Passivhause - Rural Regeneration in Hadlow

As the Approved Inspectors Oculus are pleased to announce the completion of the first certified Passivhaus educational building in the UK. James Anwyl designed and built the Rural Regeneration Centre for the prestigious Hadlow College in Kent. James is a founding partner at Eurobuild a company specialising in Passivhaus architecture and construction. It is well worth visiting the Eurobuild website (see below) where you can read more on Passivhaus, sustainable building. The building was part funded by SEEDA the regional development agency.

http://www.eurobuild.at/EUROBUILD/Home.html

Interestingly enough the Autumn issue of the BRE magazine Constructing the future has just been published (free in the Building magazine) The magazine has a good article on Passivhaus entitled ‘past present and future,.

Those interested in the sustainable refurbishemnt of existing buildings should also look at Building magazine, 03/09/10. The article entitled 'Trial and Error' describes the methods used to convert a period Edwardian building into a 'paragon of energy efficiency'.