Young Families and Retired People

PRISPA is a house that could help you have a healthy lifestyle at a high level of comfort and even save money, if considering the energy needs and maintenance cost of the building.

We promote an alternative for the alert urban life, while having either a job that could be easily done at home as well as using professional abilities to fill the gaps in rural communities, such as teaching, medical activities, agriculture or small tourism business. The house can be used as a family vacation home or for touristic purposes, in order to promote new ways of spending holydays.

Our goal was to achieve balance between minimum necessary space, contemporary comfort and price. The architectural footprint is about 70 sqm, including all the functions one family needs (living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom, reading/working space, bedroom, storage space) with the possibility of adding another night module or dividing the existent area. The house is made out of ecologic OSB, massive wood, mineral wool, zinc sheet, metal joints. For finishes, we used wood, stone, ceramics and clay. Thus, the materials are easy to get in any region, affordable and comply with the health and comfort concerns.

Furthermore, the energy needs for the entire house could be covered by using only photovoltaic and solar panels. The consumption has been reduced as much as possible by using a smart design that combines technology with simple physics principles, such as thermal mass, material properties, solar control, airflow, light reflection and many more.

PRISPA House is affordable, comfortable, easy to build, adaptable, context wise and environmental friendly. In terms on sustainability, we provide a market viable house that complies with all contemporary comfort standards and has a reduced environmental impact. The whole design of the building, both technical solutions and the architectural approach, is based on the idea that the house must be easy to build, use and maintain. s

In Bucharest, Romania, the house produces 9501 kWh/year, while the estimated energy consumption is 7508.11 kWh/year. Simple calculations would lead to the conclusion that, with the right systems implemented, the energy production covers all the maintenance and electricity bills. In numbers, in Bucharest, you will have an extra 1992 kWh/year, which is 20% more energy than you can consume for normal use. Batteries could be an option if youre looking to make your house autonomous, but they imply extra costs. On the long term, real efficiency comes from connecting the house to a smart grid. That means the extra energy is redistributed to this electrical grid and you can either use it later, when the sun is not so strong, or you can sell it to the government or energy company.

PRISPA House in numbers

Total Floor Area = 87,15 sqm PRISPA Area = 13,50 sqm Architectural Footprint = 113,30 sqm

Ground Floor Measurable Area = 59,40 sqm Attic Usable Area = 15,40 sqm Total Usable Area= 74,80 sqm

Maximum Height = 5,95 m Heaight to eaves = 2,75 m Exterior volume = 310 sqm Interior volume = 260 sqm

Photovoltaic Panels = 32 Installed Power = 8000 kW/p Madrid Estimated Electrical Energy Consumption= 6435 kWh / year

Madrid Estimated Electrical Energy Production= 11110 kWh / year Bucharest Estimated Electrical Energy Consumption = 7508 kWh / year Bucharest Estimated Electrical Energy Production = 9501 kWh / year Solar Panels = 2 Grey water Recovery Rate = 250 l / day Madrid HVAC Specific Energy Consumption = 17.84 kWh / year Bucharest HVAC Specific Energy Consumption = 32.17 kWh / year