French demo-case (Tourcoing, France)

Credits: Vilogia

  • Location: Tourcoing, France

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    Climate: Oceanic

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    PEB Key Features

  • N of dwellings: 1 unit
  • N of floors: 3
  • Average surface area per apartment: 85 m2

A typical terraced house from the Northen France was deeply renovated in 2023-2024. Considering its architectural value, the façade remains intact, and insulation is internal. Some internal room is dedicated to the PHP unit that ensures heating, domestic hot water and ventilation. Air tightness should be at PassivHAus level. Considering the three stories, the stratification of the air in summer can lead to summer discomfort, and for this reason ceiling fans are installed in the bedrooms. 

  • Solution Sets

  • Packed Heat Pump (Ventive), delivering 4 kW heating, DHW and ventilation with heat recovery
  • Latent Thermal Energy Storage integrated in the PHP water tank (Brunel University) 
  • Ceiling Fan (Vortice) 
  • References

  • Technical guidelines: PEB Definition established by the Cultural-E project.
  • Building certification process: none
  • Relevant policies and regulations: Aiming at “BBC réno” level corresponding to 90 kWh/m².year of primary energy consumption for heating, cooling, ventilation, lighting” 
  • PEB Demo community and partnership

Vilogia logo
Demo owner
Nobatek INEF logo
Cultural-E technical advisor

Contractors: to be procured