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A preview of The Enterprise Centre, University of East Anglia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er1X4RS0WSA&feature=youtu.be Commissioned by the Adapt Low Carbon Group/University of East Anglia, designed by Architype and constructed by Morgan Sindall, The Enterprise Centre is a remarkable exemplar of collaboration to realise an extraordinary vision of delivering ... 

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Welsch grown Brettstapel being manufactured

Brettstapel begins at Burry Port!

Construction at Burry Port Community School is now well underway, with the timber frame for the Key Stage 2 block commencing on site. The School Extension will be the first Passivhaus School Building in Wales, and Architype’s 5th Passivhaus School. It is also Architype's second Brettstapel building using UK ... 

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Cycle tour of low energy buildings in Hereford

Architype take part in PedalHaus!

11th October marked the inaugural Herefordshire ‘PedalHaus’, a tour-for-all by bike of precedent Herefordshire buildings! The near 40 participants, (including an enthusiastic 5 year old) were not perturbed by the somewhat miserable weather ... 

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The importance of ‘Fabric First’ – Birmingham conference 24th June

Following the dropping of the Code for Sustainable homes I am greatly encouraged to observe an ever increasing understanding of the importance of a ‘fabric first’ approach to building design. This was evident in the holding of a one day conference at the NEC in Birmingham called  the ‘Fabric First Event - ... 

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Passivhaus across the pond – the New York conference

As Passivhaus emerges into the UK mainstream, it is interesting to observe it’s rapid growth around the world; nowhere more so than the New York where 375 people attended the 3rd annual Passivhaus conference on 17th June. To date, Passivhaus projects in New York have been largely residential, ... 

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Good news! Government scraps Code for Sustainable Homes…..

I welcome the scrapping of the Code for Sustainable Homes, because I believe that it had become a tick box exercise that was doing little to improve the sustainability of new houses in the UK. I paraphrase Oscar Wilde, and say that by 'trying to give a relative (environmental) price to everything, Code ended up ... 

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