Solid Floor Insulation Guide
23 June 2022
Our Technical Director Dr Sarah Price has worked with James Livingstone to author the Solid Floor Insulation - Guide to Best Practice. The aim of the guide is to provide clear reference for designers, surveyors, and installers considering the suitability of solid floors to receive internal thermal upgrades. The guide, published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), follows on from the BEIS Room in the Roof Insulation Guide, and BEIS Retrofit Internal Wall Insulation Guide, authored by the same team....
2021 Highlights – Sustainability / Net Zero Carbon
10 December 2021
This year QODA has worked on some exciting and ground-breaking projects leading the way in sustainable design. From securing planning permission on the UK’s largest Passivhaus Student Accommodation Scheme to completing projects where we’ve assisted with airtight and thermally robust construction details. The QODA Net Zero team has also been involved in events across multiple sectors presenting our findings and lessons learnt at industry-leading events, through consultation meetings with design teams and end-users, as well as providing expert advice at our CPD sessions. Events ...
Climate Change and Construction: The Latest Science
10 August 2021
Our Director and Passivhaus Consultant Joel Callow speaks about climate change and risk following on from yesterday’s IPCC report. Click the link below to view the full thought piece. Climate Change and Construction – The Latest Science...
Passivhaus: lunch and learn
26 January 2018
Passivhaus: Genuinely Low Energy Buildings Passivhaus is a voluntary, low energy building standard that is gaining ground in both domestic and non-domestic buildings worldwide. It is known for its technical rigour, the high comfort and health levels of the buildings that achieve it, and reliable elimination of the performance gap between design intent and occupied building energy usage. This presentation is an overview of the Passivhaus standard for building designers, developers and constructors, introducing key concepts such as air tightness detailing, avoiding thermal bridgi...