ISOVER Passivhaus Engl.

The Ecological Import.
Flexible and at the same
The future of construction is
increasingly determined by people's
changing life situations. From one
day to the next, nuclear or extended
families change into "patchwork
families". Flatshares shrink into single
households, grow newly, only
to disintegrate again and so on.
These developments call for flats
that can be adapted to the everchanging
needs of their occupants –
with minimum resources and costs
and the lowest possible impact on
our environment. In order to provide
space for these constant
changes, the required planning and
construction processes must break
with traditional patterns. Here a
couple of model approaches:
• Urban as well as rural space programs,
site development and
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sustainable constru
traffic areas, the increasingly
dense infrastructure, the equipment
of buildings adapt to the
constantly changing forms of
human coexistence.
• Structural masses are drastically
reduced, thus generating material
and energy savings – from the
construction right up to the
operation of a building.
• Operational costs of buildings are
decreased by making use of passive
and active energy systems.
• Structural components have
multi-functional properties and
and are integrated into the overall
insulation of the building.
• In sustainable housing construction,
the input side (resources,
energy, materials, area etc.) is
balanced against the output side
(emissions, waste disposal).
With plasterboard systems by Saint-Gobain, every
passive house is prepared for almost all eventualities.
Where a solid shell is integral part
of a building's structure, rooms can
be designed with light and dry gypsum
building elements in a particularly
economical, flexible and environmentally
compatible way.
For example the ISOVER Multi-
Comfort House. Spot-precise and
flexible – this is how the interior
design can be realized. And should
it later become necessary to adapt
the interior to changing individual