To honour UK pioneers and to settle any pub arguments here is our less than definitive list of the first Passivhaus certified buildings in the UK. For submissions please email firstpassivhaus@etude.co.uk. The list might be useful for spotting those gaps in the market. For example if you want a ‘first’ you need to build a cavity wall house in Wales, or a heavy industrial building, or for a real challenge how about a hospital?
Claim | Category | Building | Credit | Year | Notes |
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First Passivhaus building in the UK | Residential | Y Foel | JPW Associates | 2009 | |
First EnerPHit building in the UK | Residential | Grove Cottage | Simmonds Mills Architects | 2009 | |
First Passivhaus in Wales | Residential | Y Foel | JPW Associates | 2009 | |
First Passivhaus in England | Residential | Underhill House | Seymour Smith Architects | 2010 | |
First Passivhaus in Scotland | Multi-resi | Tigh-Na-Cladach, Dunoon | SPHC | 2010 | |
First Passivhaus non-residential building | Non-resi | Canolfan Hyddgen, Machynlleth | JPW Associates | 2009 | Office building |
First Passivhaus Plus residential building certified in the UK | Residential | Fulford Passivhaus | Constructive Individuals | 2015 | |
First Passivhaus Plus residential building built in the UK | Residential | Lark Rise | Bere Architects | 2017 | In depth POE study available on website |
First affordable housing scheme | Multi-resi | Tigh-Na-Cladach, Dunoon | SPHC | 2010 | |
First rural affordable housing scheme in England | Multi-resi | Wimbish Passivhaus | Parsons + Whittley | 2011 | |
First cavity wall Passivhaus | Residential | Denby Dale | Green Building Store | 2010 | |
First Passivhaus education building | Non-resi | Hadlow College Rural Regeneration centre | Eurobuild | 2010 | |
First Passivhaus School | Non-resi | Shared honours: Oak Meadow Primary, Bushbury Hill Primary, Montgomery Primary | Architype NPS | 2012 | Certified simultaneously and diplomatically by Warm |
First Passivhaus office | Non-resi | Canolfan Hyddgen, Machunlleth | JPW Associates | 2009 | |
First Passivhaus office building in England | Non-resi | 3 Rayns Way | Interserve | 2011 | |
First Passivhaus light industrial building | Non-resi | Greendale Studio, Canterbury | Conker Conservation | 2010 | |
First EnerPHit building certified by a UK certifier | Residential | 58 Elliot Drive | Encraft Orbit | 2012 | |
First EnerPHit by component route | Non-resi | Cre8 Barn | Green Building Store | 2014 | |
First Passivhaus community hall | Non-resi | Mayville Community Centre | Bere Architects | 2011 | |
First Passivhaus building in London | Non-resi | Mayville Community Centre | Bere Architects | 2011 | |
First Passivhaus bungalow | Multi-resi | The Racecourse, Houghton-le-Spring | Gentoo Homes Mark Siddall | 2011 | |
First Passivhaus residential care home | Non-resi | Brackley Care Home | Castleoak Timber Frame | 2012 | |
First Passivhaus residential building in London | Multi-resi | Sulgrave Gardens | Octavia | 2013 | |
First EnerPHit Grade II Listed Building | Residential | Gloucester Place Mews | Feilden + Mawson Sturgis Carbon Profiling | 2018 | |
First Passivhaus single home in London | Residential | Barmouth Road | Private | 2014 | |
First Passivhaus affordable housing scheme in Warwickshire | Multi-resi | Keyte Gardens | Waterloo Housing Group / Warwickshire Housing Association | 2018 | |
First Passive Plus in Scotland | Residential | Plot 11 West Whins Findhorn | Eco Arc Architects | 2019 | |
First client led Community Cohousing Project in the UK | Mulit-resi | Lancaster Cohousing Project | Eco Arc Architects | 2011 | |
First green oak framed passvihaus in the UK | Residential | Hill Top House 50 Munston Road | Eco Arc Architects | 2017 |
Small print
Only Certified Quality Assured Passivhaus projects have been considered. You can find the criteria for certifying to Passivhaus here. Passivhaus principles doesn’t make the cut. The PHI Database and date of certification is used to settle any disagreements. This list is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of publication, we will happily keep it updated and make amendments so please leave feedback.