RESETing the built environment

Where: Eversheds, 1 Wood Street, London, EC2V 7WS
When: 9.00 - 17.30 - 9.00am registration for a 9.15 start
Price: A: £100 standard rate B: £80 PassivHaus Trust or RESET member C: £30 student

Thursday 2nd December: PassivHaus in the UK

Some of the UK's foremost practitioners in PassivHaus design come together for a masterclass on the principles behind PassivHaus, with reference to their project work, implementing this relatively recent UK arrival to low energy design.

Through each of the practitioners' case studies, participants will develop a detailed understanding of the principles of PassivHaus design, approaches to low carbon design and human comfort. Thermal envelopes, thermal bridging and how to avoid it and ensuring air tightness in design and on site are explained. Challenges and opportunities are discussed, in relation to both new build and refurbishment, with an opportunity for participants to share their own project work and discuss best practice approaches.

If you are a built environment professional interested in new build design or refurbishment, or in a related sector such as law, insurance, development or planning, this event is for you.

RESET is pleased to deliver this CPD masterclass in association with The PassivHaus Trust.

Speakers include:

John Williamson, JPW Construction John was the first designer to achieve certification for a newbuild PassivHaus construction in the UK. Based in Mid Wales, John has designed and built several PassivHaus developments, including the Powys Training Centre, Canolfan Hyddgen in Machynlleth, and local housing. John is the pioneer's pioneer of PassivHaus.

Mark Siddall is an architect and certified PassivHaus designer. He is also the sustainability champion for Devereux Architects and has conducted detailed research into low and net-zero carbon technologies. In addition to being one of the practice’s lead designers, Mark also provides consultancy, project enabling and education for clients, design teams and constructors. Currently he working on what is understood to be the UK’s first major PassivHaus scheme (25 homes) and is providing consultation for the Riverside One Net-Zero Carbon development in Middlesbrough (a significant scheme for Bio-Regional Quintain).

Andy Simmonds is an architectural designer and builder, CEO of the AECB, the sustainable building association, co-developer of the CarbonLite standard and a certified PassivHaus designer. Starting out with historic buildings, windmills, waterwheels and bridges, learning about stonework, lime mortars, timber, and metalwork, he later worked for conservation architects Caroe and Martin. High rise housing refurbishment with NBA Tectonics, production of energy efficiency case studies and technical building guides for government departments increased his experience. This included ETSU's passive solar programme, developing energy efficient designs for the mass market with architects, clients and housing developers.

Henrietta Lynch has a background in architecture, environmental design consultancy and academia. She has worked for several leading consultants, including Fulcrum Consulting and Hopkins Architects, most recently as an Associate with the Good Homes Alliance and as a lecturer on the MSc Architecture and Diploma of Architecture courses at the Centre for Alternative Technology in Mid Wales. She is currently undertaking PhD research at University College London in PassivHaus, and is a visiting lecturer at Westminster University and the University of Hertfordshire.

Robert Prewett was born in Gloucester in 1970. He studied architecture at Bath University and the Technische Universiteit in Delft. Having worked with Feilden Clegg Bradley architects for 5 years he established Prewett Bizley architects in 2005 with university friend and long term collaborator Graham Bizley. Through building research they have developed an expertise in low carbon building strategies for new build and retrofit. In 2009 they completed a retrofit of a Victorian house where the heating demand was reduced by 90%.

Justin Bere Born into an African bush environment, Justin Bere spent his early days speaking Swahili and enjoying the diversity of wild nature around him. This and the organic farm his parents later ran in Somerset provided him with formative and holistic experiences. He has always resisted building at large scales or on greenfield sites. Justin designed his home/work place, The Muse in north London, to PassivHaus standards and more recently completed the Ebbw Vale housing development. With a variety of biodiverse living roofs, solar water heating and a beehive, and the use of a large proportion of reused and recycled materials, Justin promotes with great sensibility a holistic and ecological approach to architectural design.