Virtual green building fair to take place in February
Written by Lenny Antonelli
A virtual, online green building trade fair will take place across Europe on 18 and 19 February 2014.
Lancaster cohousing picks up self build award
Written by Lenny Antonelli
The Lancaster Cohousing development of 41 certified passive homes, featured in issue four of Passive House Plus, has been announced as the winner of the UK National Self Build Association's Murray Armour Award. This comes on the back of the project picking up the social/group housing prize at the 2013 Passivhaus Trust awards.
Energyquarter launches passive house video tutorials
Written by Lenny Antonelli
A new online passive house tutorial video series has just been launched by Energyquarter. The series is hosted by Tomás O’ Leary from the Passive House Academy, accredited Passive House Institute trainers.
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.
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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.