Firsts of Passivhaus-A list of the first Passivhaus buildings in the UK

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
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.