# Common Mistakes People Make When Building Their First Passive House Building your first Passive House feels like learning a new language whilst assembling IKEA furniture in the dark. You…
# Mortgage Options for Eco Built Homes and What Lenders Will Accept If you’ve spent months planning your eco build only to discover that half the mortgage lenders won’t touch…
I first encountered the Aeropolis II building during a 2012 research trip through Brussels, hunting down early examples of large-scale passive house implementation. What struck me wasn’t just the size…
I still remember the first time I saw a straw bale house being built. This was fifteen years ago, and I was working on a conventional extension project nearby. The…
# The Top 10 Passive House Projects That Actually Changed Everything: Our Crew’s Definitive Ranking Right, we finally sat down and had it out. Took us four sessions, several heated…
# Mortgage Options for Eco Built Homes and What Lenders Will Accept Getting a mortgage for an eco built home isn’t quite the same as buying a standard brick and…
There’s something deeply satisfying about watching an industry myth get demolished by actual performance data. For years, sceptics claimed Passive House standards were too rigid for anything beyond single family…
I’ve been watching Kuala Lumpur’s hotel scene for fifteen years, and something’s been bothering me. You walk through these gleaming towers, all glass and marble, and they’re pumping artificial air…
When I first heard about a 26-storey residential tower in New York being built to Passive House standards, I’ll be honest: I was sceptical. The physics seemed brutal. Here’s the…
# What Is Passive House Certification and How Does It Differ From Low Energy Building If you’ve been looking into sustainable building, you’ve probably encountered the term “Passive House” or…