UK's largest passive house scheme gets go ahead
Written by Lenny Antonelli
The UK's largest passive house scheme, developed by the Broadland Housing Group and designed by Ingleton Wood architects, has been approved for a brownfield site in Norwich.
Better Energy Homes to remain open through 2014
Written by Lenny Antonelli
SEAI last week announced that Better Energy Homes, its home energy upgrade grant programme, would continue through 2014.
Irish passive house conference just ten days away
Written by Lenny Antonelli
See The Light, Ireland's passive house conference, takes place next Friday October 25 in Dublin. Passive House pioneer Prof Wolfgang Feist will be the keynote speaker.
Passive House Institute founder calls for action on climate change
Written by Jeff Colley
Passive house pioneer Prof Dr Wolfgang Feist has welcomed the publication of the latest IPCC climate change report, and called for urgent action to reduce emissions.
Passive House Institute certifies new components for cold climates
Written by Lenny Antonelli
The Passive House Institute has certified two new windows and a new skylight as suitable for use in passive house buildings in cold climates.
Passive house pioneer Wolfgang Feist to speak in Dublin
Written by Lenny Antonelli
Wolfgang Feist, one of the creators of the passive house concept and a founder and director of the Passive House Institute, will speak in Dublin on 25 October at the 2013 See The Light conference.
New version of Passive House Planning Package released
Written by Lenny Antonelli
The new version of the passive house planning software is now available.
The pioneering passive house retrofit of a derelict farm building to create a visitor and education centre at Yorkshire Wildlife Trust's Stirley Community Farm, Huddersfield, is nearing completion and will be open to the public on Sunday, 1 September 2013 from 11am to 3pm.
Winners of 2013 UK Passivhaus awards announced
Written by Lenny Antonelli
The winners of the 2013 UK Passivhaus Awards were announced last Thursday at a ceremony at the residence of the Austrian Ambassador in London.
Zephair launches DIY unit for finding air leaks
Written by Lenny Antonelli
Zephair have announced the launched of the Zephair Pre-Pro, an "easy to use and reliable way to perform quality control of your air tight layer by under pressurising a building".
Passive House Plus adds new online galleries for subscribers
Written by Lenny Antonelli
To coincide with the publication of our third issue, we're delighted to announce the launch of an exciting new feature for subscribers to the magazine.
My blog post last week on 'passive house vs passivhaus' generated a fair bit of debate, so I thought it'd be nice to take a look at some of the reaction it provoked. The vast majority of those who responded disagreed with my stance, and this magazine's stance, expressing preference for the German 'passivhaus'.
Learn to build with straw bale at Rock Farm, Meath
Written by Lenny Antonelli
Straw bale construction expert Bee Rowan will run a series of straw bale building workshops at Rock Farm on the Slane Castle Estate in Co Meath, starting from Saturday, 18 June.
Austrian passive house architect to speak in Cork
Written by Lenny Antonelli
Christoph Duenser of passive house veterans Hermann Kaufmann Architects will give a lecture on 13 June at 6pm in Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland.