Heathmont Certified Passive House
Located in Melbourne’s south east this project is an example of a contemporary bespoke design that has achieved Passive House certification.
The Heathmont house has a number of unique features including the use of a prefabricated panel structure which ensured high levels of quality control during construction and rapid assembly to lock-up on site. It is one the first projects to include a new style of MVHR integrated heat pump that provides top up heating, cooling, and dehumidification using the MVHR ductwork and grilles.
Air tightness results (below) show that even a complex building geometry isn’t a barrier to high performance construction.
Project Specs
Treated Floor Area: 217 m2
Heating Demand: 11.9 kWh/(m2a)
Cooling & Dehumidification Demand: 4.8 kWh/(m2a)
Air tightness achieved: 0.55 ACH/hr
Project Team
Designer: Maxa Design
Prefabricated Building Fabric: Carbonlite (Panelite product)
Windows: Triple Glazed Composite (timber/Al) UWindow = 0.85 , SHGC = 0.52
Passive House Consultant: Roderick Williams (Williams Energy Design)
Passive House Certifier: Grun Consulting
MVHR System: Zehnder Q450 with integrated Heat pump (2 kW Cooling, 3kW Heating)
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