The Passivhaus standard has been adopted by the UK construction industry as a sustainable and effective way of providing high standards of living as well as reducing buildings' energy use and carbon emissions. Now the Passivhaus Trust has introduced EnerPHit standards as a blueprint for refurbishment projects.

What are the challenges involved? And to what extent does this provide a realistic and affordable roadmap to retrofitting our historic building stock?

Chaired by Ruth Slavid, webinar speakers are:

Sanya Polescuk, Principle Architect, Sanya Polescuk Architects discusses the practices pragmatic retrofitting approach and how they are championing a less rigorous approach than EnerPhit in terms of being more pragmatic and affordable.

Lee Marshall, Managing Director, Viridis Building Services weighs up the the pros and cons of an EnerPhit project and a less prescriptive green retrofit approach.

Rupert Drury, Architect, Collective Architecture, talks about 'Bridging Thermal Inequality using the EnerPHit methodology' and discusses the holistic fabric first approach to retrofitting three 22-storey Multi-storey blocks of flats built in the 1960s to radically reduce energy demand and carbon emissions whilst improving occupant comfort and well being.

Watch this AT webinar, in partnership with Schüco, as we explore the key issues:

Counting the cost: what are the long-term financial and environmental costs and savings of an EnerPHit approach.
Making it official: what is the roadmap to EnerPHit accreditation?
Striking the balance between sustainability and conservation

Working with developers, housing associations and the public sector to achieve economies of scale.

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