Blog on completion of our radical ‘whole house’ retrofit project. The final airtightness test prompts changes to our wood burning stove specification.
Blog on completion of our radical ‘whole house’ retrofit project. The final airtightness test prompts changes to our wood burning stove specification.
Bill’s latest blog on the Cumberworth radical retrofit covering the insulation and airtightness strategy for the roof and also heating and ventilation strategies.
“It’s been and continues to be a fascinating and rewarding learning experience over the last five years. We are convinced that Passivhaus will continue to grow because it is a WIN WIN WIN situation.” Geoff and Kate Tunstall report on life in the Denby Dale Passivhaus five years on.
Bill Butcher explains detailing for ground and intermediate floors at the retrofit project., including airtightness and thermal bridging strategies.
Bill Butcher looks at space-saving solutions to reducing thermal bridging around window reveals at the retrofit project.
This year the International Passivhaus Conference was held in the city of Leipzig. It is one of the German municipal authorities committed to Passivhaus.
Bill Butcher looks at innovative approaches to Internal Wall Insulation (IWI) used at the retrofit project to minimise the dangers of interstitial condensation, including use of a new vapour open IWI material.
Bill Butcher looks at ways in which we dealt with the heating and MVHR strategy at Golcar Passivhaus, building on lessons learnt at the Denby Dale Passivhaus project.
Whole house retrofit for a ‘hard to heat’ property, designed using Passivhaus Planning Package
Blog outlining the insulation & airtightness strategy for the warm ‘cathedral’ roof at the Golcar Passivhaus project, including rooflight strategy.
