Eco Silver House - a Challenge of Integrated Energy Design and Quality Assurance in Demo EE-Highrise Building

Abstract

The overall objective of the FP7 EE-Highrise project is to demonstrate and validate new technologies, concepts and systems for sustainable, nearly zero energy building (nZEB) construction in order to test and assess the technological and economic feasibility of innovative energy solutions in the high-rise multi-residential building, named the Eco Silver House (www.ee-highrise.eu). The paper will present the nZEB energy concept of Eco Silver House and focus on demonstration elements such as integrated (energy) design instead of a traditional one, advanced energy efficiency (EE) and renewable energy sources (RES) technologies, quality assurance (QA) processes with training of on-site workers for nZEB (build up skills for thermal envelope, air-tightness, installation of windows, feasibility of nZEB solutions in highrise daily construction practice). The paper will describe the introduction of a QA process in the implementation of nZEB works. As part of an integrated energy design the paper will present a concept to carry out a whole year performance evaluation of thermal comfort on an hourly basis, inspired by ISO EN 7730 (thermal environment) and EN 15251 (thermal, indoor air quality, light). The contribution will also explain the compliance of the Eco Silver House with the national nZEB definition and illustrate how this residential highrise building corresponds to the national challenge of sustainable building.