Passive House Wall Panels

Phlex pronounced flex is a new product and concept that provides a cost effective precise and high quality assembly of building panels walls floors and roofs to achieve customized passive house performance.

Passive house wall panels.

Nine foot panels were selected for this project. Diffusion board open to outside. The build smart building envelope system ensures air tight energy. 2 8 studs or higher per phpp.

Batt rock wool insulation. September 4 2014 by sam hagerman. This paper published as part of the 9th annual north american passive house conference next week shares the evolution of hammer hand s wood framed passive house envelopes in the pacific northwest. Bensonwood has launched a new product designed for the growing passive house industry.

Passive house lessons from the northwest. Bc passive house in canada has a manufacturing plant that s making these panels and i thought it would be interesting to share what s inside the company s next gen high performance panels. At the end its the u value that counts and it can be achieved in a lot of different ways. Green r panel is the industry leader custom home builders and do it yourselfers depend on for fast trouble free prefab erection systems.

The phlex panels are designed to meet or exceed passive house standards a rigorous standard initially developed in germany resulting in superior energy efficiency and an ultra low carbon. Leveraging their experience with stick built passive homes companies including bensonwood buildsmart ecocor and threshold builders have panelized the building envelope producing passive. From there the prefabricated wall panels which come in 1 foot 2 foot 3 foot 4 foot 6 foot or 8 foot widths and either 8 foot or 9 foot heights are lifted into place. Highly energy efficient multifamily and single family buildings are made simple and affordable with build smart systems that incorporate prosoco sealing products.

Build smart manufactures multifamily and single family wall assemblies and foundation insulation systems to the highest standards of energy efficient design. Osb sheathing taped and sealed with service wall. As for the wall section r52 from the exterior to the interior the prefab panel has. Once the floor framing and decking was installed a prefabricated rim joist panel was installed and sealed between panels.

The insulation thickness of the eifs as a rule is between 150 and 300 mm in a passive house but can be bonded as single layer up to 400 mm. The interior seams of the sip panels will be taped with a product designed for that purpose not the red tapes used for detailing vapour barriers and house wrap. Pre numbered wall panel roof truss and floor truss or i joist if required systems are delivered to the jobsite flat packed ready to assemble. All components are engineered with virtual models before construction starts eliminating potential issues guaranteeing a high quality and consistent assembly every time.

Also monolithic systems of porous concrete or brick are available on the market.