Passivhaus News
Here you will find the latest UK Passivhaus news. View our most recent Passivhaus Trust monthly newsletters here. To get the latest news & events straight in your inbox sign-up to the PHT mailing list.
Passivhaus winners at CIBSE Building Performance Awards
There were a few PHT members scooping some of the 2016 Building Performance Awards.
26th February 2016
Designing for Summer Comfort
There have been a number of newspapers quick to publish overheating in eco homes. This masterclass looks at how to design for summer comfort.
24th February 2016
University of Leicester Centre for Medicine receives certification
The University of Leicester's £42 million Centre for Medicine project has received Passivhaus certification.
23rd February 2016
PHPP compatibility with BIM
The international Passivhaus Institute (PHI) would like to evaluate the connection between BIM softwares and Passivhaus design tools, PHPP and designPH. In order to do so they are calling for example projects to check how project data are presented in the BIM softwares or respective energy balance modules.
19th February 2016
The UK no longer just cool
Eagled-eyed PHPP tinkers may have already noticed a change in UK climate classification. The island is no longer solely a cold climate. Datasets now see parts of the south classified as warm temperate, and certain locations in Scotland as cold climates.
