ABSTRACT
It is interesting to observe how the different strategies and technologies presented in this book have been applied by designers in exemplary housing projects, and with what degree of success. Six projects from Sweden, Germany, Austria and Switzerland are documented in this chapter. Three building types are represented: single family detached housing, row housing and apartment blocks. This overview shows what absolute values are achieved, as well as the ranges. Except for the housing in Gelsenkirchen, the projects all achieve extremely low primary energy use for space and water heating, including electricity for technical systems (see Figure 1.1.1). It is also interesting to observe that the energy consumed to heat DHW is more or less equal to that required for space heating.
