Passivehaus / EnerPHit PLUS rating for generation
Just got the first draft of our completed pre-construction PHPP and I did a little happy dance on opening the PER tab:
What this says is our 8kW of self-generation (vertical axis normalized to ground floor footprint) is enough to offset our energy demand (horizontal axis, normalized to total inhabitable floor area) and achieve their new-ish "PH Plus" category. So far there's only one in the UK that has achieved this (that I know of) so exciting times ahead! (if all rather arbi
My architect is doing the PHPP, she's a certified passive house designer, we're her first project, so it's a little bit of a voyage of discovery on both sides but working out really well as our respective backgrounds complement each other well (me more on electrics and, at a push, plumbing, her on the building design and fabric build up etc)
I had the M&E co provide initial figures for the pipework etc
I've really enjoyed having the PHPP file to use as a tool to see how it works in