In 1973, Philip Steadman became my third-year undergraduate supervisor, and I spent my Christmas break that year drawing the ...

When I retired in 2023, this magazine’s editor thought it might be interesting if I wrote a retrospective of my forty years as an energy and sustainability consultant in the UK. At first I worried ...

In the renovation of the Treasury Building we saved 1,905 tonnes of CO2 emissions - John Casey, CORA Consulting engineers ...

A key moment came in 2002 when the EU’s Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) was transposed into national legislation, setting the stage for progressive improvements in building energy ...

Industrialised retrofit provides a better way forward. By adopting manufacturing principles in construction, we can transform homes faster, with less disruption, and at a scale that delivers tangible ...

About the author Dr Peter Rickaby is now almost retired and lives with his wife and some of their grown-up children and grandchildren near Johannesburg in South Africa. Peter is an Honorary Senior ...

The new edition of Passive House Plus is available now. Passive House Plus is part of the Smarter Finance for EU group, who are aiming to unlock €100 billion worth of verified green homes across ...