Passivhaus

Planning permission has been granted for a five-home project that will be North East Scotland's first Passivhaus development. Woodend of Glassel sits in private woodland just minutes from Banchory, Aberdeenshire. It will be built by Insch-based Passivhaus builder Coldwells Build.

McLaughlin & Harvey has handed over a new Passivhaus building at Wester Hailes High School in Edinburgh, with staff and pupils returning from half term into the new facility last week. Comprising the design and construction of a new four-storey building, McLaughlin & Harvey was appointed by

Housing bodies have criticised the Scottish Government for failing to consider the added cost of proposed new green energy standards on new homes, warning that the regulations will significantly deepen the country’s housing emergency.

Directors Mhairi Grant & Martin McCrae from the architecture studio Paper Igloo share their thoughts on the Stage 2 consultation of the Scottish Government’s Passivhaus Equivalent policy and encourage the Scottish construction industry to engage with the consultation before 16 October 2026

Castle Building Services has now completed the mechanical, electrical, public health and renewable services for the new Passivhaus-certified Paisley Grammar School located in Renfrewshire.

The UK Passivhaus Trust has largely welcomed the launch of the Scottish Government’s second stage of its consultation for its proposed Scottish Passivhaus Equivalent policy, but is hoping some of the proposals will be improved, citing a need for more ambitious airtightness targets among other

New research has been published that demonstrates that the capital cost uplift of building to the Passivhaus standard can be as little as 2% extra, and offers a range of co-benefits.​ The report, co-authored by Currie & Brown, Elemental Solutions, and the Passivhaus Trust, draws on previously

An £88 million Passivhaus secondary school, which caters for over 1,700 pupils across west Fife, has now been completed. 

TV presenter Guy Martin carried out a variety of building physics experiments in his recent House Without Bills channel 4 programme.  This involved carrying out an 'Ice Box challenge' to test how well Passivhaus buildings perform in hot weather. The video of the experiment is currently on YouTu

Sarah Lewis, co-director at the Passivhaus Trust, highlights key lessons from Passivhaus projects from Scotland and across the UK for embedding construction quality in large & complex projects. Now that the dust has settled on the recent Scottish Government elections, we eagerly await the announ

A paper exploring practical approaches for delivering quality on large and/or complex high-performance Passivhaus and low energy projects has been published this week. Delivering Quality stems from a joint collaboration between Passivhaus Trust (PHT) and Built Environment – Smarter Transformat

The keys to Tain’s new £72 million school campus have been handed over to The Highland Council, paving the way for pupils and staff to begin their move into the modern, state-of-the-art facility later this spring. 

The Passivhaus standard is now deemed to satisfy certain aspects of the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard (UK NZCBS) at practical completion. 

Cllr John Finlayson, Kate Forbes MSP, head teacher Stephen Atkins, school pupils and parents, Cllr Chrissie Gillies, Robert Campbell, Highland Council strategic lead – Estate and Investment Planning, Sara Matheson, Highland Council education support officer, Iain MacDonald & Darren Douglas

The nine-month renovation of a semi-detached house in the Manchester suburb of Stretford is to feature in a new programme on Channel 4. The 90-minute feature-length programme follows the nine-month renovation of a semi-detached house in the Manchester suburb of Stretford,