Build Sustainable Awards 2016

2016 Sustainable Building Awards Build Company: Beattie Passive Email: [email protected] Phone: +44 (0)8456 449003 Website: www.beattiepassive.com orking with self-builders, architects, housing associations and developers across the UK, Beattie Passive offers its clients an award winning, innovative design and build technology that simplifies the delivery of Passivhaus, providing high quality and energy efficient homes for all. The Beattie Passive build system incorporates a Passivhaus timber frame structure which can be designed to any style, shape and size of property and uses gold standard Passivhaus energy efficiency and comfort principles to deliver dramatic cost, time, health and environmental benefits. In addition to the innovative build system for new properties, Beattie Passive has developed a retrofit product that transforms existing housing stock to Passivhaus standards, dramatically reducing energy requirements and improving building performance. Training and skills development is central to the delivery of Beattie Passive and the system has been designed so that it is very simple and can be built with just semi-skilled labour. Beattie Passive are passionate about developing skills in the industry and supporting people to retrain and return to the workplace. They are currently working with the Prison Service to develop the skills of offenders, who are manufacturing the Passivhaus system, further highlighting that the use of semi-skilled labour for construction projects results in significant social and economic benefits for the local community. In response to the growing demand for energy efficient homes in the UK from both self-builders and developers, Beattie Passive offers clients offsite construction as a means to accelerate the delivery, whilst still guaranteeing performance and reduced construction costs. Current projects include the on-site erection of a 130m2 single storey four-bedroom home for a self-build client at a secluded seaside location in the heart of idyllic Norfolk. Additionally, the factory is busy manufacturing five further Beattie Passive structural thermal envelopes (3x Self Builds and 2x retrofits) due for erection in August and September. Ultimately it is the firm’s dedication to quality and strong knowledge of the Passivhaus system that has led it to its current success, as Mr K Kniveton, a self-build client from the Isle of Man explains. “My experience of my new passive system home has surpassed all my expectations. I knew that my utility bills would be a fraction of what I would ordinarily pay in a traditionally built home, but even I was surprised at how low my quarterly bill has actually been over three of the most demanding months up to the end of December. Knowing that future bills will decrease much further still when the solar thermal takes over the domestic hot water production and with lower demand generally, I just can’t understand why all homes are not built this way.” Market Leader in Passivhaus Technology - 2016 With a proud heritage in British design and manufacture, Beattie Passive is a forward thinking and innovative company that is passionate about promoting the principals of Passivhaus. W 41