Windmill House
Nestled in the countryside just outside Hillsborough County Down, this award-winning house was built using the core principles of Passive House construction. [...]
Passive House Blog
Welcome to our Passivhaus / Passive House project blog
Here we will be keeping you up to date with our current PassivHaus project that is due to start on site March 2014. Currently we are processing the plans though the PassivHaus software.
Passive house running costs and Certification
One year on and its a great time to see how well this passive house is performing [...]
PassivHaus in two minutes
A timelapse video of GP Developments building a PassivHaus certified house from beginning to end [...]
First impressions of finished PH components and commencing Certification
As plastering has now finished, we can now get a feel for how effective the solar gains will be [...]
Visit from South West College
A few visits from the South West College Dungannon, spreading the Passive House word. [...]
Second stage airtightness
Before plasterboarding we carried out another air tightness test and were happy to see that our reading [...]
Floor Screed
To improve the floor U-value we decided in the end to go for a free flowing screed that [...]
Scaffold Down
The Scaffolding has finally been dismantled and only now do we get a good look at our first Passive House. [...]
"The German connection"- Ventilation and heating
First (and only) foreign component arrived today after a 3 week journey from Germany [...]
Insulation and U-Values
In our design and subsequent PHPP we had chosen materials that were either not widely available or were simply found [...]
Passive House Airtightness
We chose timber frame over a masonry construction as it was seen as a much easier way to achieve the crucial [...]
Passive House Windows
Having investigated other options we stuck with the specified windows in our PHPP for the project as [...]
Building Arrives
Amongst other advantages, the timber frame kit came with "Easi-Joists" that meant we could thread through services [...]
Passive House Underbuild
Our PHPP (Passive House Planning Package) has had the provisional thumbs up from the Passive House Academy [...]
Current standards , the Passive House approach and costs of each
Our PHPP (Passive House Planning Package) has had the provisional thumbs up from the Passive House Academy [...]
Passive House Design Stage Approval
Our PHPP (Passive House Planning Package) has had the provisional thumbs up from the Passive House Academy [...]
Gate Lodge Passive House Begins
Within the coming months we have been given the opportunity to construct a 144m² dwelling in Dungannon [...]