Belfasts First Passive House Bungalow and What It Cost to Build
# Belfast’s First Passive House Bungalow and What It Cost to Build I’ve been following the passive house movement for years, watching it slowly creep across Europe and wondering when…
How to Write a Self Build Project Plan for a Natural Material Home
# How to Write a Self Build Project Plan for a Natural Material Home After watching dozens of natural material self-builds go spectacularly over budget and beyond deadline, I can…
How to Make Your Existing Home More Sustainable Without a Full Renovation
# How to Make Your Existing Home More Sustainable Without a Full Renovation > **TL;DR: Start Here** > > You don’t need to gut your home to make it substantially…
How to Plan and Build a Passive House in the UK
# How to Plan and Build a Passive House in the UK > **TL;DR: Start Here** > > Building a Passive House isn’t just about adding more insulation. You need…
Cork Insulation and Why Portugal Leads the Way in Sustainable Homes
I first encountered cork insulation while working on a green building project in 2019. The client had specifically requested “no synthetic materials whatsoever” for insulation, which immediately ruled out the…
Triple Glazing vs Double Glazing for Passive House Builds
# Triple Glazing vs Double Glazing for Passive House Builds I’ve been down the glazing rabbit hole more times than I care to admit. When I first heard about Passivhaus…
Common Mistakes People Make When Building Their First Passive House
# 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
# 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…
How a Brussels Post Office Became a Passive House Benchmark
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…
The 10 Best Passive House and Low Energy Buildings in the World
# 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…