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HoWo_0378166 Donaueschingen: Wooden houses: U. Weber (Tuttlingen) 5 terraced houses. Completion: 1993

Building measure New building
Street/District Address: Heinrich-Burkhard-Platz

How to get there: The estate is located on the outskirts of Donaueschingen on a hill, it is accessed by a cul-de-sac. A bus stop is in the immediate vicinity, the train station can be reached on foot in five minutes.

Completion/Status 1992-1993
Location Condensed area for experimental low-energy houses
Type Terraced houses
Residential units 5 FLATS. Per house 185 m2 Living space with galleries
Form of ownership Condominiums
Special feature
Eco-model project of the state of Baden-Württemberg with a Solar row house group and nine mound houses

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Sustainability measures
Energy Energy consumption examinations of the FH for technology in Stuttgart resulted in that the energy consumption lies with 54 - 58 KWH/m2 per heating period. The normal value for a low-energy house is up to 65-70 KWH/m2.

Residential ventilation via a controlled ventilation and exhaust system. Fan: three speed 0 to 360 m3/h. warm discharge flow exchanges heat (max. 70%) with fresh air flow.

passive solar use through windows and conservatory. Arbour as windbreak.

Heat generator
- Condensing gas boiler 11 KW: flow temperature < 45 degrees C, return temperature < 35 degrees C
>> only 1/10 amount of water compared to conventional
heating systems, thus fast controllability
- Burner 11 KW each for 1 terraced house

Building construction/
Building materials
Walls: solid timber block construction with a combined timber stud element construction and cellulose insulation. Interior walls with wooden panels or: gypsum fibre boards, wooden stud elements and cellulose insulation. Roof: glued laminated timber beams for the roof construction, exterior basement wall and house partition walls: lime bricks, solid blocks.
Conservatory: wooden construction with insulating glazing
External wall (from the inside to the outside):
24 mm block wall panels,
40 mm air layer (vapour barrier) recycled cardboard,
19 mm timber frame elements with cellulose insulation,
95 mm wooden block elements- cellulose insulation, coconut and felt insulation strips
- native woods: pine impregnated with borax salt. Pine wood for doors and windows
- Wood fibre boards, cork boards
- Lime sand brick according to DIN 106
- Bricks according to DIN 105
- Paper and cardboard as trickle protection, as wind seal and as vapour barrier, oiled paper for waterproofing
- Oil shale cement coating according to DIN 1164
- Window putty based on linseed oil, jute knit and felt fabrics for sealing the windows
- natural resin glue
Water - 6 m3 rainwater storage each
- Use of rainwater for toilet flushing for the washing machine and for watering the garden
- Saving devices for WC flushing and flow reducers at all taps
Comfort Wall-mounted radiant heating
Contact Architect Ulrich Weber, Architect's Office for Living Ecology, Hölzlestr. 2, 78600 Kolbingen


Last Updated: December 6, 2020

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