By dramatically cutting energy requirements and using sustainable materials, we can reduce our environmental impact and tread lightly upon the Earth.
Making an Impact while tredding lightly.
Studio Passive
offering Passivhaus
Design / Construction
Project Management / Consultancy
To build Passive is to design for life, creating comfortable, healthy spaces that need very little energy to operate.
Building to Passivhaus Standard means designing and constructing to an internationally recognised level of airtightness, insulation and clean air ventilation. This standard ensures the highest level of energy efficiency available in construction today.
The Passivhaus method is not a particular building style. It is highly versatile and can be used for any type or size of structure. It is also efficient in terms of build-time and cost. At Studio Passive we like to think creatively about how to bring the benefits of this methodology to a wider audience. We offer a full package of Passivhaus design, construction, project management and consultancy, or any part of this.
Design
Studio Passive can work with you to create your Passivhaus design from scratch, or adapt existing architectural plans and fit them to the PHPP (Passivhaus Planning Package) ensuring the build works towards, or meets Passivhaus standards
At Studio Passive we design buildings to harness the natural world and have minimal impact. Beauty is the result of a healthy relationship between the built environment and the natural elements a building resides in.
Construction
With the right contacts in the construction industry within Devon, Studio Passive can help you convert your Passivhous designs into reality. Whether a new build, a retrofit or a small build, Studio Passive can gather your team of build experts, source speciality materials at competative prices and problem solve build challenges.
Project Management
Studio Passive can holistically manage all aspects of your self-build Passivhaus project, right from its inception through to its completion. With various stages of design, planning, construction scheduling, sourcing, problem solving and budget management, a self-build is a complex operation. Having Studio Passive hold the overview and deliver can relieve stress whilst saving you time and money.
Consultancy
You may have particular an aspect of your Passivhaus self-build, eco rennovation or retrofit that requires informed advice, or you may need solutions to several problems within your design and build. Studio Passive offers a flexible approach, giving specific advice, or signposting to an appropriate expert in order to help you smoothly realise your project.
Greenflow, Totnes
Horizontally built walls lifted by crane.
An innovative solution that dramatically reduces build time.
Why go Passive?
The built environment and the construction industry account for up to 40% of the UK’s total carbon emissions (1). If we can take more responsibility for the way we build, we can make a real difference to national carbon output. The Passivhaus system is a tried and tested pathway to building better and pursuing freedom from energy dependency.
Passivhaus does not refer to a particular style of building, but a new concept in design and a building methodology. Every building component is carefully considered to find an economical balance of material usage and energy efficiency. Combining technology with nature, Passive buildings are designed in harmony with the environment, harnessing or protecting from the elements as required.
The rigorous demands that need to be met in building to Passivhaus Standard result in truly comfortable buildings that touch lightly on the environment and show us how the future can be different.
At Studio Passive we think creatively about how to apply the Passivhaus building methodology to any size or type of building, meaning you can go Passive on any scale.
(1) Royal Academy of Engineering, ‘Construction must move further and faster to curb carbon emissions’, 24 September, 2021