User impact

A new school building block in Passivehouse standard near Kortrijk (Belgium) is in use since spring 2013. The urban development regulations required that this new building did not influence the incidence of daylight in the adjacent dwellings. This results in an open corridor on the first floor and classrooms with a front door. Draught and increased energy losses are expected. This design choice is contradictory to the basic idea of a passive school that aims to be very airtight and to have very low energy use and excellent thermal comfort.