Airtightness

Reform Cottage EnerPHit, Herefordshire

Reform Cottage EnerPHit with ULTRA triple glazed windows and doors

Retrofit Consultant Gervase Mangwana has undertaken a retrofit to the EnerPHit (Passivhaus retrofit) standard on his own home in Herefordshire.

5th October 2021

The Orchard newbuild, Somerset

ULTRA triple glazed windows and doors at The Orchard newbuild project in Somerset

Selfbuild project inspired by the Golcar Passivhaus project and designed using PHPP (Passivhaus Planning Package software).  Green Building Store supplied consultancy services and windows & doors, MVHR ventilation and airtightness products.

1st October 2020

New Forest EnerPHit

Before and after photos of the New Forest EnerPHit project.

A New Forest home has been transformed to meet the EnerPHit (Passivhaus retrofit) standard by Ruth Butler Architects. Green Building Store supplied ULTRA triple glazed timber windows & doors, Lacuna fold-aside doors, airtightness products to the project, as well as construction training to the project contractors.

3rd August 2020

Energy efficient barn conversion, Yorkshire

PERFORMANCE triple glazed timber windows and doors at energy efficient barn conversion

Retrofit of a Yorkshire barn, creating a well-insulated home by creating a ‘box within a box’. Designed using Passivhaus principles and achieving an airtightness of 0.40 ach @ 50 Pa. Green Building Store’s triple glazed timber windows and doors, MVHR ventilation system and airtightness products were specified for the project.

21st October 2019

Huddersfield radical retrofit

PERFORMANCE triple glazed timber windows & doors at Huddersfield radical retrofit

Sensitive low energy renovation of a 1960s house, originally designed by architect Arthur Quarmby, designed using Passivhaus Planning Package (PHPP) software.  Green Building Store’s triple glazed PERFORMANCE timber windows & doors were specified for the project.

30th September 2019

Crickhowell Passivhaus

Crickhowell Passivhaus with PROGRESSION Passivhaus certified timber windows

Case study on Passivhaus newbuild 2 bedroom house built in a conservation area in Powys. Green Building Store supplied the PROGRESSION triple glazed windows, ULTRA Contemporary doors, MVHR system and Pro Clima airtightness products for the project.

13th March 2019

Low energy newbuild, Yorkshire

ULTRA triple glazed timber windows and doors at low energy selfbuild project Yorkshire

Green Building Store supplies ULTRA triple glazed timber windows and Lift & Slide Doors, MVHR Design and Consultancy services for innovative project.

4th July 2018

Preston Springs Passivhaus

Preston Springs certified Passivhaus

Newbuild Passivhaus project featuring Green Building Store’s triple glazed windows and doors, MVHR ventilation systems and airtightness products.

7th March 2018

Kingsley Passivhaus

ULTRA triple glazed timber windows at Kingsley Passivhaus

Green Building Store’s triple glazed timber windows/doors, MVHR system, Pro Clima airtightness products & PHPP services chosen for extensive energy efficient refurbishment.

7th February 2018

Layne Fields Passivhaus project

Layne Fields Passivhaus project, Christow

Newbuild Passivhaus scheme within the Dartmoor National Park comprising 18 affordable dwellings,with Green Building Store’s ULTRA doors & MVHR systems.

10th January 2017

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