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I have just run across a local news story about a Passive House being built in a nearby town. A few details on passive houses follow.

Passive House Standards

WHAT IS PASSIVE HOUSE?

“Passive House” is today’s most energy efficient building standard. Buildings that meet the Passive House standard use 90% less energy for heating and cooling than traditional homes while being far more comfortable and healthier. A Passive House conserves energy by creating a nearly air-tight, super insulated building envelope that uses the sun and ambient heat to achieve a comfortable indoor environment. A ventilation system including what is called a heat recovery ventilator or HRV is used to provide a continuous supply of clean fresh air. Heat collected by the HRV is pumped back into the home in winter, keeping you warm, or pumped out in Summer, keeping you cool. Passive House Standards offer three huge benefits.

 

After reading the above I immediately thought that the LEED Buildings category might be in need of an update/upgrade, as The Passive House is pretty much the same as a LEED Building, but much more advanced in the technology employed, and the materials used, in achieving its energy saving and low carbon footprint goals.

 

Much to my surprise, I discovered that the entirety of the LEED Buildings category group has gone missing, as it were (and nobody seems to have noticed).

 

So, first question, is anyone here willing to take over that category, or at least join the group?

 

I'm not at all UNwilling to take over the group, given that I'm a true believer in the concept of and the scientific certainty of Global Warming and am willing to do whatever small thing I can to contribute to the cause. That said, shepherding a related category is something I feel to be a worthy cause.

 

I believe that the single greatest crisis mankind will face in this century is that of the effects of Global Warming. If you're of a similar mind I invite you to contact me by whatever means available to you, even if you're not willing to become an officer of the group. If you are (willing to become an officer), even better.

 

I see handles such as these in the group's regular membership, and I'm not above shaming you into becoming officers: ^_^

NW_history_buff, lumbricus, rjmcdonough1, Dorcadion Team, Dunbar Looppmaupin, Alfouine, saopaulo1, iconions

 

Consider yourselves warned...

Y'all have a Great Day,

Keith

 

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Hi Keith,

 

As far as I understood the category description, the LEED buildings are commercially used and have to reach a certain standard on a list. So I went to look for the buildings on it ...

After some searching I found the German chapter for LEED buildings at https://www.german-gba.org/leed/, but they require you to be a member to see the data ... and the membership fees are hefty.

 

Another search finally lead me to an excel file (see https://usgbc-projects.s3.amazonaws.com/PublicLEEDProjectDirectory.xlsx ) with all the LEED projects in the world and the achieved certification levels ... Don't know if we can / should use this

 

Yours

 

 

Erik

BTW: I just joined the group ... :)

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9 hours ago, FamilieFrohne said:

Another search finally lead me to an excel file (see https://usgbc-projects.s3.amazonaws.com/PublicLEEDProjectDirectory.xlsx ) with all the LEED projects in the world and the achieved certification levels ... Don't know if we can / should use this

 

Hi Erik - I'll definitely keep the link as it may be of use to people other than yourself. Actually, I downloaded it. That way the link can go away and we'll have the data.

Thank You for joining the group.:)  I've written the leader but haven't had a reply as yet, so we'll just have to wait and see what transpires.

Keith

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I’d be interested in becoming an officer. Does it help if I have a science degree? With the current officers MIA, any votes to promote people are unlikely. Likely wayfrog will need to step in and expedite the process. 
 

IMHO, I don’t think this category should be expanded. Leed is pretty well know and is global. It’s the gold standard of sustainability in buildings. Opening up the category would lead to an influx of unneeded and likely uninteresting waymarks. Leed by itself is interesting, at least to me. Just a thought.

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I did a (really) quick google search and found out that one of the main differences between "LEED Certified" buildings and "Passive House Certified" buildings is the private usage: While LEED buildings are designed for a commercial usage only (i.e. usually 1000 square meters and more of used space), "Passive House Standard" also includes buildings for private usage (i.e. you can have a small building with only 41 square meters of used space (see https://passivehouse-database.org/index.php?lang=en#d_352)). Additionally the measurement methods applied to a building are different for the two standards: While LEED takes all space (including stairways and places for maintenance) "Passive House" only takes the used space into account. For many LEED buildings fulfilling the stronger goals of the "Passive House" standard would result in a failure.

 

If we think about including the "Passive House" standard into the LEED category, I would suggest, that the waymarked buildings accepted should be in the public (school/university/administrative/museum/... like https://passivehouse-database.org/index.php?lang=en#d_6550), used commercially (offices or administration buildings like https://passivehouse-database.org/index.php?lang=en#d_6521) or are houses with multi family dwellings for more than two families (like https://passivehouse-database.org/index.php?lang=en#d_6607). Also the waymarked building should be officially certified.

 

Probably there are more aspects to look at, but these are just my 2 cents on the topic found out during my lunch break.

 

Yours

 

 

Erik.

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