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Passiv Haus certificated 2 400 students and staff 6 000 Teplo Ties, 4 000 Teplo-L-Ties At 13,000 square metres the Centre for Medicine, University of Leicester is the largest PassivHaus certified building in the UK to date. The £42 million project was initially conceived as a zero-carbon development but was later upgraded to target the more demanding PassivHaus standard. The building was designed to accomodate nearly 2,400 students and staff. External walls on the ground floor and first floor were…
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BREEAM rating of excellent PassivHaus Planning Package (PHPP) Ash Court is a newly constructed student accommodation block at Girton College, Cambridge University. The building comprises 50 en-suite student bedrooms complete with a gym and an indoor swimming pool. A BREEAM rating of excellent was achieved by drawing heavily on the PassivHaus approach. The PassivHaus Planning Package (PHPP) was used as a valuable design tool. The Teplo-L-Tie was chosen as part of the projects fast build programme. The versatility of the…

