Britain should adopt the Passivhaus standard to cut energy costs in new homes | Letters

Adrian Birch praises the German building standard, saying it can do away with the need for solar panels and heat pumpsRegarding your article (Poor building standards add £1,000 to energy bills of new homes, analysis finds, 16 May), the solution is very simple: the government should adopt the Passivhaus standard that has been established in Germany for over 25 years.Its use there results in buildings with little or no heating requirements as the buildings are super-insulated and extremely airtight, and have mechanical ventilation and heat reclaim systems to distribute filtered air throughout the property. Continue reading...

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