TU Delft’s entry ‘Pret-a-Loger’ at the biannual building competition Solar Decathlon earned third prize in Versailles this summer. The terraced house with a second skin was top-scorer on sustainability thanks to the choice of renovation instead of new construction.
The entry shows how existing houses of this type, of which 1.4 million exist in the Netherlands, can be converted to energy neutrality by means of good insulation, PV panels and a glass house construction at the south facade. The house has been brought back to Delft where it was opened for the public by housing minister Stef Blok on August 25.
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