Integrated Design and Passive Houses for Arctic Climates

Integrated design is important for Passive buildings and it has to be implemented in the early stage of the design process. The article deals with proposal of a new dormitory building in Sisimiut, Greenland, where the shape of building, indoor climate and energy needs are crucial factors to be considered in the early design stage of the project. The software simulation in iDbuild outlines the functional requirements for the dormitory building on the room level and points out an alternative space of solutions of a room with respect to indoor environment (e.g. design of the room, insulation thickness and window design). The aim of the work is to simulate the initial design of the dormitory on room level and point out the possibility of saving energy for heating and ventilation by factor variations. The work focuses on geometrical variations of the room and window, and on the orientation, and outlines the importance of factors and their variations. The most influencing parameter variation could be called the start of the sensitivity parameter analysis and will help later for the designing and evaluating of the future Arctic Passive House. 1