Designing and building it: Passivhaus myths and realities

19 June 2013: Manchester, 1.30pm 4pm (registration 1pm) 20 June 2013: Liverpool, 10am 12.30pm (registration 9.30am)
This get you started active workshop for architects and designers will explain the fundamentals of Passivhaus including the importance of good building design allied to comfort levels. The speaker will describe the Passivhaus requirements covering heating, primary energy demand, air tightness, designing and commissioning a ventilation system along with contractor statement of completion in accordance with design documents. He will help bust all the myths that surround Passivhaus, responding to classic queries about its suitability to climate change, the need for ventilation, whether it is suited to climate change, if Passivhaus buildings must face south or not, and tell you whether you are allowed to open windows! The speaker will describe the five steps to succeed with Passivhaus in the UK to include shape, fenestration, thermal bridge, air tightness and mechanical ventilation. He will also illustrate the things that dont work so well, such as employing professionals without a track record or training, achieving air tightness after the construction, the use of too much glass and paying for external shading, as well as the difficulties of complex designs including dormers, inbuilt garages and bow windows. Speaker: Mark Siddall, Warm: Low Energy Building Practice. Mark is a practicing architect with a keen interest in addressing the gap between theoretical and delivered building performance. He was project architect and Passivhaus Designer for 25 award winning Passivhaus Certified dwellings at the Racecourse Estate, Houghton-le-Spring.

Venues: Liverpool Art & Design Academy, Liverpool John Moores University, Duckinfield Street, off Brownlow Hill, L3 5RD Manchester All Saints Building, Manchester Metropolitan University, All Saints Campus, Oxford Road, Manchester, M15 6BH

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Please select venue: Manchester: 19 June 2013, 1.30pm 4pm Liverpool : 20 June 2013, 10am 12.30pm Prices: RIBA/ CIAT Members - 55 + VAT Others - 80 + VAT RIBA Student Member - 15 + VAT CPD Club Member - one place included per club ticket Contact name:_______________________________________________ Practice/ organisation:__________________________________________ Address:____________________________________________________ Contact email:________________________________________________ Contact Tel.:_________________________________________________ Please Reserve: Delegate Name: 1. 2. Delegate Email: Ticket price:

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