How to Design a Biophilic Home on Any Budget
# How to Design a Biophilic Home on Any Budget ## TL;DR: Start Here > **Three foundational steps to get started:** > 1. **Maximise your natural light** by cleaning windows,…
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…
Katowice Passive Office and Low Energy Design in a Cold Climate
Here’s the thing about passive buildings in Poland: most people think they’re a nice idea that might work in Germany’s mild climate, but surely not in the industrial heartland of…
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…
MVHR Systems and How Mechanical Ventilation With Heat Recovery Works
# MVHR Systems and How Mechanical Ventilation With Heat Recovery Works I remember the first time a client asked me about MVHR systems. She was living in a new build…
Findhorn Ecovillage Scotland and Decades of Sustainable Community Living
I remember the first time someone told me about Findhorn Ecovillage. A colleague mentioned a Scottish community that had been running successfully on renewable energy and ecological principles for decades.…
How Maggies Centres Use Nature to Support Cancer Patients
# How Maggie’s Centres Use Nature to Support Cancer Patients I remember the first time I walked into a Maggie’s Centre. After spending months visiting clients in sterile clinical environments,…
What Is Ferrock and Can It Really Replace Portland Cement
I first heard about Ferrock about eight years ago when I was knee-deep in researching every possible alternative to the concrete I was planning to use for a small extension.…
1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge and Biophilic Design in Hospitality
# 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge: When Biophilic Design Actually Gets It Right (Mostly) I’ll be honest, I approach most hotels claiming to be “sustainable” with the same enthusiasm I reserve…
How to Brief an Architect on Biophilic Design Principles
# How to Brief an Architect on Biophilic Design Principles You’ve decided to work with an architect and you want biophilic design integrated into your project. Excellent choice, but here’s…