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Despite the UK moving toward a more responsible built environment procurement of the Passivhaus standard still remains a difficult route to energy efficiency. Due to the specialist nature of Passivhaus construction and design, finding contractors with the necessary expertise to undertake project work is not easy. Norwich City Council have been at the forefront of

Barrett Homes are set to build 728 Passivhaus dwellings across London. Barrett London has announced plans to build super-energy efficient houses and adopt Passivhaus design principles for all future developments in the capital, a shift which has earned praise from the Greater London Authority. In partnership with Transport for London’s property development arm Places for

An increasing number of local authorities and housing associations are delivering Passivhaus homes in the UK. Of the UK’s 382 councils (comprising 317 councils in England, 22 unitary authorities in Wales, 32 in Scotland and 11 in Northern Ireland), 119 of them have delivered Passivhaus dwellings, as have a large number of housing associations. The

A timber frame house insulated with straw-bales, and featuring ecological and recycled materials has been built in North Yorkshire to the ‘Passive House Plus’ standard. Straw bale houses are nothing new, there are approximately seventy buildings in the UK and ten in Ireland, with the first to receive planning permission and building regulations in the

A growing number of London borough councils are increasingly incorporating Passivhaus developments into their housing programmes. The London mayor has urged more projects built within the Greater London Authority (GLA) to go beyond building regulations through Passivhaus, promoting higher levels of energy efficiency for new homes & buildings. The London Plan includes a requirement for

Tribeca, a mixed-use development with a state-of-the-art laboratory and office spaces across six floors, is the first project to have demonstrated the use of Earth Blocks, where excavated clay from the construction site mixed with sand and straw has produced unfired bricks for the Apex building. Part of The London BioScience Innovation Centre (LBIC) in

Willohaus in Salford is one of a growing number of larger scale Passivhaus projects appearing across the UK, some developments reaching one-thousand or more dwellings. Salford City Council is one of the increasing number of authorities leading regeneration of the housing sector for affordable, high specification homes, which contribute to a healthier environment, and reducing