(Under the QREN Project)
The Blower Door Test is a test that checks whether the building has air leakage or meets the requirements corresponding to the air-tightness defined by the Passive House.
In the exercise of PHPP was defined as leakage parameter 0.6 Renewals Time 50 Pa, which corresponds to the ceiling allowed by the Passive House standard.
However, the Passive House Institute requires this value to be fulfilled so that the house be tested through a door blower test (Blower Door) that puts the house in depression thus forcing the air leaks that may exist and can thus be easily identified.For these requirements are met at the end of construction is always advisable that one or more tests at different stages of finishing.
Once placed the first layer of cardboard and placed plaster the sealing tapes at all weak points (links) defined the first stage of the blower door test to be identified and corrected existing air infiltration in the outdoor environment.
In this first test were identified and corrected existing air infiltration in the outdoor environment.
After the sensitivities corrected the House Modiko® Passive House is ready for placement of the second plasterboard layer.
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THE PATRILAR IMOBILIÁRIA PROMOTES DEVELOPMENT “VILLAS DO BRAÇAL” IN MODIKO® SYSTEMConstruction of the project is in charge of Téketo Modular.
The “Villas do Braçal” are located in Aveiro.
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TWO NEW HOUSES WITH MODIKO® SYSTEM
As a result of MODIKO® – Modular Construction Technology expansive strategy will be built two new homes in MODIKO® system.
In a result of the partnership with Medidas Práticas, a house will be built in T2 typology, custom-designed for the client, in Gafanha da Vagueira, Vagos.
With modern lines, this villa meets entirely the customer’s needs and will have 104 m².
Also with custom design andT2 typology, anothe rhouse will be built inArcozelo, São Pedro do Sul.
This villa will have a construction area of 100 m² and will be built in the system “closed house” by the franchisee area Téketo® – Modular Construction, Lda.
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VILLA BY MODIKO®The MODIKO® developed a new model called Villa to meet the needsof the clients.
Designed by the architect Olga Pimenta, the Villa is a custom model, the typology T4 and with a construction area of 323.50 m², ideal for modern families where generous interior areas and versatile spaces are of high importance.
The Villa is a house of modern architecture, clean lines and a glass surface that lets you take full advantage of the surroundings and transmits to its interior a inviting environment.
The first example of this model will be built in Aveiro and already benefit from changes in MODIKO® system under “Project MODIKO® Passive House” aims to achieve a high energy performance defined in the light of the more demanding standard that is known for this specific domain, the “Standard PassivHaus”.
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QREN PROJECT: MODIKO® PASSIVE HOUSEIn 2013, MODIKO®´s passive house project was considered as a candidate for QREN, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund via the Centre Region Operational Programme, within the scope of the Research and Technological Development Incentive – Individual Enterprise R&TD Projects.
The amount invested was around 300,000 euros.
The project has been under development since November 2013, and enjoys the support of the University of Aveiro. This partnership is of vital importance given the nature of innovation and development which has driven the project.
The aim of the “MODIKO® Passive House” is to achieve an energy performance in accordance with the most demanding standard known in relation to this specific domain, this being a pioneering project at global level, as light steel modular houses built in accordance with this standard do not exist.
It should be pointed out that the energy consumption demanded by the Passivhaus Standard is around 80% less that of housing subject to the RCCTE requirements currently in force in Portugal.
Values measured in real terms will be obtained at the end of the project, taking advantage of an experimental facility which will be monitored subsequent to construction and during its day-to-day occupation by a family over a 5-year period.
MODIKO® . THE FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTIONThe MODIKO® produced and edited the first three houses in manufacturing environment, with all equipment, leaving for the place of work, just the placement and general finishing.
This way, MODIKO® has achieved a key objective that it has set since its inception, walking for optimal production and marked a historic moment in the future of construction in Portugal.
The production and assembly of houses in factory environment allows a substantially reduce the error and achieve a considerable improvement in the quality of construction, and substantially reduce the time to build a house.
These are three accommodation units semi – mobile character with the possibility of installation in various environments. Each module was designed to be self-sustaining and to this was added a “chassis” steel at its base, allowing your relocation.
These units serve the Authority for Civil Protection in the rest of its employees who are employed by.
Each unit has one bedroom and a toilet, fitted with mains, ITED, and air conditioning. The toilets an electric instant water heater for heating the water bath, thus enabling the sustainability of each unit without major energy resource was installed.
COSTA NOVA RESTAURANT, WHICH WAS BUILT WITH THE MODIKO®Costa Nova Restaurant, which was built with the MODIKO® System, was chosen by The Guardian as one of the ten best beach restaurants of Europe!
MODIKO® PASSIVE HOUSEThe Sustainable Construction Website and Quercus have jointly conducted a survey with the aim of finding out if the Portuguese regard their home as cold, warm or comfortable.
74% of the roughly 1000 people interviewed regarded their home as cold in the winter, 25% said it was warm in the summer, and only 1% said their home was thermally comfortable.
35% of the Portuguese who declared their home was cold in the winter acquire additional clothing and equipment to keep warm, 21% have equipment for this purpose and 20% just wear more clothing.
21% of those surveyed who considered their house cold reported “a significant increase” in their energy bill – almost double – to guarantee comfort, 37% said their home didn´t have insulation, while the same percentage said they didn´t know if their home had insulation or not (35%).
Most of those interviewed lived in houses built between 1980 and April 2004, most of which were equipped with double glazing, but no thermal-break frames, which, according to environmentalists, means “the efficiency of the glass is wasted”.
Quercus points out that a survey conducted by the University of Dublin in 2003 concluded that Portugal is one of the countries in the European Union (EU) “where most people die due to poor conditions of insulation and heating”.
The association states that the purchasing power of the Portuguese people and “the most expensive electricity in Europe” mean it is natural “people just wear more clothing” to deal with cold in their home.
As far as environmentalists are concerned, local policies need to be implemented promoting the sustainable redevelopment of existing buildings, with a focus on insulation as a means of keeping the heat generated inside the home.
It is also vital to make the Portuguese people aware that more eco-friendly and efficient construction designs/systems need to be adopted.
Quercus reiterates that energy efficiency, “besides being an obvious need, is a mandatory requirement” specified in European laws on energy performance in buildings.
For example, MODIKO®, a visionary construction undertaking, has been using this concept for some time now under the MODIKO® Passive House” project.
The construction projects are rigorous and must comply with the requirements established by the “Passive House Standard” (the international standard acknowledged as the most demanding in terms of energy performance) and, consequently, also comply with the requirements inherent to the Energy Performance Building Directive (EPBD, 2010) and the domestic regulations on thermal comfort and energy efficiency in buildings.
“Passive Houses” are buildings with a high level of comfort in both winter and summer, achieved without the need to use powerful additional heating or air-conditioning systems – the building maintains a comfortable temperature of around 20 °C or less than 25 °C respectively (comfort temperature).
Hence, a Passive House combines bioclimatic and passive construction techniques (good insulation, the use of passive solar energy through glass spans, etc.), and an active ventilation system (very low consumption) with highly efficient heat recovery of the air used inside, which when extracted passively pre-heats the fresh air being drawn in.
MODIKO® HIGHLIGHTED IN THE SPANISH PRESSMODIKO® appeared in three of the most read newspapers in Spain. We are talking about El País, La Voz de Galicia and Diario de Sevilla.
The company is focused on building a strong presence in the Spanish market aiming mainly at increasing its turnover.
MODIKO® has been very successful in the international market due to the fact that it presents a patented modular construction system.
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