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THE CYCLE – REDUCE
152
90
Old structure built or
rehabilitated before
1980
300
Modern structure built in
compliance with the latest
energy-efficient guidelines
Passive house built in
compliance with the
German Passivhaus or
Swiss Minergie P standard
0
500
1 000
1 500
2 000
2 500
3 000
Oil
Natural gas
Electricity
1
Wood
2
1. Average emissions: output varies with the means of production.
2. Logged in managed forests and burned in a high-efficiency stove.
4 000
3 500
15
Energy consumption and CO
2
emissions from building
Energy consumption for heating and hot water
Kilowatt hour per square metre per year
CO
2
emissions depending on the energy used for heating and hot water,
for a 100 square metre dwelling
Kilograms of carbon equivalent per year
1 104
669,6
453,6
0
Modern structure
3 681
2 233
1 513
0
Old structure
184 111 75 0
Passive housing
Sources: Cécile Marin,
Atlas Environnement du Monde Diplomatique, 2007;
La Maison écologique, n° 37, February-March 2007; Effinergie;
Minergie; Passivhaus; Ademe.