Goodbye 2020 – a review of the year
It’s at this time of the year I do a review looking back over the year. No words. We’re still alive & in business & our thoughts & prayers go to those who didn’t make it. Hopefully 2021 may be Read More …
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The importance of Post Occupancy Evaluation #POE #CaseStudy #Passivhaus
This post follows on from these: The 1st County Mayo House added to Passive House Database Why materials are important & embodied carbon calculations Using DesignPH as part of the Passivhaus methodology The reason that these posts (and this one) Read More …
Big news for our work going forward…
The faithful readers will know that I have been teaching at IT Sligo for the last few years and it looks at the moment that I will undertaking more lecturing over the forthcoming period. We are still completing projects and Read More …
First County #Mayo house added to Passive House Institute Database*
I’ve written about this recently completed County Mayo #nZEB #Passivhaus previously HERE and we’ve had the great news that after a lot of hard work, coordination & PHPP (the Passive House software) wrangling – the house has been entered into Read More …
A revisit to a completed, tricky jewel of a project in County Mayo
I was in the area of a tricky project we completed a while back and I swung by to see how it looked and took a few photos (below). I’ve written previously on this project HERE and HERE and funnily Read More …
New works complete on this #Thatch #Cottage #Extension – restoration of existing next #Mayo
Popped by an ongoing project for an extension to a thatched cottage in County Mayo last week (first visit in a while due to Covid & lockdown). The new works are complete and now being lived in whilst the existing Read More …
Covid-19 Work & business update
I hope that you’re all staying safe & well. Quick post on getting back to work and current business methods… Well we’ve been back for a while now; more or less fully with a few tweaks to how we are Read More …
The house that keeps on giving #ForSale #Foxford #SundayIndo
A very early project we completed after we set up practice in Ireland is on sale again in Foxford, Co. Mayo & was featured in last Sunday’s Independent – great also that we’re name checked with website in the piece Read More …
Our double pitched triple #Mayo extension with rain-chain featured in @selfbuildire magazine…
Great to see the extensions we were architects on for Leonie & Johnny featured in Selfbuild magazine – grab a copy now! Below is the cover that you’re looking for: We featured this project in a previous post and slideshow Read More …
Heat Loss Form Factor and #Mayo #Rural #Houses
I wrote THIS POST yesterday that explained that a more ‘simpler’ form will result in a building that is less expensive to heat. I also presented a paper & poster at the Passivhaus Conference in Munich in 2018 where I Read More …