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A Passivhaus hotel is planned for construction near Whitby in North Yorkshire.

In the realm of sustainable architecture and energy-efficient construction, few concepts have garnered as much attention and intrigue as Passivhaus design.

CIAT's response to the Scottish government on behalf of members.

Planning consent has been given for three towers on the edge of London's Canary Wharf, which its developers claim will be the largest Passivhaus development in Europe.

First Passivhaus high school is planned for Scotland after Edinburgh City Council unveiled plans for the new Currie Community High School.

New build housing to meet a Scottish equivalent to the Passivhaus standard.

Stage 1 consultation on determining the principles for a Scottish equivalent to the Passivhaus standard.

A 10-year study of the performance of one of the UK's first rural affordable Passivhaus schemes found that it is still performing as designed.

The need to decarbonise existing housing stock and ensure the sustainability of new homes has resulted in increased scrutiny on product and component specification. Taking this into account, this article explores how this tightening legislation is leading to a shift in thinking around Passivhaus principles, and the role of windows in ensuring thermally efficient buildings.

Practice has lodged plans for 89 affordable Passivhaus homes on the site of the former Port Dundas whisky distillery in north Glasgow.

Association for Environment Conscious Building (AECB) in partnership with Building Transparency and US Passive House Network (PHN) have launched the PHN PHribbon, a toolbar add-on for Excel for the US market.

Demolition of a once-popular hotel in North Yorkshire has started under plans to rebuild it as an ultra-low energy facility.

Stirling prize-winning practice Mikhail Riches has unveiled plans for a multi site housing programme in York, set to be the UK's largest Passivhaus and net-zero carbon scheme.

A new research report from the Passivhaus Trust includes independent costing modelling which finds that uplift capital costs, compared with current building regulations, can be as little as 2% for flats, rising to 3-5% for semi-detached homes.