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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/
🤯 Getting your head around overheating & active cooling?

Join the next Passivhaus Trust Coffee Morning for a chat on the topic. Greengauge's Gerard Thacker will be one of the expert hosts in the event for PHT members on Fri 2 October.  
https://www.passivhaustrust.org.uk/event_detail.php?eId=1135
September 17, 2026 at 6:00 AM
📢 Vote for Passivhaus social housing!

As the Stirling Prize prize turns 30, RIBA is inviting votes on which winner should be crowned the best of the best.

Goldsmith St would be a very worthy winner!

Vote here: https://www.riba.org/explore/awards/awards-map?award=Stirling+Prize+Winner
September 14, 2026 at 6:00 AM
🙌 Greengauge Building Physicist Mitch Finn will be speaking at the UK Passivhaus Conference this November in the session on 'Delivering quality: design, procurement, construction'.

https://ukphc.org.uk/programme

Have you got your ticket yet? LAST DAY to get the #earlybird discount for UKPHC26!
September 11, 2026 at 6:00 AM
🍻 A big cheers to everyone who joined our webinar on the Hop Pole Inn project.

Read more about the inspiring retrofit of a 16th century community-owned pub:
https://ggbec.co.uk/portfolio/hop-pole-inn-grade-ii-listed-building-retrofit/

Or....visit the pub for yourselves! https://www.hoppoleinn.uk/
September 9, 2026 at 3:01 PM
💡 Lunchtime learning - Internal wall insulation & moisture risk assessment

FREE webinar TODAY Weds 9 Sept at 1.30pm on retrofit of the 16th century Hop Pole Inn in Wiltshire.

https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/16f7dce0-0885-4171-af8a-83be8155f9dc@30b0affe-3e55-45ac-b831-562face291af
September 9, 2026 at 6:00 AM
📢 On this week!

FREE webinar THIS Wednesday 9 September at 1.30pm outlining the strategies used for the retrofit of the 16th century Hop Pole Inn in Wiltshire.

AECB Cypren

https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/16f7dce0-0885-4171-af8a-83be8155f9dc@30b0affe-3e55-45ac-b831-562face291af
September 7, 2026 at 6:00 AM
“Templehall is a brilliant community asset that will allow a wide number of people to experience Passivhaus first hand. Fife Council has been forward thinking in futureproofing the building.”

Paul Smith, Passivhaus Certifier

https://ggbec.co.uk/portfolio/templehall-passivhaus-community-centre/
September 4, 2026 at 6:00 AM
"It's like a cocoon. It can be noisy outside and yet completely calm inside."

Great article on Elm Grove Passivhaus social housing scheme in the latest edition of PH+ magazine.

Greengauge was Passivhaus Consultant & M&E Designer on the project.

https://ggbec.co.uk/portfolio/nailsea-passivhaus/
September 2, 2026 at 10:52 AM
💡Improving the energy efficiency & performance of heritage buildings?

FREE webinar outlining the strategies used for the retrofit of the 16th century Hop Pole Inn.
https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/16f7dce0-0885-4171-af8a-83be8155f9dc@30b0affe-3e55-45ac-b831-562face291af

Cypren AECB
September 1, 2026 at 6:00 AM
🙌 Templehall Community Hub, Kirkcaldy, Fife

A newbuild flexible multi-use community centre in Fife is now Passivhaus Classic certified!

Greengauge Director @passivpaul.bsky.social acted as Passivhaus Certifier on the project.

https://ggbec.co.uk/portfolio/templehall-passivhaus-community-centre/
August 28, 2026 at 6:00 AM
😎 Looking for a #Passivhaus #Premium Bank Holiday day out?

Check out the #WildHouse at Doddington Hall & Gardens in Lincolnshire: https://ggbec.co.uk/portfolio/wild-house-doddington-hall-passivhaus-premium/

Opening times: https://www.doddingtonhall.com/

Ecospheric Passivhaus Trust
August 27, 2026 at 6:00 AM
What is the EnerPHit Component method? And why might it be a useful route to Passivhaus retrofit certification?

Read @passivpaul.bsky.social's blog on the under-used certification route:

https://ggbec.co.uk/its-elementary-my-dear/

Passivhaus Trust International Passive House Association (iPHA)
August 25, 2026 at 6:00 AM
🛠️ How do you retrofit a 16th century pub?

Find out how the project team addressed urgent structural issues & improved the thermal performance of the pub.

Join FREE webinar 09/09/26:
https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/16f7dce0-0885-4171-af8a-83be8155f9dc@30b0affe-3e55-45ac-b831-562face291af
August 24, 2026 at 6:00 AM
🗞️ Our August newsletter is OUT NOW!

Policy progress - Passivhaus Premium education centre - Historic England case study - Passivhaus costs - Carbon literacy for domestic retrofit & much more!

https://ow.ly/XPsh50ZBqJm

Ecospheric Passivhaus Trust Ellora Coupe Cypren
August 20, 2026 at 11:00 AM
"We can deliver it. It's not hard to deliver."

Great to see the Elm Grove Passivhaus social housing project featured in the latest issue of Passive House Plus

Greengauge was Passivhaus Consultant & M&E Designer on the project. Read our case study: https://ggbec.co.uk/portfolio/nailsea-passivhaus/
August 19, 2026 at 9:11 AM
🤔 Are you looking for Passivhaus Design, Certification & Building Services?

We offer a range of services for Passivhaus projects - from one-off selfbuilds to large-scale social housing, schools and community centres.

https://ggbec.co.uk/what-we-do/passivhaus-certification/

August 17, 2026 at 6:00 AM
🍻 We can't offer free beers but we can offer a webinar on IWI & moisture risk

Join us on Weds 9 Sept for a FREE lunchtime webinar on the deep retrofit of a 16th century pub.

https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/16f7dce0-0885-4171-af8a-83be8155f9dc@30b0affe-3e55-45ac-b831-562face291af
August 13, 2026 at 6:00 AM
🌧️ Climate resilience - not just about overheating...

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

Read Toby Cambray's blog on designing for uncertain futures.

https://ggbec.co.uk/neverrainsbutitpours/

First appeared in Passive House Plus
In 2099, it never rains, but it pours
What might happen to our buildings if the AMOC shuts down? Climate scientists are increasingly concerned that a key Atlantic Ocean circulation may be on the cusp of shutting down - with a range of catastrophic impacts including much colder winters in the UK. What are the impacts for our buildings, asks Greengauge Director Toby Cambray. 
ggbec.co.uk
August 11, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Since 2010, Greengauge has been offering a multidisciplinary integrated approach to deliver comfortable, simple, efficient buildings.

See our range of building physics and building services:

https://ggbec.co.uk/what-we-do/

August 10, 2026 at 6:00 AM
😍 Large-scale rural Passivhaus social housing development

The Elm Grove project in Somerset offers a number of useful lessons in delivering cost-effective Passivhaus housing.

https://ggbec.co.uk/portfolio/nailsea-passivhaus/

Passivhaus Trust International Passive House Association (iPHA)

August 6, 2026 at 6:00 AM
We 🫶 the Hop Pole Inn!

Join Greengauge on Weds 9 September for a FREE lunchtime case study webinar on the deep retrofit project of the 16th century Wiltshire community-owned pub.

https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/16f7dce0-0885-4171-af8a-83be8155f9dc@30b0affe-3e55-45ac-b831-562face291af
August 3, 2026 at 6:00 AM
🙌 There are now 3 Passivhaus Premiums in the UK!

We helped on two:

🦆 Duck End Barns, Cambs (M&E designer)
https://ggbec.co.uk/portfolio/duck-end-barns-passivhaus-premium/

🍃 Wild House, Lincs (Passivhaus Certifier)
https://ggbec.co.uk/portfolio/wild-house-doddington-hall-passivhaus-premium/
July 31, 2026 at 6:00 AM
🌿 “The Wild House education centre offers a beacon of sustainability to all who visit it. Congratulations to all the team for achieving the demanding requirements of Passivhaus Premium certification.”

Greengauge Director @passivpaul.bsky.social, Passivhaus Certifier

ggbec.co.uk/portfoli...

July 27, 2026 at 6:00 AM
"This technology won’t replace the Passivhaus methodology, much as the laser measure didn’t take away the vocation of builders."

Read Toby Cambray's blog on SMETERS: https://ggbec.co.uk/are-smeters-the-answer/

First appeared in Passive House Plus

International Passive House Association (iPHA)
July 20, 2026 at 6:00 AM
How does building orientation impact moisture risk?

Read our case study of the in-depth moisture risk analysis for the retrofit of the Grade II* listed Keelmen's Hospital building:

ggbec.co.uk/portfoli...
July 13, 2026 at 6:01 AM