Green Building Ezine Archive

Porter’s: a passivhaus – and a zero carbon house?

by Guest Author - 24th January 201725th January 2017 7848

Porter’s was built for me, David and my wife Penny Learmonth in 2011-12 by Touchwood Homes and featured in Vol.23 (Autumn 2013) of Green Building magazine. Recently – and it did take a long time – we received Passive House Certification (ID 5042) and proudly display the sign beside

The Oxford Ecohouse – timeless and iconic

by Sue Roaf - 1st June 20167th January 2017 7466

The Oxford Ecohouse was designed as a pioneering British Ecohouse in North Oxford. It is best known for having the first solar roof in Britain. The house was designed to provide a healthy and comfortable environment in current and future climates and to require minimal fossil fuel energy to do

Stoneworks Garth – first certified passivhaus in Cumbria – part 1

by Guest Author - 25th May 20168th January 2017 5198

Cheryl Hitchcock and Dudley Thompson were living and working in a large Victorian end of terrace house in Kendal. However, working from home meant keeping a large old house warm all day every day and, despite all attempts to improve the energy efficiency (roof insulation, double glazing, door and window