My apartment

By juehoe

Since 3 years I am living in an apartment near the town of Thun. The apartment is located in a new apartment house, built to the Swiss MINERGIE standard. My annual heating cost are below CHF 200 (US$ 160).

The internal layout and colours were chosen with the help of a interior architect.

view from living room towards kitchen kitchen glass wall between living room and sleeping room terrace with wooden floor (larch)

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November 18, 2006

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juehoe

May 10, 2007

Hi Arnita Using colours three years ago was agood choice. The apartment is friendly even on a cloudy day.

arnita

May 09, 2007

i lik ethe color combination, the red yellow orange white. Warm but still clean.

Henri

December 21, 2006

I love your aparmtment, particularly the wealth of natural light.

designmilk

November 20, 2006

gorgeous place!

meanjanine

November 20, 2006

The glass block wall is absolutely terrific. J'adore!

juehoe

November 20, 2006

The MINERGIE standard is unfortunately still not commen even the additional building cost for such a house are less than 5%. Most people think that you are not allowed to open the windows...! The more strict MINERGIE-P standard has additional cost of about 15% and requieres alternative heating technology like solar. Additionally all electric equipment has to be to the best standard.

roadvermin

November 20, 2006

Beautiful deco, I love the Minergie standard and wish that more countries would aggresively adopt a similar plan though I see Germany has something similar. Curious, is this standard available to the mass housing market in Switzerland or is it to an elite minority? I found more here.

Thanks for sharing that! - RV's Girl

juehoe

November 18, 2006

Hi benmoore The MINERGIE standard demands a heating energie consumption of lower than 42 kWh/sqm/year. In our house this is done with an insulation of 20 cm (2/3 foot) and a controlled ventilation with heat exchanger (about 80 % efficiency). Most energy is gained by passive solar energy in winter (shaded in summer). The rest is gained with a groundwater heat pump. The more strict MINERGIE-P standard is only one third of our house which is about 20% of a standard house to the Swiss building regulations.

benmoore

November 18, 2006

ZOMG!! Annual heating costs under $160?! Do you have tips for how that was done?

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