Seminar review: Delivering large and complex Passivhaus buildings

We would like to thank all the speakers who participated at our recent seminar, hosted by the University of Strathclyde, with support from CIBSE Scotland and SEDA. The event was well attended with over 40 delegates, and had a focus on large scale and complex projects from across UK and Europe.

The Passivhaus standard is increasingly being successfully adopted in a range of significant larger scale UK projects, both housing and non-domestic. This event aimed to provide learning and feedback from architects and consultants who have had significant experience of working on larger scale projects, such as Pete Warm and Bram de Bruyker.

The event also highlighted some of the exciting projects that are under development or nearing completion, such as the recently completed Hereford Archive Centre, The Centre for Medicine at The University of Leicester and an EnerPHit retrofit project of three high rise residential towers, currently being designed by Collective Architecture.

Presentations

Summary of news from the recent Passivhaus Conference - Kirsty Maguire, Kirsty Maguire Architects

Large scale Passivhaus projects in Belgium and the UK - Bram de Bruyker, Princedale Homes

Current large scale projects in the UK - Pete Warm, WARM: Low Energy Building Practice

Quality Assurance on large and complex projects - Mark Siddall, LEAP

Passivhaus and the Scottish context - Matt Bridgestock, John Gilbert Architects

National Collections Facility feasibility study - Ian Hendry, National Galleries of Scotland

Further information

We hope to run more events in Scotland later on in the year, keep an eye on our newsletter for further information.

We have an exciting line up of events and activities coming up this year, kicking off with the UK Passivhaus Awards ceremony on July 7th, the 2015 UK Passivhaus Conference, a London Tutorial and Passivhaus Open Days in November.

We hope to see you at an event soon! For further details, visit our events page.