{"id":2109,"date":"2024-12-23T13:21:33","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T13:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/belvederekorca.al\/what-is-passive-house-which-projects-in-albania-are-applying-this-technology\/"},"modified":"2025-01-06T13:57:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T13:57:36","slug":"what-is-passive-house-which-projects-in-albania-are-applying-this-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belvederekorca.al\/en\/what-is-passive-house-which-projects-in-albania-are-applying-this-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"What is &#8220;Passive House&#8221;? 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Ideally located in the heart of Kor\u00e7a, this residence introduces, for the first time in Albania, a technology perfectly suited to the cold mountain climate. Known for drastically reducing energy consumption, Passive House offers an eco-friendly lifestyle with high comfort for its residents<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What Does Passive House Represent?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The concept of Passive House dates back to developments in the 1980s when legal standards for new buildings in Sweden and Denmark required low energy consumption, incorporating elements such as thermal bridge elimination, insulated windows, and heat retention. Inspired by these requirements, in May 1988, Professor Bo Adamson from Lund University in Sweden first conceptualized the idea of a Passive House. The first building testing this concept was completed in Darmstadt, Germany, in 1991 by Dr. Wolfgang Feist and Dr. Bo Adamson. 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