In September Cairn Homes lit the fuse on a passive house explosion, publishing a position paper on passive house and announcing the construction of nearly 1,800 apartments to the standard. But what’s ...

Ecological Building Systems technical specification advisor Dave Judd looks at airtightness, active moisture control and effective ventilation in passive house properties. This article was originally ...

What a joy it was...to discover a new magazine from Ireland, with a UK edition, that is just full of more great green designs of passive houses, multifamily projects, schools office buildings and even ...

Canadian green building writer and architect Lloyd Alter has published a book to explain the importance of embodied carbon in simple terms. This article was originally published in issue 48 of Passive ...

In September Cairn Homes lit the fuse on a passive house explosion, publishing a position paper on passive house and announcing the construction of nearly 1,800 apartments to the standard. But what’s ...

A pilot version of the UK’s first cross-industry standard for net zero carbon-aligned buildings has been launched. This article was originally published in issue 48 of Passive House Plus magazine.

Near the peak of the Celtic Tiger – at a time when developers were throwing up often sub-standard homes at a record pace, one self-build project pointed to a different approach, writes Dr Marc Ó Riain ...

There may never be a better time for companies to upskill their staff in passive house, Enerphit and net zero construction – thanks to new 70 per cent grants. This article was originally published in ...

A. Proctor Group has announced the promotion of Adam Salt to the position of head of global sales modular offsite, effective immediately. This article was originally published in issue 48 of Passive ...

A Scottish lung disease patient has credited a Zehnder heat recovery ventilation system with causing such a significant improvement in his respiratory health that he’s been taken off a lung transplant ...

As the grid gets greener and the case for heat pumps as a decarbonisation silver bullet becomes increasingly compelling, questions are starting to be asked about how far we need to go with ...