CEPHEUS (Cost Efficient Passive Houses as European Standards) was a research project that assessed and validated the German Passivhaus energy efficient building standard on a European scale. The project was sponsored by the European Union as part of the THERMIE programme, with Dr Wolfgang Feist (co-originator of the Passivhaus concept) as scientific director [1].

Under CEPHEUS, 14 housing developments were built, resulting in a total of 221 homes constructed to the Passivhaus standard. 84 were in Austria, 72 in Germany, 40 in France, 20 in Sweden and 5 in Switzerland.

The project proved the concept through in-use measurements during the winter of 2000-2001. It also spurred the commercial development of the necessary technologies, at least in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

See also

• Passivhaus

External links

• What is CEPHEUS?
• CEPHEUS final public report (short edition)
• CEPHEUS Germany (dual language)
• CEPHEUS Austria (dual language pdfs)
• CEPHEUS Passivhaus development at Hannover-Kronsberg
• CEPHEUS Final Report on as-built thermal performance

Resources

• CEPHEUS: Living Comfort without Heating; Author: H Krapmeier; Publisher: Springer; ISBN 3-211-83720-5

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "CEPHEUS". Image Credit.

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