Low-energy concepts for office buildings.

The large number of innovative energy concepts which have been elaborated today to the stage of practicability open up new opportunities for contemporary architectural design. Energy concepts which pursue the aim of making optimum use of every available energy potential make the building itself an essential component of the basic energy logistics. This is the precondition for an extended concept of integral planning which includes the architectural design in the interplay of all energy-related components. The systematic elaboration of this potential of the building and its building components as worked out by PAS in several design projects prove the possibilities of realising low-energy office buildings with energy loads for cooling and heating not exceeding those of recent low-energy housing projects.