Aktivhaus B10
Aktivhaus, or B10 for short, is a ‘triple zero’ home that generates twice as much electric power from sustainable energy sources as it consumes making it the first functional ‘Active House’ in the world. In addition to generating enough power to run its own building services, it also uses the recouped energy to power two electric cars and the neighbouring house built by Le Corbusier now home to the Weissenhof Museum
The 85 square metre triple zero home was assembled in just one day, using a prefabricated wooden structure. The design is based on the Triple Zero concept (developed by architect Werner Sobek). The idea is that the building is not only designed to fulfil the highest demands on aesthetics and user comfort, but also to generate more energy than is needed to run the house (zero energy), to produce no emissions and to be returned fully to the materials cycle (zero waste) at the end of its life.
B10 is a prototype intended to show how the principle of an active house can be transferred to concentrated apartment construction in major cities around the world. It is a research project onsite for 2 years when it will either be deconstructed or moved.
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