FAQ - Ventilation of the building

Energy Recovery ventilation (EVR)

This system allows limiting the heat losses inherent in the ventilation. It uses the heat from stale air before it is expelled from the house, to warm the fresh air coming from outside.

A fan pulses the fresh and also preheated air in the main rooms through insufflation vents. Such equipment allows the most efficient one to recover up to 90% of the heat of the extracting air.

Figure extracted from Practical Guide of ADEME on ventilation in individual housing

Ventilation of the building

• Ventilation of the building
• Energy Recovery ventilation (EVR)
• Ground-coupled heat exchanger
• Natural Ventilation
• Wind turbine

Frequently asked questions

• Passive House (Passivhaus)
• Low-energy House (BBC Effinergie)
• Bioclimatic Architecture & Buildings
• High energy performance labels in France
• Regulatory framework: thermal regulations (RT 2005)
• HPE label (2005)
• HPE EnR label (2005)
• THPE label (2005)
• THPE EnR label (2005)
• BBC - BBC Effinergie ® label
• Energy-plus Building (BEPOS)
• HQE® approach
• Ecolabels
• Constructive methods
• Outside Insulation
• Thermal bridges
• Inertia of the building
• Airtightness
• Wood manufacture & timber frame construction
• Clay blocks for monolithic walls & autoclave cellular Concrete (ACC), or autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC)
• Window performance
• Green Insulation (cellulose wadding, hemp, wool & wood fibers, straw...)
• Ventilation of the building
• Energy Recovery ventilation (EVR)
• Ground-coupled heat exchanger
• Natural Ventilation
• Windcatcher
• Renewable Energy
• Photovoltaic system
• Solar thermal energy
• Geothermal energy and heat pumps
• Biomass-wood heating
• Wind turbine
• Hydroelectricity
• Primary Energy
• Energy performance certificate (DPE)
• Carbon assessment (Bilan Carbone®)