Discover how your house can help you create your forever home lifestyle, so that you can live a better life and reduce your ecological footprint.
Shepherd's Barn, Passivhaus Retrofit
Nestled in a valley at the edge of Lanchaster, County Durham, Shepherds Barn, is an ultra-low-energy barn conversion and retrofit. The house is the North East’s first certified Passivhaus retrofit and, under the UK definition, it also achieves Zero Carbon status.
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Larch Corner, Warwickshire
In a time of climate breakdown, discover how you can create a home with a legacy that lets your spirit soar.
From its structure to its insulation, its cladding to its light fittings, almost every fibre of Larch Corner Passivhaus has its origins in sustainably sourced timber. It is a timber lover’s paradise. Register below to reserve an advanced viewing of the upcoming case study. Click the button below.
Steel Farm, Northumberland
Go behind the scenes and discover the design and construction process of Northumberland's first Passivhaus self-build.
Watch the entire 3-part documentary to find out how you can avoid pitfalls, overcome planning obstacles, save money and future-proof your home, so you can create a house your family will love and enjoy.
Shepherds Barn: Certificates and Awards
Larch Corner: Certificates and Awards
Steel Farm: Certificates and Awards
What other people are saying about the documentary:
"Covers some frightening points regarding traditional practice... Very informative, nice linear style of presentation. Extremely interesting to see the process from A to Z !"
"It was refreshing to see an honest account of what is possible. ...I appreciate your efforts to show that it can be done at an affordable level."
"I am delighted with your work! And your passion to do things right. Very impressive! ...thanks for showing me that there are some committed, good people in the building world. Best wishes to you."
Great series, really interesting and has made me want to do my own Passivhaus in the future even more."
Thank you so much for the video of Steel Farm, it was very helpful. Met our architect last Friday and told him about your excellent video ....I'm a bit concerned he didn't seem to know about parging."
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I’ve just had a look at the 'during unit' – very interesting, I liked the level of detail.""...Have just sat through the remaining two videos which I also enjoyed and found very useful."
"Thanks for this video, very informative. ...I look forward to the future videos."
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"Thanks, I enjoyed the video, always useful to hear how someone else goes about it... ...Looking forward to the next videos."
"I thoroughly enjoyed watching the first video about Steel Farm."
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Thanks Mark, very interesting."