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• Five dwellings on the Skarpnes housing process studies in the demonstration projects. toward thermal superinsulation materials
estate, Arendal, were completed in 2014. New material developments are concerned (SIM).
with experimental investigations on increasing
All ive projects have provided valuable input the thermal resistance of various concrete Advanced façade technologies with integrated
to the ZEB Concept and Deinition and will recipes by incorporation of aerogel granules VIP, solar collectors, and associated
continue to do so during their irst years of and on applying silver particles to make a ventilation strategies have been investigated,
operation where they will continue to be low-emissivity coating with a total surface and component design strategies have been
monitored and analyzed. Four projects are emissivity value as low as 0.015. Further, developed. Relective foils are a promising
still under development. Construction will start studies have been conducted on alkaline solution for improving thermal properties of
on Heimdal High School and the Campus ageing experiments on vacuum insulation the building envelope, especially in loors.
Evenstad ofice and educational building in panels (VIP), which showed various degrees Experimental studies at the ZEB Pilot House
2016. of degradation and where in general elevated Larvik and in the laboratory have been
Parallel to the development of the ZEB temperatures proved to be the most signiicant performed in order to verify the performance
of loor constructions with relective foils. In
strain caused by ageing when compared to
demonstration projects, research is still on- pH-value. We have also performed further addition, we have proven the limited effects
going in the ive work packages, with activities studies on hollow silica nanospheres (HSNS), of moisture buffering for internal surface
as diverse as nano insulation material which represent a promising stepping-stone materials on the energy performance of
development in the laboratories and user and
Heimdal Upper Secondary School and Sports Hall, Trondheim, Norway. The building will have 26,000 m heated loor area (including education, ofices, dental
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clinic). The developer is South-Trøndelag County, the architect is Rambøll/KHR. The level of ambition is ZEB-OM* (20% of M).
Illustration by Skanska and Rambøll/KHR Arkitekter.
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