April 29th, 2012
On the much debated decission made by the Norwegian government last week about having all the new buildings at the Passive House standard, BA has interviewed arch. Daniel C. Tabacaru, from DAC architecture regarding the chances to fulfill the standards by 2015.In the same article were interviewd Steinar Anda from Husbanken and Tor Helge Dokka [...]
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March 13th, 2012
A new project developed by DAC architecture, this time a set of row houses developed in Bergen, Norway. The project deals not only with energy efficiency but also is tackling the areal efficiency. Taking about energy efficiency without taking also about areal efficiency is a non-sense. Therefore DAC architecture is addressing this issues like multigenerational [...]
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January 26th, 2012
So, another Enova Conference went by with interesting and not so interesting presentations. But most of them interesting and full of energy and hope that finally the things are moving into the right direction here in “the oil nation”. Anyway the starting movie, linked above shows a lot of optimism, and that´s always good!:) And [...]
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January 21st, 2012
A Passive House like no others:) The house is part of a new series of houses developed by DAC architecture at the Passive House standard. The house are going to be prefabricated, using sustainable materials. Details will come soon, and also the other 3 houses developed as part of the project. For more detaisl please [...]
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August 21st, 2011
On May 27th 2011, arch Daniel C. Tabacaru, our certified Passive House Architect, had a lecture for the Bergen Kommune, Buildings Department. The Lecture was a result of an invitation from Bergen Kommune for a consulting services regarding the Passive House standard for new and refurbished buildings in Bergen area. The professional environment allowed an in depth analysis of the [...]
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June 17th, 2011
It was an interesting day with different type of professionals attending the maine national conference on Passive House. It was interesting because there were invited both parties the supporters and the deniers/ skeptical. But in the end the conclusions was unanimous: the Passive House is a good concept, that works without any problems in Norway, [...]
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June 15th, 2011
Passive House Conference I Oslo
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May 20th, 2011
Bellow there is an interview published in BA about the extra costs for a Passive House in Norway and the subsequent support from ENOVA. Read the whole article here
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April 24th, 2011
There are a lot of people that have something to say about Passive Houses. But not all of them knowing what a Passive House is. The result of this is the spread of a new type of folklore: The Passive House Myths:) The Norwegian Housing Bank (Husbanken) made a short movie (in Norwegian though) about [...]
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April 23rd, 2011
As part of the Open lectures and Debates on Sustainability, arch. Harald N. Røstvik invited arch. Daniel C. Tabacaru to give a lecture about the hot topic of Passive Houses. The lecture will continue with an open debate about the subject and pros and cons in the Norwegian and European context. The lecture will take [...]
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