eHaus Euro - Certified Passive House Classic

This 144m2 home is beautifully located in a rural lifestyle block in Whakamarama. With 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, the family also enjoy the open plan living/dining area and library/office that take in the landscape. The house has uPVC European engineered joinery and a hot water heat pump.  Minimal glazing on the western wall ensures that the house meets just 1% of the year above 25 degrees, in the sunny Bay, this kind of result is excellent.  This home is a delight to our European clients, who now enjoy the constant 18 degrees through the whole house without any heating required.

Design Components

Floor – Fully insulated concrete pad with a U-value of 0.183 W/(m²K)

Wall – 140mm timber frame with service cavity U-value of 0.221 W/(m²K)

Roof – Double layer of fibreglass insulation U-value of 0.138 W/(m²K)

Window Joinery Frame – Eco Windows Hilzinger  Tilt Turn Uw value 1.21 W/(m²K)

Glazing – Double Glazed Low E Argon Ug value 1.1 W/(m²K) G value 65%

Ventilation – Zehnder Q 350 MHRV

Hot Water – Heat Pump with external domestic hot water storage

Heating/Cooling – Fujitsu Air to Air Heat Pump

Performance Specifications

Heating demand 15 kWh/m2/yr

Heating load: 10 W/m2

Frequency of Overheating 1% year over 25C

TFA: 125.2 m2

Form Factor: 3.84

Air leakage@50Pa: 0.43 ACH

PER demand: 39 kWh/m2/yr