UK Passivhaus Awards 2020

Due to the escalating severity of Covid-19, the Trust has taken the hard decision to postpone the UK Passivhaus Awards until 2021. Whilst this does give you more time to collect monitoring data (every cloud!) we apologise for any disappointment and inconvenience caused.

How to enter

Submission Requirements

Timeline

UK Passivhaus Awards Hall of Fame

The UK Passivhaus Awards, the only award dedicated to celebrating UK Passivhaus projects, will return in 2021 so get your certified projects (and monitoring data) ready! We shall be searching for exemplary finalists that showcase the flexibility of the standard and demonstrate how crucial Passivhaus is to the zero carbon buildings agenda and mitigating the climate crisis.

The July awards ceremony coincides with the Trust’s 10th Anniversary this summer. We shall be celebrating the growth of the UK Passivhaus movement along with the latest superlative schemes.

How to Enter

Check you meet eligibility requirements
Decide which category you are entering
Complete the A4 Phase 1 submission slides
Register online
SUBMIT - Postponed until 2021

Criteria

Phase I Submission Requirements

For detailed submission requirements, requested formats, and templates, please download the following Phase I guidelines. All submissions will be judged on the following:

Performance & user feedback
Architectural design & aesthetics
Innovation & lessons learned

Phase II Submission Requirements

Finalists are required to produce artwork for a pop-up banner, a 10-minute project presentation & a 2-minute project video. All will be presented at the UK Passivhaus Awards Ceremony. Templates will be available shortly after finalists are announced in May.

Eligibility requirements

Schemes must be completed and certified to Passivhaus/EnerPHit standard. (A Passivhaus project that has not been officially accredited will also be considered provided they produce appropriate evidence that the standard has been achieved as outlined in What it means to claim the Passivhaus Standard in the UK.)
Proof of performance: Schemes must be able to outline their summer comfort and ventilation strategy (see slide template for more details). We are ideally seeking performance data for at least 1 winter and 1 summer cycle. Certified projects which have data for a 6-month minimum time period may also be considered.
Previous UK Passivhaus Award winners may NOT enter, but schemes that have been shortlisted for a previous UK Passivhaus Award are invited to enter again.

There's no limit to the number of projects applicant's may enter. A project can only be entered in one category.

Judging

All submissions undergo a two-stage judging process. The awards jury select the shortlist from the phase I submissions. Finalists announced in 2021.

Finalists that progress to phase II present their projects to an audience at the UK Passivhaus Awards Ceremony. 1 award winner in each category is chosen by a PHT member vote.

Costs

Phase I: The awards are FREE to enter for all certified Passivhaus and EnerPHit projects.

Phase II: All finalists will be asked to contribute the following:

£100 towards the design and delivery of their project pop-up (once displayed at the UK Passivhaus Conference it is yours to keep.)
A 2-minute video will be required as part of phase II submissions. Shortlisted entries have the opportunity to work with Regen Media to produce videos at a cost of £350. View previous presentations here.
All finalists are required to deliver a 10-minute project presentation at the awards ceremony held in 2021. Two complimentary speaker tickets will be provided to the event for each finalist.

Timeline

February	Call for submissions opens
2021	Phase I submission deadline
2021	Judging
2021	Shortlist revealed
2021	Phase II submission deadline*
2021	Online member voting opens*
2021	Awards ceremony & announcement of winners