With the recent, urgent call from the International Committee on Climate Change to drive net carbon emissions to zero in just 12 years, we have a lot of retrofitting to do. And as even the UK energy ...

A disastrous failed external insulation contract run under a government energy saving scheme has affected up to 390 homes in Preston with water penetration, mould and damp. This article was originally ...

The new edition of Passive House Plus is available now. Passive House Plus is part of the Smarter Finance for EU group, who are aiming to unlock €100 billion worth of verified green homes across ...

Safeguarding historic documents and other artefacts requires stable building conditions. Until now this was usually achieved with the expensive and energy-hogging use of heating and cooling equipment, ...

Ten years ago Brussels had some of the most energy inefficient building stock in Europe — now it boasts a groundbreaking policy that means all new buildings in the region must be passive. How did the ...

Energy Performance Coefficent - The Energy Performance Coefficent (EPC) and Carbon Performance Coefficient (CPC) measure the energy and carbon efficiency of buildings under ...

This article was originally published in issue 20 of Passive House Plus magazine. Want immediate access to all back issues and exclusive extra content? Click here to subscribe for as little as €10, or ...

With this passive house in Co Kildare, father-and-son building team Pat and Paul Doran of Pat Doran Construction Ltd prove that meeting the strict low energy standard can be done for even less than a ...

Heating cost: £20 per month space heating cost, between two households. See 'In detail' panel for more information. The many projects I have covered in my 15 years writing for Passive House Plus share ...