WMA achieves 1st Passive House PLUS Certified Domestic Project in Ireland!
Despite having a northerly coastal aspect with limited solar access, this Cork Harbour project produces as much energy as it consumes using a unique on-site renewable solution. Renewable energy is provided an Air Source Heat Pump for heating and hot water,
2nd in our series ‘Climate impact on Building Performance’ – West Cork Passive House
The 2nd in our 8-part series focuses on our West Cork Passive House, a coastal project on an exposed site in Roaring Water Bay, West Cork, completed in 2015. Large glazed areas were carefully placed to take advantage of the
1st in our series ‘Climate impact on Building Performance’ – Carrigaline Passive House
This is the first in our 8-part series 'Climate impact on Building Performance'. Completed in 2010, this was our very first project that met the Passive House standard! Already on site when Strathclyde University ran the first English Speaking Passive
Did you know ….. ?!?
Reducing embodied carbon at design stage is a mindset! By making sustainable choices for products and materials, for no extra cost, we can dramatically improve a project’s carbon footprint. We thought we would share how we did this in one
Another A1 rated Passive House for Christmas
We are delighted to confirm that our recently completed Passive House in Meath has achieved an extremely comfortable A1 BER rating, with an energy value of -13.31kWh/m2/yr and C02 emission of -2.62kgC02/m2/yr. The 6.5kW 20 panel PV array is of
Our newest nearly completed passive house -the story so far….
Situated alongside the coast, this, our newest and nearly completed passive house, actively engages and enjoys its surroundings. The design celebrates breath-taking coastal views whilst sitting comfortably within the rugged West Cork landscape. The preliminary assessments of this contemporary take on
Your link to view the ‘PassivHaus Performance in a Temperate Coastal Climate’ webinar
If you missed the live webinar on June 17th, 2021, where John gave his findings on the performance of Passivhaus in temperate coastal climates, we are delighted to share with you the link to this presentation, courtesy of PHAI. In
PHAI webinar on June 17th, 2021 ‘Passivhaus performance in a temperate coastal climate’ by John Morehead
Looking at how differing strategies are employed to respond to wild and temperate coastal contextsJohn Morehead will be giving a presentation on June 17th, 2021 on his findings on the performance of Passivhaus in temperate coastal climates. As a hugely
Our latest Passive House in Cork Harbour…..
Our latest Passive House dwelling commenced on site back in May, following Lockdown 1.0. Set into a hill overlooking Cork Harbour, the highly insulated ground floor slab was poured before Christmas, and we are all looking forward to getting back on site
International Passive House Open Day, November 8th and 9th, 2019
It's that time of year again, when our wonderful Passive House owners generously open their doors to a limited number of registered visitors to experience, first hand, the unsurpassed comfort levels that passive house brings and to see how we
