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Passivhaus Trust Newsletter - September 2025
Welcome to the Passivhaus Trusts September highlights! As the seasons shift, keep your projects moving forward, dont fall behind on these key opportunities.
30th September 2025
Acorn Farm: from glass house to Passivhaus
Acorn Farm is a landmark project that combines food, community, and climate action. Visitors will be able to learn, grow, and prepare food on site, supported by high-quality training spaces - designed to Passivhaus standard.
29th September 2025
Built to teach: Scotland’s living retrofit demonstrator
The deep retrofit of Scotland’s National Retrofit Centre (SNRC) has transformed an industrial unit built in 2000 into a live, working demonstrator of best practice in non-domestic retrofit.
24th September 2025
Passivhaus Trust & AECB Local Group: Mid and North Wales site visit to Y Wern
Architects, suppliers, developers and clients joined the third meeting of the new Passivhaus Trust & AECB Mid and North Wales Local Group for a site visit to Y Wern near Welshpool.
20th September 2025
Minister welcomes announcement of Belfast Passivhaus Conference
Landmark joint UK & Ireland conference to be held 7-8 October 2025.
18th September 2025
UKPHC25 Case studies that set the standard
From Belfast’s first Passivhaus student tower and Ireland’s largest housebuilder committing over 1,700 homes to Passivhaus, to pioneering social housing pilots, plus heritage high-rise retrofits and large-scale campuses of the future, these case studies are redefining what’s possible across every sector.
16th September 2025
Weaving into Belfast’s skyline: a landmark for student living
Belfast’s skyline is about to get smarter. Weavers’ Hall, Queen’s University Belfast’s first Passivhaus‐certified student living tower, is setting the bar high for low-carbon student-wellbeing-centred design.
15th September 2025
Help showcase Passivhaus in health & comfort research
Health in buildings is under the spotlight, with a number of academic research programmes now getting underway. The Passivhaus Trust is seeking to connect academic researchers with Passivhaus projects, and prove Passivhaus performance.
15th September 2025
Ireland’s largest homebuilder commits to Passivhaus
Cairn Homes, Ireland’s largest house builder, has announced a bold commitment to Passivhaus standards, starting with over 1,700 homes already underway.
14th September 2025
Last chance to book your fully funded Passivhaus Client Club space.
Join us on the next week to take the next step toward successful Passivhaus delivery in social housing.
