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Excellent that the Mulberry Academy London Docks design and construction teams have been recognised by Brick Development UK at this year's Brick Awards. A 7 year labour of love for Architype!

It was a delight to host our first #PHopendays at #LlamaCroft_HR4 with homeowners, architects, designers, engineers, and toddlers all turning out to learn a thing or two, or to play with the chickens! See you next year! Grain Architecture Passivhaus Trust

🌟 A huge thank you to everyone who hosted and attended the Winter 2024 UK #Passivhaus Open Days! 🌟 Your generosity in opening up your homes and buildings has made a powerful impact, showcasing the comfort, energy savings, and quality of #PassiveHouse living. #PHopendays

Yes. What we need is a national climate literacy communication plan. This was the No 1 ask from the Climate Assembly of 2020. Governments say we must bring people with us. Tell them the facts and they will demand more radical action Mike Hudema

#ReuseSummit2024 is underway with provocations coming from the ASBP team, including this eye-opener about how staggeringly under-utilised our doors are in the Built Environment. Maybe we should be designing with this reality-check in mind… or get MUCH better at re-use

#ReuseSummit2024 cosmic nugget: new blast-furnace steel releases 28x the carbon emissions compared to re-used steel (EPD data). And re-used steel can be cheaper. Bargain! ASBP #CircularEconomy

And the first results are in! The non-certified project neighbouring our #LlamaCroft_HR4 performed exceptionally well today in its preliminary airtightness test. Setting a high bar for next week's test of our #Passivhaus... Grain Architecture @firth_construct #Biobased

A seminal day for #LlamaCroft_HR4 as the scaffolding drops and the final door is installed ahead of the air test on Friday… #BioBased #Passivhaus ⁦Grain Architecture⁩

“Good to hear only 50% of retrofits have non-compliant ventilation, as with new homes, 90% are delivered with non-compliant ventilation systems” - scary industry insights from Ian Mawditt and Zack Gill from their BPE experience CIBSE

“You get more guarantees and measurement of a firearm in the US than you do from a new home in the UK” punchy start from Richard Jack of ⁦Build Test Solutions⁩ at #retrofit #revisited hosted by Building Performance Network

Seminal moment for #LlamaCroft_HR4 with the airtightness test on Friday. Very proud of the Grain Architecture team and @firth_Construct on their first project going for #Passivhaus certification. Great stuff to date.

So what exactly is the “more nuanced approach” needed that justifies this demolition, ⁦BBC News (UK)⁩ ? Don’t leave us on such tender hooks after 3 years of campaigning… bbc.com/news/articles/…

… and there goes our remaining carbon budget. 😡

Urgent Hivemind Help Please! We desperately need an ASHP designer and installer for our #Bio-based #Passivhaus self-build home in Hereford. Any recommendations welcome please! We had another proper #GrandDesigns moment… thank you!!

What a generous contribution to visualising building fabric performance for us all to learn from....

Before during and after the first #PlasteringParty of the year @LlamaCroft_HR4. This is clay from the garden going into home made lath made from construction waste. ⁦Grain Architecture⁩

A beautiful moment this weekend as our garden clay was being applied to our home made lathe from construction waste. Our first weekend of volunteers for the year did an amazing job. @LlamaCroft_HR4

Site photo update from #LlamaCroft_HR4 now the scaffolding is all now finally dropped. Both houses are now finished externally except verandas, and the utility connections begin this week. ⁦we’ll be presenting at ⁦Futurebuild this week⁩ Grain Architecture⁩