Hungary’s largest passive house is completed

In Hungary, passive houses are quite rare so far, but the Angyalfold-located building with 100 homes is the largest such investment. The heating cost of the three-blocks homes surrounded by patches of green is negligible compared to an average apartment in Budapest. It was designed by Csaba Nagy Ybl Prize-winning architect, welovebudapest.com says.

Angyalfold (part of Budapest) is a strange and changing part of the city: walking toward the Jaszai Street, there are car repair shops, warehouses, artisans, but more and more newly built, three or four-storey houses appear too. Among them, there is a restrained- façaded, austere building, which is special because of the technique used in the construction and the operation.

In the building’s underground garage in the “engine room”, the system is operating, which ensures the cooling and heating of the house by making use of geothermal energy. Therefore, there are at least 20 degrees in winter and heating costs will only be around HUF 15.000 – a year.

Other parts of the buildings are also planned wisely: because the flats are placed in three blocks, they are bright and airy all day long. The walls are equipped with a 30-cm insulation and windows retain heat well, too. There is an air operator in the houses providing fresh air and retaining heat-energy from used air, welovebudapest.com says.