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
Ahead of nZEB
Happy New Year and welcome to 2019 and #nZEB! Since 1st January, applicable to all new buildings, owned or occupied by the Public Sector, the new nZEB requirements become applicable to all new domestic projects after 1st April 2019. It is
Check out the new Passive House+ Magazine’s, Marketplace+ directory
Passive House Plus Magazine have a new online directory called the Marketplace+, with a listing of Passive House Designers and other professionals and trades, specialising in Passive House construction.
HPI – a great new standard to benchmark your new home
It is nice to be in the INNOVATION category, which we achieved when our Cork City Passive House, which exceeded nZEB, was awarded the first ever HPI Gold certification! A good HPI rating is not hard to get - all you