page_title: Jón Kristinsson
section_title: Major building designs
hierarchical_section_title: Jón Kristinsson / Major building designs
caption_attribution_description: English: Kristinsson, Jon, 2007. Experience with the highly Energy-Efficient Building in the netherlands since 1982 - The long and interesting road from innovation to realisation. Passive House Conference, Bergenz, 13-14 April 2007. (Lecture slides)
context_page_description: Jón Kristinsson is a Dutch architect.
context_section_description: Town Hall Lelystad (1976) an integrated design of a self-supporting building. World's first seasonal heat storage in wet ground, parabolic solar collectors, balanced ventilation with heat regain, humidifying by plants and spring fountains, insulated shutters at night and acoustic of a concert hall. (Not built)
  Minimum-energy housing development 1979-83 in Schiedam. 184 social houses were built. The project altered the building tradition in the Netherlands. Some of the innovative design includes: Airtight building, wall insulation on the outside, foundation and roof insulation. In the kitchen balanced ventilation with heat recovery in the hood of the cooker.
  In 1980: Atolls in the North Sea pumped dry by windmills/watermills as an alternative for atomic power.
  The energy producing greenhouse and the "edible city" are development concepts with 2ha glasshouse with seasonal heatstorage that heat 200 properly designed houses.
  Floriade 2012 the tenannual horticultural exposition in Venlo the Netherlands
caption: Minimum-energy house concept
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