Future Homes is “all talk no action” — George Clarke
Leading TV architect George Clarke has slammed plans for the government’s Future Homes Standard as “all talk no action” and being “too little and taking too much time”.
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Design your MVHR for a pollution-free home — Solarcrest
Leading ventilation supplier Solarcrest has advised anyone specifying a mechanical ventilation with heat recovery (MVHR) system to ensure it is properly designed to deal with local air pollution issues.
New passive house developer breaks ground in Bradford
A new UK property developer specialising in passive house projects is currently on site with its first scheme, Pure Meadows in Oakenshaw, Bradford.
Passive house cert for pro clima liquid membrane
Ecological Building Systems has announced that another component from the pro clima range of intelligent airtightness products has attained passive house approval.
Green concrete breakthrough with waste wood & recycled concrete
Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo have developed a new procedure for recycling concrete with the addition of discarded wood.
RIBA launches enerphit guide
RIBA has published a new in-depth guide to the Enerphit Standard, the Passive House Institute’s benchmark for retrofit projects.
Towards a better national renovation strategy
Irish Green Building Council business development manager Marion Jammet reports on work by the IGBC to help make rollout of deep retrofit a reality.
Passivhaus Awards open for entries
The 2020 UK Passivhaus
Awards are now open for
entries. The awards will celebrate
the best certified passive house
projects from across the UK.
Daikin launches Altherma 3 high-temp heat pump
Daikin has announced the
launch of the latest addition
to its leading Altherma range of air
source heat pumps: the ‘best-inclass’
Daikin Altherma 3 H HT. The
company said that consumers will
appreciate the unit’s high performance,
low sound level and unique
design.
Partel launches recycled PET structural thermal break
Leading sustainable building product supplier Partel has a launched a new 100% recycled thermal break product. ALMA THERM is a hi-performance panel for structural insulation, and meets the highest technical and ecological standard for reducing thermal bridges, according to the company.
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Don’t see MVHR as a heating or cooling system — CVC Direct
The idea that mechanical ventilation
with heat recovery (MVHR)
systems are designed to provide
heating or cooling remains a common
misconception about the technology,
according to leading supplier CVC
Direct.
Heating emissions increase as Ireland falls short on decarbonisation
The total amount of CO2 emissions associated with heating Ireland’s homes increased by 8% in 2018, a new report from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has revealed.
Passive House Plus free to read due to Covid-19 crisis
To ensure anyone who wants to read Passive House Plus can do so easily during this challenging and disrupted time, we’re making the new issue of the magazine completely free to read, both digitally and in print. This edition is essential reading for anyone interested in how to design and spec out low energy, sustainable buildings.
Passive Purple used to seal Beattie Passive Enerphit
The innovative Passive Purple airtightness paint from Intelligent Membranes has been used to form an external airtight layer on an Enerphit project in Norfolk. The BEIS-funded deep retrofit to a block of six flats for Great Yarmouth Borough Council is being delivered by passive house specialists Beattie Passive.