Passive houses as type houses

Kjellgren Kaminsky has produced Swedens first series of passive houses sold as type houses in collaboration with Emrahus. Their goal is to make this environmentally friendly building technique available for all. Villa Nyberg is the first one to get built. The villa has been customized for the Nyberg family and is situated in Borlänge, central Sweden.

Passive houses are extremely well-insulated buildings that are largely heated by the energy already present in the building – people and the household equipment generate a lot of energy. The energy simulations show that this villa will have an energy consumption for heating of only 25 kWh/m²year.

The villa is situated by a lake in a fur forest in central Sweden. The living room and kitchen open up towards the views of the lake, the more private areas such as the bedrooms and bathrooms are situated on the other side of the house with smaller windows overlooking the forest. The round shape of the villa eliminates coldbridges and reduces the enclosing wallarea of the house. It also effects the way you live in the house, during the day one will move from room to room around the building experiencing different views and daylight conditions.