Opaque building envelop
The construction system is built on a concrete floor slab supported completely with XPS insulation.
The walls are constructed with insulation bricks an additional exterior insulation from wood fiber board. The roof construction is formed with rafters at 70cm spacing withcellulose insulation between. A gypsum board is fitted below cross battens with insulation in between.
Windows
The certification was done with the window smartwin solar, which is a very slim phA-class window with triple 18 mm argon glazing, Swisspacer Ultimate spacer bar with PU secondary seal.
A special feature of smatwin solar installed in smartshell solid S is, that a simple blindframe is fitted by the constructor company. The windows gets fitted just in front of moving in period. No masking of the windows and no damages or moisture damage can appear.
Airtightness concept
The airtightness layer in the walls is the interior plaster. It is sealed together and to the windows with an air-tightness tape. A membrane between the rafters and the wood fiber board serves as airtightness layer in the roof.
smartshell Japan receives the coveted certificate for a timber construction system
Prof. Dr. Benjamin Krick, Managing Director at the Passive House Institute in Darmstadt, presents the coveted certificate at the Passive House…
26th International Passive House Conference 10 - 12 March 2023 - Efficiency NOW!
We have been there since the 3rd Passive House Conference in Bregenz. Franz Freundorfer and Wolfgang Hasper PHI talk about our new renovation system…
First smartshell Japan partner meeting at Passiop window factory in Kagawa 28th till 29th of July 2022
"Just 10 weeks after the international smartwin and smartshell partner meeting in Slovakia our Japanese partners Passiop and Natsumi could run an own…