Climate action

Masonry cavity wall construction: Embodied energy & buildability

Embodied carbon comparison image

Blog exploring the embodied and whole life carbon for cavity wall construction in comparison with other construction types, drawing on PHribbon research.

25th April 2022

UK Passivhaus conference 2020

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Members of the Green Building Store team share their thoughts and reflections on the 2020 online UK Passivhaus conference.

3rd December 2020

Guest blog: Funding your Passivhaus or low energy self-build project

Selfbuild project funded by Ecology Building Society

Tips and advice on how to keep costs under control during your eco self-build.

1st July 2020

Global Climate Strike 20/09/19: The world’s largest climate mobilisation

Bill Butcher Global Climate Strike Bangor

Green Building Store Directors and staff attended Global Climate Strike events in Huddersfield, Leeds, London and Bangor on Friday 20 September 2019, as part of the world’s largest climate mobilisation to date.

25th September 2019

Heidelberg Passivhaus conference: Achieve Better Buildings May 2019

The Bahnstadt Heidelberg

Blog by Chris Herring, Green Building Store Director and Chair of the Passivhaus Trust, sharing lessons from the May 2019 conference looking at scaling up Passivhaus in response to the climate and environmental emergency.

7th May 2019

Passivhaus & the Climate Emergency

Building the Denby Dale Passivhaus: continuity of insulation in the roof space

Blog highlighting the fact that there are now no planning obstacles for local authorities in England to require Passivhaus standard and that local authorities can now set energy standards beyond Building Regulations.

25th February 2019

Passivhaus: ending the UK policy vacuum

Why point to Passivhaus - Vancouver City presentation at UKPHC18

Blog on the UK Passivhaus Conference 2018 looking at ways in which local authorities are already taking up the Passivhaus low energy building standard and outlining future opportunities in the UK.

14th November 2018

Guest blog: #PensionPower & the People’s Pension

Pension Power meeting at Green Building Store offices

Blog outlining how Green Building Store is working with ShareAction & ClientEarth to ensure its employee pension fund works towards a low carbon economy.

30th August 2017

Forwards not backwards on climate

Forwards not backwards march Leeds May 7 2016

Green Building Store Director Chris Herring calls for strong Government support for energy efficiency, including Passivhaus and deep retrofit.

11th May 2016

Removing obstacles to Passivhaus in the UK

Bill Butcher, Director, Green Building Store

Blog by Bill Butcher calling upon UK Government to give Passivhaus ‘deemed to satisfy’ status within Building Regulations.

5th February 2013

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