QODA’s Part L Consultation Response
7 January 2020
“In the construction industry, we need to move faster, really making the next 10 years count, as we transition to a low and then zero carbon economy. The UK Building Regulations are a key driver for this step-change.” - Dr Joel Callow, Technical Director at QODA and certified Passivhaus Designer. The article below has been written by Lindsey Arnott, on behalf of QODA and is in keeping with LETI's statement which holds a wealth of knowledge. Lindsey is a sustainability engineer in our Oxford office and the Part L champion at QODA. The article outlines the key poin...
Future Homes Part L Consultation
13 December 2019
Building Regulations Part L is probably the single most important UK regulation affecting the energy consumption of buildings. The Government intends to update it in 2020 and has set out a comprehensive consultation paper outlining several ways they may implement changes. Given the urgency of tackling climate change through reduced CO2 emissions, the update of Part L in 2020 is timely, albeit currently only applying to domestic buildings under the ‘L1a’ document. Unfortunately, there is widespread concern in the industry that the intended changes may have little to no effect on b...
2,000 New Passivhaus Student Residences
11 December 2019
QODA are delighted to be part of the design team, alongside Stride Treglown Architects, leading the sustainability design for the new 2,000 student residences at the University of the West of England. We plan to incorporate Passivhaus as a key stepping stone to meet the 2030 zero carbon target. The Passivhaus Standard is increasingly popular in the UK and globally. It is particularly popular when a client wants a defined level of energy performance from their building, and no ‘performance gap’ (when a building uses more energy than intended) and as a bonus, the client gets b...
Passivhaus is Coming
31 October 2019
On Tuesday our Associate Chris Swinburn who is a certified Passivhaus consultant attended the UK Passivhaus Conference 2019. The annual conference, this year held in Manchester, was put on by the Passivhaus Trust and hosted a wide range of speakers with significant experience of delivering Passivhaus buildings; from single house dwellings to skyscrapers. His key takeaways from the event were: - The UK government has committed to net zero carbon by 2050, but many in the construction industry are proposing this needs to happen by 2030 - There is increasin...