Aligning Passivhaus Principles with Codes and Regulations

Date: 2nd March 2011	Time:
Location: Ecobuild - ExCel, London	Cost: FREE

Passivhaus principles are beginning to truly gather momentum as a means for low-energy building. This session will explore how these principles lie within existing regulations, codes and standards in the UK and how can the principles be applied to supply solutions that dramatically cut buildings’ carbon emissions and reduce the gap between design and actual performance.

 

Chair: Jon Bootland, Chief Executive, Passivhaus Trust and Director, Good Homes Alliance

12.30 – 12.50   What is Passivhaus, what it means for the building process and what it can achieve in terms of energy use and carbon emissions

Jon Bootland, Chief Executive, Passivhaus Trust and Director, Good Homes Alliance

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12.50 – 13.10   The parallels between Passivhaus standards and the CSH, BREEAM and Building Regulations

Neil Cutland, Director, Cutland Consulting Ltd, and non-executive director of the Passivhaus Trust

 

13.10 – 13.35   Delivering Passivhaus principles through quality design to reduce the gap between design and performance

Lynne Sullivan, Partner, sustainableBYdesign

 

13.35 – 14.00   Delivering Passivhaus principles through quality craftsmanship/construction to reduce the gap between design and performance

John Williamson, Director, JPW Construction

 

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