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AT FIRST SIGHT
PUSHING THE ENVELOPE. The House at Cornell Tech in New York City features a heavily insulated, tightly sealed building envelope on what is currently the tallest Passive House building in the world.
ASHRAE compliance baseline is R-16.
In terms of the envelope’s and overall building’s energy
performance, technicians are performing “a continuing utilities metering analysis to verify the building’s performance relative to the predicted energy modeling,” Leers says, adding that “initial readings indicate that the building is performing as intended.”
Monitoring the Results
In New York, the commissioning process to determine how The House at Cornell Tech is performing will continue into 2019. And as per the Passive House standard, the goal is at least a 60 percent energy reduction from typical building stock and as much as 80 percent, exceeding the standard.
That full set of data about energy use is not available yet, but anecdotally, the signs are quite positive: “We know the envelope is performing thermally,” Moelis says, with an even inside temperature maintained although the “heat load is almost zero.” Further, stu- dents are noting an excellent air quality and “acoustical separation,” or soundproofing. As Moelis adds, “We’re very encouraged.” CPM
Scott Berman is a freelance writer with experience in educational topics.
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