Passivhaus is more than just a sustainability best practice certification. It’s also a ready-made system of science-based quality assurance which could be harnessed to solve many of construction’s recent ills.…
Appropriately, five years from our first episode (Sarah Lewis, research and policy director at the Passivhaus Trust) we return to the subject of Passivhaus in action for our 100th edition.…
Construction polymath Sam Stacey (his CV ranges from key roles at Buro Happold, Wates and Skanska to running the Theresa May Government’s Transforming Construction Challenge) is on a mission to…
James Parker presents the highlights of a recent Building Insights LIVE round table, in association with Beauflor, which looked at why flooring had been neglected in the Decent Homes Standard,…
In association with Caribbean Blinds, James Parker, editor of Architects Datafile and Housebuilder and Developer, speaks to two solar shading experts in a very timely Ask the Expert podcast, as…
Passivhaus currently accounts for only around 2% of new build housing in the UK, but is acknowledged as the ultimate route to provide economic as well as climate resilience for…
Editor of Housebuilder & Developer, James Parker, reports on the recent Building Insights LIVE round table on how the housebuilding sector can harness Modern Methods of Construction to achieve build…
Ask the Expert, in association with Burdens – James Parker, managing editor of Housebuilder & Developer speaks to the firm’s Director of Technical Solutions, Mark Gillies, National Sales Director Ken…
Ask The Expert: James Parker speaks to Jake Fitness of the Self-Build Zone, about the importance of taking site insurance issues into consideration as well as structural warranties. And how…
James Parker speaks to Georgina Mullen, director at international architectural practice Hyphen. He learns how her experience in major retail and other projects in Ireland has armed her with the…
An Ask the Expert episode, in association with VM Building Solutions. James Parker speaks to Jonathan Lowy, Operational Marketing Manager, to discover how the use of zinc on facades and…
James Parker, editor of ADF and Housebuilder & Developer, presents highlights of the Building Insights LIVE round table held recently on sharing practical initiatives to reduce embodied carbon at scale…