Passivhaus finalists in several shortlists
The Passivhaus standard provides a guarantee of quality through its demand for both design and construction excellence and attention to detail. It's not surprising, then, that in spite of the yet relatively small numbers of new build Passivhaus schemes in the UK, they consistently feature in built environment awards both national and international across a wide range of categories.
This year already we have seen RIBA wins for Hope View House (RIBA West Midlands Award and RIBA Sustainability Award) and a SECBE 2018 Constructing Excellence Sustainability Award for Wilmcote House, a highly ambitious project aiming for a step-by-step EnerPHit retrofit. PHT member John Gilbert Architects won a Saltire Society Housing Design Award in Scotland for Claddens Holdings, and PHT members MagmaTech and Hamson Barron Smith can boast respectively of the Queen's Award for TEPLO low thermal conductivity wall ties, and a European Women in Construction & Engineering award for Sarah Lewis, sustainability expert and Certified Passivhaus Designer, and author of PHPP Illustrated: A Designer's Guide to the Passive House Planning Package.
Now - just as the shortlist of the 2018 UK Passivhaus Awards is announced, dedicated to the best exemplars of the standard across the country - Passivhaus projects are popping up on the shortlists of a number of other awards.
National Housing Awards
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| Best Design Award |
Hastoe Housing, PHT Patron member and Passivhaus affordable housing pioneers, are shortlisted for the Best Design Award in the National Housing Awards for the recently certified scheme of 13 affordable Passivhaus homes in the village of Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire. The awards are run by the National Housing Federation - the voice of housing associations in England - and winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on 6 September.
Sunday Times British Homes Awards
| Agar Grove | The Deerings |
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| Development of the Year (>100 homes) | Large House of the Year |
Two Passivhaus projects are shortlisted in the Sunday Times British Homes Awards: The Deerings (Large house of the year) and Agar Grove (Development of the year >100 homes).
The awards ceremony will take place on 20 September.
Construction21 Green Solutions Awards
| Lark Rise |
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| Green Solutions Award |
Lark Rise, one of only 6 certified Passivhaus Plus buildings in the UK, designed by PHT member bere:architects, is a candidate for the Construction21 Green Solutions Awards. The award is open to voting until September, after which national winners will go forward to compete for the international awards.
Structural Timber Awards
And as previously reported, Passivhaus projects and PHT members feature in the Structural Timber Awards shortlists. The winners will be announced on 10 October.
| Goldsmith Street | Hampshire Passivhaus | Beattie Passive Flying Factory |
The Deerings |
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| Social Housing Project of the Year, Low Energy Project of the Year | Low Energy Project of the Year | Product Innovation Award | Custom and Self Build Project of the Year |
Good luck to all. Look out for awards presentations in September and October - including, of course, the 2018 UK Passivhaus Awards Ceremony at London Build!
20th July 2018
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