Passivhaus News

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Call for Passivhaus standard to beat fuel poverty and climate change

A consortium of local authorities and universities from five countries across the North Sea region is calling for a new EU target of a 40% reduction in primary energy demand by 2050 and adoption of the Passivhaus standard.

28th February 2012

PHI awards first Certified Passivhaus Tradesmen certificates

Passive House Tradesman is a new programme started by the Passivhaus Institute to fill the gap in qualified construction professionals with Passivhaus know-how.

27th February 2012

Passivhaus certified Public buildings featured in recent edition of The Architects' Journal

This week's edition of the AJ featured Public buildings in the UK that had achieved Passivhaus certification

24th February 2012

Data from Lena Gardens shows PHPP predicted performance has been met

Green Tomato Energy have published a graph summarising a year's worth of monitored data of energy consumption gathered from Lena Gardens

23rd February 2012

Guided Encraft Tours of Ecobuild 2012

Encraft will be conducting impartial guided tours at Ecobuild.

22nd February 2012

Greendale Studio receives Passivhaus certification

Greendale Studio in Canterbury has recently been certified by Warm. Trust member's Conker Conservation Ltd were the Passivhaus designers on this project and were involved in the detailed design as well.