Social housing may have finally come of age. Three years ago Dublin City Council & Séan Harrington Architects built the ...

Click here to subscribe for as little as €20, or click here to receive the next issue free of charge The UK could meet its ...

The UK’s Passivhaus Trust has published its initial response to the Scottish Government's Stage 2 consultation on a proposed ...

The retrofit aimed to address fabric, services and amenity in one coordinated move. The college wanted more bathrooms, proper living spaces, and a route away from fossil fuels. In essence, the design ...

When homeowner Steve discovered a neglected 1980s bungalow during the pandemic, he faced a dilemma. Born with significant physical differences, the computer programmer and Team GB Paralympian needed a ...

A disastrous failed external insulation contract run under a government energy saving scheme has affected up to 390 homes in Preston with water penetration, mould and damp. This article was originally ...

Ten years ago Brussels had some of the most energy inefficient building stock in Europe — now it boasts a groundbreaking policy that means all new buildings in the region must be passive. How did the ...

Safeguarding historic documents and other artefacts requires stable building conditions. Until now this was usually achieved with the expensive and energy-hogging use of heating and cooling equipment, ...

This article was originally published in issue 20 of Passive House Plus magazine. Want immediate access to all back issues and exclusive extra content? Click here to subscribe for as little as €10, or ...

Once poorly understood by the mainstream building industry, airtightness is now increasingly seen as one of the most crucial objectives on any building project. Not only is it vital for energy ...

In September Cairn Homes lit the fuse on a passive house explosion, publishing a position paper on passive house and announcing the construction of nearly 1,800 apartments to the standard. But what’s ...

This is a normal housing development – built using block cavity wall on strip foundations – meeting the minimum building regulations brief from the local authority, Simon Keogh, senior project ...