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Tuesday, 12 February 2013 11:30

Main content of first UK edition of Passive House Plus revealed

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Plummerswood, a Gaia Group designed certified passive house in the Scottish Borders will feature in depth in our first UK edition

With the deadline fast approaching, the bulk of the editorial content for our inaugural UK edition has been confirmed. Curiosity getting the better of you? The following issue overview may make the anticipation unbearable…

Issue overview

News

  • The latest innovative products, policy & market developments affecting the sustainable building sector - including some jaw-dropping exclusives

Comment

  • Jonathan Hines, Architype: is passive house a better standard than BREEAM or the Code for Sustainable homes?
  • Nick Grant, Passivhaus Trust: what it means to claim a building is a passive house
  • Lucy Pedler, The Green Register: how to get green detailing right in refurbishments

International buildings

  • What do an igloo and a bare timber passive house have in common? They both made the cut for a selection of groundbreaking green buildings by Sofie Pelsmakers, co-founder, Architecture for Change & author of the Environmental Design Pocketbook

In depth case studies

  • Plummerswood certified passive house, the Scottish Borders - Gaia Group
  • The GreenBase Community Centre, Lancashire - Simmonds Mills
  • A1 rated passive house, Co Wexford - Winkens Architecture
  • Wicklow house a passive near miss when builder goes bust - Fitzpatrick & Mays Architects
  • Mayville Community Centre passive house retrofit, Islington - bere: architects
  • Ireland's first Enerphit upgrade, Co Dublin - Joseph Little Architects

Investigative articles

  • The impact of climate change on passive house
  • Why we need to drastically upgrade our ambitions on retrofits

Glossary

  • Keep up to speed with all of the key sustainable building terminology with our easy to follow glossary
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Jeff Colley

Jeff Colley is the editor of Passive House Plus. He won the Green Leader award at the 2010 Green Awards for his advocacy work on the inclusion of energy ratings in property advertising, and a proposal to finance energy upgrades via utility bills.

He established Construct Ireland (for a sustainable future), Ireland's pioneering sustainable building magazine, in 2003. The magazine evolved into Passive House Plus in late 2012, the world's first English language magazine focused on passive house, as well as other aspects of sustainable building.

He is also a founder of Éasca, (the Environmental and Sustainable Construction Association) , an organisation set up to develop and promote a membership of approved companies offering genuinely sustainable solutions.

He writes a regular column for the Sunday Times, and has authored, co-authored and contributed to articles on sustainable building for numerous newspapers including the Irish Times, The Sunday Business Post, the Irish Examiner & the Sunday Tribune.

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