the Chamber of Commerce in the Californian city of Palm Desert. Certified to LEED Gold standard, the 700 m2 building was designed by Narendra Patel as a cavity insulated construction of fair-faced concrete.

PLUS to DETAIL Green English issue 2-2009 | Page 9

Thirty-eight of the mountains surrounding Zermatt tower above 4, 000 metres. Many of the mountain railway stations and viewing platforms also approach vertiginous heights. The “Matterhorn Glacier Paradise” tourist centre on the Klein Matterhorn is the highest viewing point in Europe reachable by cable car. The new building was ...

PLUS to DETAIL Green English issue 2-2009 | Page 9

On 4 May 2007 a tornado devastated almost 95 per cent of the small town of Greensburg in Kansas. In the reconstruction effort, the city authorities set themselves an ambitious goal: all new buildings that were publicly financed would strive to achieve LEED Platinum accreditation, the highest level within the certification ...