%0 Journal Article
%T Prefabrication as the construction system of passive house – cost issues
%A Kofiński, Marcin
%A Leśniak, Agnieszka
%J Technical Transactions
%V 2014
%R 10.4467/2353737XCT.14.346.3657
%N Civil Engineering Issue 5-B (19) 2014
%P 117-122
%K prefabrication, passive housing, cost analysis
%@ 0011-4561
%D 2015
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/czasopismo-techniczne/article/prefabrication-as-the-construction-system-of-passive-house-cost-issues
%X 
	As a response to the growing need for cheaper and more energy-efficient buildings, this paper presents a building system based on a heavy timber frame. The cost analysis to build a wall which meets the requirements for a passive building concludes that a prefabricated heavy timber frame is at the forefront of cost minimization. The recognized advantages of prefabrication can prove that this method of constructing single-family homes, with a positive impact on temperature and humidity, may become an alternative to existing technologies.