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The Mackintosh Environmental Architecture Research Unit (MEARU) at The Glasgow School of Art, together with John Gilbert Architects, Stewart & Shields and Design EngineeringWorkshop, have secured three-year funding from Innovate UK through a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) to develop Passivhoos™, a specific Scottish approach to Passivhaus.
The grant of over £182,000 towards the £272,300 project will will deliver types of housing that will bring the long-term benefits of Passivhaus construction to Scottish social housing. It also aims to encourage the take up of genuinely low-energy homes and help eliminate fuel poverty.
Matt Bridgestock of John Gilbert Architects said “we are delighted to be working on our second KTP with The Glasgow School of Art, and really focusing on eliminating the performance gap and fuel poverty in new housing. In particular, we aim reduce cost, improve the supply chain and bring innovative architecture to new social housing.”
Mark Shields of Stewart & Shields “we are delighted to be working to bring the Passivhaus standard of comfort and low energy to the social housing market. We’re looking forward to working with John Gilbert Architects and Design Engineering Workshop to deliver these innovative new homes.
“This award is a significant step in developing the Passivhoos™ model, improving buildability, better cost certainty and bringing us closer to eliminating the performance gap in our housing delivery.”
“MEARU are very pleased to be continuing its relationship with John Gilbert architects and the Passivhoos™ team on a project of critical importance to Scottish government targets for new homes and climate change,”says Professor Tim Sharpeof The Glasgow School of Art
“Collaborations such as this are tangible a demonstration of how the skills and expertise within Glasgow’s ArtSchoolcan be applied to help improve the built environment with the many benefits that this can bring to both health and sustainable living.
“We will bring our experience to the table to help enhance the environmental performance of Passivhoos™ addressingissues such as energy consumption, indoor environmental quality, usability and maintenance.”
“MEARU are very pleased to be continuing its relationship with John Gilbert architects and the Passivhoos™ team on a project of critical importance to Scottish government targets for new homes and climate change,”says Professor Tim Sharpeof The Glasgow School of Art
“Collaborations such as this are tangible a demonstration of how the skills and expertise within Glasgow’s ArtSchoolcan be applied to help improve the built environment with the many benefits that this can bring to both health and sustainable living.
“We will bring our experience to the table to help enhance the environmental performance of Passivhoos™ addressingissues such as energy consumption, indoor environmental quality, usability and maintenance.”
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29th January 2019
Funding awarded for new Scottish Passivhaus initiative
Leading architects, designers and builders to partner with researchers at the GSA
The Mackintosh Environmental Architecture Research Unit (MEARU) at The Glasgow School of Art, together with John Gilbert Architects, Stewart & Shields and Design EngineeringWorkshop, have secured three-year funding from Innovate UK through a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) to develop a specific Scottish approach to Passivhaus.
Passivhoos™ is a range of social housing types that meet the international Passivhaus standards, as well as the Housing for Varying Needs and Scottish Government budget benchmarks.
It has been developed specifically for Scottish housing providers by John Gilbert Architects, Stewart & Shields contractors and Design Engineering Workshop, and is available in a variety of configurations to suit many different sites.
This partnership will deliver types of housing that will bring the long-term benefits of Passivhaus construction to Scottish social housing. It also aims to encourage the take up of genuinely low-energy homes and help eliminate fuel poverty.
Now, with £182,500 of Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) funding the Passivhoos™ team will be able to work in partnership with experts in MEARU, and to benefit from their wide range of skills and knowledgein low energy design. MEARU has significant expertise in the areas of environmental performance, Building Information Models, and communication technology, all of which will be available to Passivhoos™.
Matt Bridgestock of John Gilbert Architects said “we are delighted to be working on our second KTP with The Glasgow School of Art, and really focusing on eliminating the performance gap and fuel poverty in new housing. In particular, we aim reduce cost, improve the supply chain and bring innovative architecture to new social housing.”
Mark Shields of Stewart & Shields “we are delighted to be working to bring the Passivhaus standard of comfort and low energy to the social housing market. We’re looking forward to working with John Gilbert Architects and Design Engineering Workshop to deliver these innovative new homes.
“This award is a significant step in developing the Passivhoos™ model, improving buildability, better cost certainty and bringing us closer to eliminating the performance gap in our housing delivery.”
“MEARU are very pleased to be continuing its relationship with John Gilbert architects and the Passivhoos™ team on a project of critical importance to Scottish government targets for new homes and climate change,”says Professor Tim Sharpeof The Glasgow School of Art
“Collaborations such as this are tangible a demonstration of how the skills and expertise within Glasgow’s ArtSchoolcan be applied to help improve the built environment with the many benefits that this can bring to both health and sustainable living.
“We will bring our experience to the table to help enhance the environmental performance of Passivhoos™ addressingissues such as energy consumption, indoor environmental quality, usability and maintenance.”
The KTP funding will bring practice and research knowledge in low energy building performance together – particularly in the areas of Passivhaus standards and BIM modelling – to create real-world housing solutions that meet a range of criteria for acceptability within the social housing market. These include cost, compliance, comfort, user acceptability, reliability and performance.
The partnership will also fund a new employee for three years from spring 2019, advertisements for this vacancy will be circulated in the next few weeks.
For further information of the Passivhoos™ visit: www.passivhoos.scot/
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For further information and high res images contact:
John Gilbert Architects Contact: Matt Bridgestock on 0141 551 8383
Stewart & Shields Contact: Mark Shields on (01436) 672356
Notes for Editors
This partnership received financial support from the Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) programme. KTP aims to help businesses to improve their competitiveness and productivity through the better use of knowledge, technology and skills that reside within the UK knowledge base. This successful Knowledge Transfer Partnership project, funded by the Scottish Funding Council and UK Research and Innovation through Innovate UK, is part of the government’s Industrial Strategy.
Passivhaus buildings provide a high level of occupant comfort while using very little energy for heating and cooling. Passivhaus homes are built with meticulous attention to detail, rigorous design and construction according to principles developed by the Passivhaus Institute in Germany and can be certified through an exacting quality assurance process.
Passivhoos™ is a trademark of John Gilbert Architects