Passive House Savings Calculator
If you plan to build a house and wonder whether the additional costs of making it energy-efficient are worth it in the long term, this passive house savings calculator might just be the tool for you. It will help you choose between a regular building, an energy-efficient house, and a passive house project. Read on if you want to learn how to calculate the prospective savings, what the differences are between passive and energy-efficient homes, and how to ensure maximum sustainability of your building.
Passive House Savings Calculator
How to calculate passive house savings
- Start with the parameters of your house. Determine the total area of your house and how much it cost to construction (per square meter).
- Check with your local gas supplier how much it costs to heat your house. Type the price of gas per cubic meter into the calculator.
- Determine any additional costs required to make your house energy-efficient or passive. By default, these values are set to 9% and 15%, respectively, but you can change them at your will.
- Let our passive house savings calculator do the rest for you. It will return how long it will take for your investment to be returned.
- You can also use the
advanced modeto customize values such as:
- How much energy is supplied from one cubic meter of gas?
- What is the annual energy demand of a regular house?
- What is the annual energy demand of an energy-efficient or a passive house?
