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Greengauge Building Energy Consultants is a building & engineering consultancy specialising in sustainable, low energy design. Offices in Wiltshire & Yorkshire. https://ggbec.co.uk/
🧣 Keep warm & dry with Greengauge's November newsletter - out now!

In 2099, it never rains, but it pours - International Passivhaus Camp - FREE Passivhaus & Retrofit CPDs, talks, webinars & more!

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November 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
🙌 Great to see that the Caledonia High School project for Fife Council is making great progress on site! Our Director @passivpaul.bsky.social is Passivhaus Certifier on the project.

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#architecture #buildingconsultancy #passivhaus #sustainableschools #educationaldesign #passivhauseducationbuilding #learningplacesscotland | AHR
Check out the latest progress on site at Caledonia High School📚 The modern and sustainable learning space - replacing the existing Inverkeithing High School - will soon welcome pupils, staff and th...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:15 AM
💡Factor in form factor!

The lower the form factor, the less energy will be required to heat the building.

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November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
📸FREE #thermalimaging workshop in Bradford on Avon!

Greengauge Director Toby Cambray will be presenting the workshop at our BoA offices on behalf of Climate Friendly Bradford on Avon

🗓️7pm, Wednesday 19 November

Please book your space: cfboaenergy@gmail.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🌧️ Climate resilience - not just about overheating...

Predicted future weather patterns will test the resilience of our buildings to wind-driven rain.

Find out Toby Cambray's advice on making buildings ready.

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In 2099, it Never Rains, but it Pours - Greengauge
Greengauge Director Toby Cambray looks at a new study that warns of shifting weather patterns that will test the resilience of our buildings to wind-driven rain.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:14 AM
👏 Congratulations to the newly-reopened community-owned Hop Pole Inn at Limpley Stoke for being named among the UK's best pubs

Greengauge has worked with FCB Studios on the heritage retrofit.

https://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/25595285.hop-pole-inn-limpley-stoke-named-among-uks-best-pubs/
Community-owned pub ranks in top 29 in the UK for food and atmosphere
A community-owned pub that reopened its doors at the end of last year has been ranked in the top 29 pubs in the UK in a definitive list.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
🤔Is the EnerPHit Component route what your retrofit has been waiting for?!

Read our blog by Passivhaus Certifier @passivpaul.bsky.social highlighting the under-used route to retrofit certification, with e.g.s of when it might be used.

https://ggbec.co.uk/its-elementary-my-dear/
Passivhaus Trust
It's Elementary...The EnerPHit Component Method
The EnerPHit Component/ Elemental route is an alternative approach that helps get Passivhaus retrofit projects across the certification line! Passivhaus Certifier Paul Smith shares his top tips on this under-used approach..
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November 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
☔ Managing moisture risk!

Greengauge completed material testing & hygrothermal risk assessments of the proposed internal wall insulation strategies for the 1-11 Portugal St AECB Retrofit project for St John's College, Cambridge.

https://ggbec.co.uk/portfolio/portugalstreetaecbretrofit/
1-11 Portugal Street, Cambridge - AECB retrofit - Greengauge
A complex retrofit and extension of a terrace of 6 houses used for postgraduate student accommodation in Cambridge has just achieved AECB retrofit standard certification. Greengauge delivered building physics, moisture risk, building services and AECB certification to the project.
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October 31, 2025 at 7:00 AM
👏Scottish Passivhaus Schools

Huge kudos to the Scottish Futures Trust for making funding dependent on building performance, resulting in huge Passivhaus uptake.

We're currently working as Passivhaus Certifier on Caledonia High School in Fife.

https://www.ahr.co.uk/projects/caledonia-high-school
October 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
📣Come and work with us!

Interesting & flexible job based at our Wiltshire office, covering financial administration, business operations, and strategic planning.

https://ggbec.co.uk/office-manager-financial-administrator/

Passivhaus Trust AECB
Office Manager/ Financial Administrator - Greengauge
We are looking for an experienced financial administrator who is looking for an opportunity to work for a purpose-driven organisation and help administer and oversee the day-to-day operations of the business.. Part-time hybrid role (20 hours per week) with the possibility to grow into a full-time role.
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October 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Greengauge is now offering in-person and online CPDs to architectural practices.

• Top tips for Passivhaus certification;
• Key principles of Passivhaus design;
• Achieving EnerPHit on heritage projects.

https://ggbec.co.uk/greengaugecpds/

AECB Passivhaus Trust @passivpaul.bsky.social
Passivhaus & Retrofit CPDs - Greengauge
Greengauge is now offering online and in-person CPDs for architectural practices. CPDs are available on the following topics: Top tips for Passivhaus certification; Key principles of Passivhaus design; Achieving EnerPHit on heritage projects.
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October 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🗓️Save the date!

Find out more about the heritage retrofit of a former stable building for the HLNSC Low Carbon Technology Centre project.

Book your place: https://aecb.net/event/achieving-aecb-carbonlite-retrofit-on-a-heritage-building/

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October 23, 2025 at 6:00 AM
💡How do you retrofit a grade II listed 1930s Modernist gem?

Prewett Bizley has led a whole house retrofit of 'Kilowatt House'. Greengauge provided moisture risk analysis, building physics & building services.

https://prewettbizley.com/kilowatt-house-retrofit-of-a-listed-1930s-modernist-house/
October 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
🤔Finding space for building services in retrofits can be tricky!

Our building services team found innovative solutions for the Portugal St AECB Retrofit student accommodation project in Cambridge for St John's College, Cambridge

https://ggbec.co.uk/portfolio/portugalstreetaecbretrofit/
October 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Great to see progress on the retrofit and expansion of the Filwood Community Centre in Bristol. Greengauge is providing building physics, including PHPP modelling, and building services support

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October 17, 2025 at 6:00 AM
🍂 Catch our October newsletter - out now!

It’s Just Passivhaus, Ain’t it?: UK & Ireland Passivhaus Conference 2025 - AECB Retrofit for Cambridge student accommodation - 1930s Modernist retrofit & much more!

https://mailchi.mp/ggbec/greengauge-october

AECB Passivhaus Trust
October 15, 2025 at 11:27 AM
🏗️ Great to see progress on this Hackney Council project, led by Mikhail Riches with Higgins Group. Greengauge is providing M&E Design for the 113-home project.

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#Hackney #LondonArchitecture #MikhailRiches #SustainableDesign

Hackney Council
Last week, we celebrated the topping out of Wimbourne Street, one of our two projects for London Borough of Hackney's Housing Supply Programme, delivered by Higgins Group. The two schemes, Wimbourne… | Mikhail Riches
Last week, we celebrated the topping out of Wimbourne Street, one of our two projects for London Borough of Hackney's Housing Supply Programme, delivered by Higgins Group. The two schemes, Wimbourne Street and Buckland Street, will create 113 new mixed tenure homes for the borough across former garage sites, as well as provide two new commercial spaces, playgrounds and landscaping for new and existing residents with 62% of the homes being affordable housing. Team: Greengauge Building Energy Consultants | BBUK Studio | Tibbalds | Momentum Structural Engineers | GEORGE COCHRANE ASSOCIATES...
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October 14, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Prewett Bizley has undertaken a whole-house retrofit of Kilowatt House, a grade II listed 1930s Modernist gem in Bath. Greengauge provided moisture risk analysis, building physics, and building services.
https://prewettbizley.com/kilowatt-house-retrofit-of-a-listed-1930s-modernist-house/
Kilowatt House Retrofit
A recently completed retrofit of the grade II listed Kilowatt House, a 1930s Modernist gem in Bath.
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October 13, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Greengauge Director Paul Smith is just back from the UK & Ireland Passivhaus Conference in Belfast & shares his thoughts on the unstoppable growth of Passivhaus, & offers a reminder about the essential simplicity of the Passivhaus standard.
https://ggbec.co.uk/belfastpassivhausconference2025/
It's Just Passivhaus, Ain't it?
This week, we gathered in Belfast for the UK & Ireland Passivhaus Conference. A couple of days surrounded by architects, engineers, builders, certifiers, and policymakers — all there to talk about buildings that work.And that's the thing about Passivhaus that still surprises people: it's not complicated. It's just basic science.
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October 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
🤩 Greengauge Director & Passivhaus Certifier Paul Smith is at the UK & Ireland Passivhaus Conference in Belfast today. Please say hello if you're also attending!

With a fantastic line-up of speakers and topics, it is looking to be most positive Passivhaus conference yet.
UK Passivhaus Conference
The 2025 UK and Ireland Passivhaus Conference will be held at the ICC Belfast and online on 7-8 October 2025.
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October 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
"Knowledge of both mechanical services and building physics has allowed us to come at the problem from two directions and find a sensible middle ground."

Read this insightful blog by Greengauge's Gerard Thacker:
Symbiotic problem-solving - Greengauge
Gerard Thacker, Associate Director at Greengauge, shares his thoughts on the beneficial inter-relationship between building services and building physics. As a building services engineer who has undertaken Passivhaus training, Gerard sees more and more how the two disciplines can work well together when problem-solving for both new-build and retrofit projects.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🤩 Barrel Store EnerPHit, Cirencester

The exemplar award-winning retrofit project from our back catalogue touches on all of our key services, including M&E design, Passivhaus consultancy, plus moisture risk analysis using WUFI.

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200 year old warehouse converted to first Passivhaus hostel in the UK - Greengauge
The problem Situated in Cirencester, the Barrel Store was constructed around 1820 as a warehouse to serve the adjacent brewery, which closed in the early 20th century. By the 1970s, the derelict but solidly built Cotswold limestone building narrowly escaped demolition and instead was converted into a theatre. The building sustained this use for several
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September 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
💡 Greengauge Director Paul Smith will be attending the Passivhaus Conference on 8 October in Belfast.

There's a great line-up of speakers and topics - including some really interesting and large-scale Northern Irish Passivhaus projects.

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"I am delighted that Belfast is hosting the joint UK and Ireland Passivhaus Conference, spotlighting the impressive Passivhaus innovation and upscaling taking place in Northern Ireland, and across… | Passivhaus Trust
"I am delighted that Belfast is hosting the joint UK and Ireland Passivhaus Conference, spotlighting the impressive Passivhaus innovation and upscaling taking place in Northern Ireland, and across the UK and Ireland" Andrew Muir, Northern Ireland Minister of Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Affairs Join us on 7-8 October in Belfast or online! https://ukphc.org.uk/ Declan Loane Caroline Ashe Brady Andrew Muir Andrew Haley Patrick Anderson Ecological Building Systems Passive House Association Ireland Queen's University Belfast
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September 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM
York's inspiring Passivhaus programme continues apace. We're delighted to be providing M&E Design to the Ordnance Lane & Willow House phases currently in development.

Take advantage of this brilliant opportunity to visit the completed Duncombe Square project next week 👇
With Duncombe Square nearing completion, Burnholme well under construction, Ordnance Lane heading towards site and Willow House in the design stage - City of York Council is leading the way with its… | Mikhail Riches
With Duncombe Square nearing completion, Burnholme well under construction, Ordnance Lane heading towards site and Willow House in the design stage - City of York Council is leading the way with its net-zero carbon housing delivery programme. We will be hosting site tours on the 1st and 2nd of October. Get in touch via info@mikhailriches.com to attend. An excerpt of our director David Mikhail's talk for Urban Design Group on The Future of Council Housing. Watch the full talk: https://lnkd.in/etCxZFQb
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September 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM