Trade association set up to promote and co-ordinate German low-energy standard in UK as interest in Passivhaus increases

An umbrella body promoting and co-ordinating the low energy Passivhaus standard in the UK was launched today. The Passivhaus Trust will also ensure technical approaches to low-energy design are consistent regardless of whom clients select to deliver their project.

A number of companies are founder members of the trust including contractors Willmott Dixon and Bramall Construction, manufacturer Knauf Insulation and architects ECD, Prewett Bizley and Architype.

Neil Cutland, a director of the trust said increasing interest in Passivhaus meant a central body was needed in the UK to promote and co-ordinate it.

He said, 鈥淚n the last year Passivhaus has gone from a specialist niche for enthusiasts doing one off projects into the mainstream. The time is right for UK practitioners to link up and form a membership body to promote and preserve the integrity of the standard in the UK.鈥�

Cutland added that the trust would help the Passivhaus standard fit within the UK regulatory framework by establishing dialogue with organisations including the Zero Carbon Hub.

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