Passive house Kindergarten with an integrated therapeutical group

Applied passive house techniques with locally available materials for a public building using limited funds.

Short Description

Status

finished

Summary

The kindergarten workers have visited relevant realized buildings as well as a passive house. Findings from that have led to the briefing for design and pedagogical requirements which ended in an architectural competition. This competition which stressed ecological and passive-house aspects was won by "atelier hauptplatz drei", Kislinger Architekten und Partner.

The accompanying research program will put the local building on a significant regional level and will lead to the planned objective quality.

Research and Innovations

Particular challenge: the Kindergarten as a passive house.
The demand for a compact building qualifies the demand of the users for a single storey house.
Pedagogical requests in some respects conflict with optimized passive house concepts (for instance. variable room heights, or light levels).
Heat energy consumption will grossly depend on working hours - full occupation during workdays from 8 - 12, 12 - 16 with 20 % occupancy.
High levels of human waste heat during full occupancy lead to specific deviations in the calculated results.
Otherwise show particular rooms specific needs for fresh air supply or thermal comfort - the gym, store rooms or multi-purpose rooms. This will hamper air ventilation heating.
The use of passive house Kindergarten requires specific thermal comfort, indoor humidity, summer heat resistance or concentration levels of Carbon dioxide.

Specific aspects

The building is turned away 45° from south direction.
Low stratus during winter seasons.
Lowering the building up to 1m into adjacent terrain - suitable for handicapped.
After the analysis of numerous construction and technical variations the following components were recommended and commissioned, indicating advantages and disadvantages

Location

The building will be located in a new housing estate of Ziersdorf in the south-western part of Weinviertel in Lower Austria.

Project Partners

Project manager:	Architekt Johannes Kislinger
Authors:	Architekt DI Johannes Kislinger, Horn DI Thomas Zelger, Institut für Baubiologie und Ökologie GmbH, Wien Ing. Jürgen Obermayer, TB Käferhaus, Langenzersdorf
Consultants:	Feist Wolfgang, Dr. Ing., Passivhausinstitut Darmstadt, D Landschaftsökologie Lipp Bernhard, Dr. DI, Institut für Baubiologie und Ökologie GmbH Meingast Roland, FA Natur und Lehm Mötzl Hildegund, Mag. , Institut für Baubiologie und Ökologie GmbH Rohregger Gabriele, Dr. DI, Institut für Baubiologie und Ökologie GmbH Schindl Helmut, DI, TB Schumacher und Schindl, Landschaftsökologie Schumacher Georg, DI, TB Schumacher und Schindl, Landschaftsökologie Torghele Karl, Dr. DI, Ingenieurkonsulent für Bauphysik Zehetgruber Johann, DI, Zivilingenieur für Bauwesen

Contact

AH3 Architekten ZT GmbH
DI Johannes Kislinger (Geschäftsführer)
Hauptplatz 3
3580 Horn

Tel.: 43 2982 20800
Fax: 43 2985 20800-20
E-Mail: office@ah3.at