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Wolf partner with Genersys Solar26 October 2010

Wolf Passive Homes is delighted to announce, we have partnered with Genersys and can now offer solar thermal or vacuum panels to our clients.

Genersys have developed the world's first flat plate vacuum solar panel, which addresses the common problems of overheating and maintenance, found in other vacuum panels. read more
Vphase: Sunday Times & featured on DIY:SOS04 October 2010

VPhase, a simple device which cuts household electricity costs by an average of 10% p.a. has been recommended in The Sunday Times as a cost effective green investment for the home. read more
Energy efficiency ratings to be compulsory for home sales30 August 2010

The Guardian 12th August 2010

EU legislation means that from 2012 all homes for sale will require an energy efficiency rating to be carried out upfront. EU legislation will make it compulsory for energy efficient ratings to be published in all UK homes for sale advertisements from 2012.
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CNN meets Hans Eek & reports on PassivHaus retrofits07 August 2010

Jim Boulden of CNN meets Hans Eek, co-founder of the passive house concept. Whilst there, he learns how the passive house concept can also be used to upgrade existing buildings, converting high-maintenance inefficent buildings into a new generation of highly efficient energy-saving structures, with an extended life-span. read more
Hans Eek - The Vision & the Visionary of the Passive House Concept18 June 2010

Award winners (2003) of the Goteborg Award for Sustainable Development went to Hans Eek and Wolfgang Feist ‘…for their pioneering work with so-called passive houses, in particular, residential buildings without heating systems, designed and constructed using an elegant and innovative synthesis of simple, time-tested and cost-effective technology. The technology, which requires great precision in methods and building processes, in a relatively conservative industry, will contribute to a major reduction in the consumption of fossil fuels in particular and thereby reduce society’s emission of carbon dioxide, which impacts our climate’.*

The award is the equivalent to the Nobel prize in environment and was established to stimulate and encourage innovators.
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