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Ôl-osod: Manteision a Heriau
The benefits of retrofit are implicit in the definition of the term in our last article (“the adaptation of existing housing in order to improve its energy efficiency”).…
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Ol-osod cartrefi yn y DU
Retrofit—the adaptation of existing housing in order to improve its energy efficiency— has moved from being a discussion on the fringes of the building industry, carried out by…
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Hot Weather, Cool House
Large areas of the UK are enjoying amazingly sunny and warm weather. While temperatures are not rising beyond the low twenties, most of us are feeling hot enough…
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Yr "Nuts and Bolts" o'r "Grand Design"
Some recent experiences—personally and professionally—have got me thinking about how ambitions and plans (no matter how big and exciting) tend to rely, at the end of the day,…
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Ail ddatblygu gofod cymunedol yng Ngwynedd
We have recently been working on a Passivhaus retrofit of a community building in Gwynedd. The building belongs to the village choir but is used by other local…
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Meddyliau am drosiadau passivhaus a Diwrnodau Agored Passivhaus (y penwythnos yma!)
I recently attended the UK passivhaus conference in Oxford. One of the presentations was about Warksburn Old Church, a passivhaus retrofit of a church in Northumberland which now…
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