Camden Passivhaus

bere:architects would like to thank Laura Mark, AJ sustainability intern, for her wonderful review of the recent event at the Camden Passivhaus.

The event was organised by the Good Homes Alliance with funding from the Technology Strategy Board as part of their Building Performance Evaluation programme.

Here is a link to Laura’s blog post. 

It has just been announced that two more of bere:architects’ projects have been awarded funding to undergo two years of research and monitoring as part of the Technology Strategy Board’s Building Performance Evaluation programme.

Passivhaus buildings are comfortable and require little maintenance, but they do have some important features which are different to many existing buildings. As with any other building type, the design features must be fully understood by the occupants to ensure they are experiencing the most comfortable and healthy internal environments, using the minimum amount of energy. To achieve this it is vital that the architects and services engineers pass on the knowledge that they have gained during the design and construction period to the end user.

We have started to download the data from the temperature i-buttons at the Camden Passivhaus, and although it is too early to be able see the trends necessary to accurately report on how the house is operating, so far the results look really encouraging.

1. Camden Passivhaus, 4 Ranulf Road - Thermal imaging compared to neighbouring traditional houses

Camden Council have produced a ground-breaking low carbon building section of their official website. This helps interested people to learn about low-carbon buildings in their community and may be a good model for other councils to copy.

Our Camden Passivhaus has just been included on the website: http://www.camden.gov.uk/ccm/content/environment/energy/low-carbon-build...

Camden Passivhaus, Camden, London

(due to be completed March 2010)

The primary objective of this project is to achieve a comfortable home for a young family, whilst minimising energy consumption. This house has been designed to use less than 13kWh/m2/a for heating (a typical new home in the UK is likely to consume nearer 100kWh/m2/a)

The project is a 120m2 single family house split over two floors, with two wild flower meadow roofs and a south facing garden.