I’ve spent fifteen years managing commercial building systems before moving into sustainability consultancy, and I can tell you this: when procurement teams start asking me about passive house standards for…
I spent years tweaking my flat to make it more energy efficient, gradually working through better windows, more insulation, and eventually getting the whole place to use about half the…
I remember the first time I heard about a truly zero carbon house in the UK. This was back in 2010, and honestly, I thought it was marketing nonsense. Zero…
# 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…
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…
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…
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…
I was walking past a building site in Norwich about eight years ago when I saw something that made me stop dead. The builders were installing these massive triple-glazed windows…