Passivhaus Technical Solutions

Date: 15 October 2014	Time: 14.00 - 17.30
Location: Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, Hertfordshire	Cost: £50 + VAT for PHT Members; £100 + VAT for non-members

The Trust will be holding a ‘technical afternoon' on 15 October 2014, before the UK Passivhaus Conference in Stevenage. This is a chance for PHT members and practitioners involved in the more technical aspects of the Passivhaus Standard to delve into Passivhaus issues in more depth. 

 

Programme:

There will be 6 one-hour workshops on the day, running as three parallel workshops in two sessions. 

14.00     Introduction from Jessica Grove-Smith, PHI – update on activities by the Institute

14.30     Session 1 – parallel workshops on MVHR, Heat Supply & Small Properties

15.30     Coffee Break

16.00     Session 2 – parallel workshops on The business case for large-scale retrofit, Quality Assurance on site and Overheating and measured data on occupancy and thermal comfort 

17.00     Wrap up/ summary

17.30     Final discussion - what does Passivhaus Principles mean?

 

Potential topics

Each workshop will be led by one or more leading Passivhaus practitioners and will include significant opportunity for audience engagement.

Topic	Speaker/lead	Content/notes
Session 1
MVHR	Ian Mawditt, fourwalls & Andrew Farr, Green Building Store	Commissioning targets, occupant behaviour, Part F targets etc
Heat Supply	Helen Brown, Encraft & Bertie Dixon, Max Fordham & Partners	Small scale systems, communal systems
Small properties	Nick Grant, Elemental Solutions & Alan Clarke, Independant Consultant	Internal Heat Gains, special allowances
Session 2
The business case for large-scale retrofit	Phil Summers, Regen & Nick Newman/ Loreana Padron, ECD Architects	In-situ refurb & avoiding decanting, structural testing
Quality Assurance on site	Mark Siddall, LEAP & Tom Dollard, ptea	Certification checklists, site inspections, scaling up
Overheating and measured data on occupancy and thermal comfort	Sally Godber, WARM & David Coley, University of Bath	Measured data vs PHPP predictions, Adapting PHPP for future climate predictions

 

 

Price:

£50 + VAT for PHT Members; £100 + VAT for non-members

Places are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis up to 2 people per company. Additional attendees from one company will be added to a waiting list and may be allocated places closer to the day.

Limited discounted places available for students on application.

 

Booking:

To register your interest or book a number of places, please email Roger@passivhaustrust.org.uk

Please indicate your preference of topics for both sessions.

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