Building a Passivhaus using standard UK building techniques
Training event & site visit
Green Building Store's construction division Green Building Company is offering a one-day intensive course on Monday 20th September 2010 at Green Building Store's HQ in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. 
The course offers a practical and technical guide into the Passivhaus construction techniques used at UK projects such the Denby Dale Passivhaus, the lessons learned and how the techniques can be applied to other builds. The day is aimed primarily at architects and building professionals. The day is divided into intensive morning presentations, lunch time informal discussions and afternoon site visit to the Denby Dale Passivhaus. All delegates will be provided with a full technical briefing summary on the Denby Dale build to date. This includes detailing and specification.
Feedback from previous events
Comments on the day included:
- ‘A good holistic overview of Passivhaus with an excellent range of expertise on hand'
- 'Extremely useful, highlighted issues I was not aware of'
- 'A big thank you to Green Building Store and everyone'
- 'I am very glad I came'
- 'Very approachable. Good examples used/ given.'
- 'Fascinating insight into the real experience of achieving Passivhaus'
Most valuable aspects of the day for delegates included:
- 'Getting feedback from peers, and how Passivhaus works in practical terms (i.e. reality)'.
- 'Bill (Butcher)’s practical details'
- 'Site visit and informal networking'.
- 'Able to ask questions and understand the ethos of Passivhaus'.
The learning and peer exchange, both with GBS staff and other delegates featured in a number of responses.
Agenda - download doc
Booking form - download doc
Speakers and contributors
Bill Butcher
Director of Green Building Store and Green Building Company, Bill Butcher is project leader of the Denby Dale Passivhaus project. Originally trained as a quantity surveyor, he has over 35 years’ building experience, including construction of the Longwood low-energy house in the early 1990s. Through his regular fortnightly Passivhaus diary blog, written for Building.co.uk, Bill is seeking to make Passivhaus construction methods accessible and easily understandable for the wider construction industry. Bill is also actively campaigning to introduce the Passivhaus approach in the UK and improve the regulatory framework to facilitate the uptake of Passivhaus design.
Bill was short-listed - and received a special mention - in Building magazine's 2009 Green Guru Contractor poll: "Bill Butcher's perseverance with his Passivhaus and his accessible prose telling the story has done more to develop green construction in the UK than most. Truly excellent."
Chris Herring
Director of Green Building Store and Green Building Company, Chris has been a core member of the design team for the Denby Dale house build process. He has worked closely with Bill Butcher to ensure the meshing of theory and practice of Passivhaus standards and technology with UK materials and building techniques. Chris is one of the UK’s leading experts in high performance window design and has been advocating and pioneering sustainable approaches for most of his construction career.
Over the last 5 years he has been one of the leading proponents of the Passivhaus approach to low energy construction and of the adoption of Passivhaus standards and methodology in the UK. He is current Chair of the AECB, the sustainable building association and a Director of the Passivhaus Buildings Trust.
- Andrew Farr – Green Building Store Mechanical Ventilation Heat Recovery (MVHR) specialist.
- Paul Smith – Green Building Store Construction Technician – PHPP and modeling of construction detail.
- Jude Wilson – Team Leader Green Building Company Construction Team.
- Geoff & Kate Tunstall – Clients and owners of Denby Dale Passivhaus
Cost: £295 (+ VAT) per person
Date: Monday 20 September 2010, 9:00am to 5:00pm
Location: Green Building Company/ Store offices; near Huddersfield, West
Yorkshire and Denby Dale (20 minutes drive – transport provided if
required)
Travel: Accessible by train via Huddersfield or Slaithwaite; close to M62 Motorway
Numbers are limited to 12
To book a place, please email camilla@greenbuildingstore.co.uk or call Camilla on 01484 461705