As your passive house designer (including EnerPHit projects for refurbishment), I would ideally like to be involved early in the design process. This can be a service on your project with Low Energy Design or I can work with your personal architect or engineer if you wish on passive house design issues only. Passive House Planning Package (PHPP) is the software developed by the Passive House Institute in Germany for use worldwide in comprehensively analyzing the energy performance of your project using building physics principles. Minute detail of every pane of glass is entered along with floors, walls and roofs, ventilation, solar gain, electricity, airtightness, water heating and thermal bridging. PHPP when complete can be used to iteratively analyse the design performance of the various elements to optimize the design. Detailing is key to almost zero thermal bridges desired in Passive House for each fabric junction along with window installation. This is an area that is also key to airtightness performance. Should you choose to obtain Certification for your project from the Passive House Institute, the PHPP will predict compliance and we can work with approved certifiers to achieve your goal.  

Walking You Through A Design Phase, That Takes Account of Your Identity One of the most exciting parts of the journey is at the design phase. The possibilities are endless; and I encourage my clients bring their ideas, clippings, photos, checklists and other items that set the mood, tone and style of what they like (and what they definitely don’t want), to really understand what it is you want to achieve. Very soon ideas from both client and architect begin to flow in a synergy and joy that is directed towards your project. The Design & Build Process As an architect I deal with many clients, who are unsure of the entire process, from conceptualisation to realisation. Building a custom designed home can be intimidating if it’s a process you’re not familiar with. I’ve heard horror stories of homeowners barely surviving, having wasted thousands of euros with contractors who took advantage when they have the upper hand, or being tied up in court, slowly losing their sanity when they realised they were out of their depth. It doesn’t have to be like this. Planning your home should be a methodical, logical process and proceed in a step by step manner to get the right people to do the job. In fact it should be a delightful and exciting process. It’s about having a game plan and an expert on your side to guide you through the most complicated stuff – how to select a contractor, determine the right price structure and secure it with a contract, down to the last detail. As one of the most expensive endeavours in a lifetime, it’s important that you have a written contract to protect yourself in the event that something goes wrong. I can help you with all of this.