Upgrade your building’s Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) band from a ‘G’ to an ‘A’, reducing your energy use by 80%.
Planning an extension or refurbishment of your existing property? Energy efficient house design techniques can also be applied to retrofit projects. This means you can achieve similar savings in space heating requirements in your existing home.
Passivhaus Retrofit
For Energy Efficient Home Design
Creating a truly environmentally friendly house from your existing property is possible using Passivhaus retrofit techniques. This can be applied in a number of scenarios.
HOUSE EXTENSIONS
BARN CONVERSIONS
HOME REFURBISHMENTS
LOFT CONVERSIONS
Energy Efficient House Design
and Renovation Examples
From draughty old barns to chilly Victorian terraces, we utilise a combination of traditional and modern sustainable materials and methods to transform properties into warm, dry and secure living spaces.
Check out our eco-friendly house renovations below.
Here to Support You
At Every Step
Focusing on the Passivhaus EnerPHit standards – the gold standard for retrofit – will ensure that any building work you undertake maximises the eco-friendly potential of your property.
We are experienced in a wealth of refurbishment disciplines, including:
Better internal and external wall insulation to reduce heating demands in winter.
Advanced airtightness with Proclima tapes and membranes, designed to keep people cooler in the summer and warm in the winter.
Triple, double & secondary glazing and sash window refurbishment.
Thermal imaging/Air tightness testing.
Lime plaster, render, pointing and screeds.
Solar PV/Solar Thermal and batteries that reduce reliance on the grid.
The ability to charge your electric vehicle for free.
Thermal stores and biomass.
Rain and Grey-water recycling.
Over-sizing rainwater goods to deal with heavier rainfall.
We RE-design and REFURBISH eco-friendly houses
Combine the elegance of traditional buildings with the efficiency of cutting-edge technology.
Turn Your Old House into
an Eco-House
Whether you’re planning a loft conversion, a kitchen extension, or any other construction work in your home, why not use the opportunity to dramatically increase your home’s energy efficiency?
We can help you realise your dream house and achieve maximum comfort with minimum energy consumption.
Whether you want to build a low-energy, sustainable home or renovate your existing property to enhance its eco credentials, you’ll need expert advice to set you on the right track.
Build Green:
Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
According to the IPCC WGI Sixth Assessment Report, unless there are immediate, rapid and large-scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, limiting warming to close to 1.5°C or even 2°C will be beyond reach.
A building’s carbon footprint is the amount of CO2 it produces during its operations and activities. According to the UK Green Building Council, around 10% of the UK’s carbon dioxide emissions are associated with the construction industry. So, building green is one of the best strategies we have available to temper negative climate change.
The good news is the technology to make substantial reductions in energy and CO2 emissions already exists and reducing a building’s carbon footprint also reduces its running costs. After all, when undertaking any building work, you want to make sure your home will help you save money in the future as well as preserve the environment.
Your Property is in
Safe Hands
We are passionate about remaining faithful to the character and appearance of traditional houses. With an in-depth and sympathetic understanding of traditional buildings and how they work, including listed buildings and those in conservation areas, we work hard to ensure that our projects aren’t detrimental to your building’s original beauty. We’ll work closely with local conservation officers to achieve this.