Firsts of Passivhaus

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.

ClaimCategoryBuildingCreditYearNotes
First Passivhaus building in the UKResidentialY FoelJPW Associates2009
First EnerPHit building in the UKResidentialGrove CottageSimmonds Mills Architects 2009
First Passivhaus in WalesResidentialY FoelJPW Associates2009
First Passivhaus in EnglandResidentialUnderhill HouseSeymour Smith Architects2010
First Passivhaus in ScotlandMulti-resiTigh-Na-Cladach, DunoonSPHC2010
First Passivhaus non-residential buildingNon-resiCanolfan Hyddgen, MachynllethJPW Associates2009Office building
First Passivhaus Plus residential building certified in the UKResidentialFulford PassivhausConstructive Individuals2015
First Passivhaus Plus residential building built in the UKResidentialLark RiseBere Architects2017In depth POE study available on website
First affordable housing schemeMulti-resiTigh-Na-Cladach, DunoonSPHC2010
First rural affordable housing scheme in EnglandMulti-resiWimbish PassivhausParsons + Whittley2011
First cavity wall PassivhausResidentialDenby DaleGreen Building Store2010
First Passivhaus education buildingNon-resiHadlow College Rural Regeneration centreEurobuild
2010
First Passivhaus SchoolNon-resiShared honours: Oak Meadow Primary, Bushbury Hill Primary, Montgomery PrimaryArchitype
NPS		2012Certified simultaneously and diplomatically by Warm
First Passivhaus officeNon-resiCanolfan Hyddgen, MachunllethJPW Associates2009
First Passivhaus office building in EnglandNon-resi3 Rayns Way – InterserveInterserve2011
First Passivhaus light industrial buildingNon-resiGreendale Studio, CanterburyConker Conservation2010
First EnerPHit building certified by a UK certifierResidential58 Elliot DriveEncraft
Orbit		2012
First EnerPHit by component routeNon-resiCre8 BarnGreen Building Store2014
First Passivhaus community hallNon-resiMayville Community CentreBere Architects2011
First Passivhaus building in LondonNon-resiMayville Community CentreBere Architects2011
First Passivhaus bungalowMulti-resiThe Racecourse, Houghton-le-SpringGentoo Homes
Mark Siddall		2011
First Passivhaus residential care homeNon-resiBrackley Care HomeCastleoak Timber Frame2012
First Passivhaus residential building in LondonMulti-resiSulgrave GardensOctavia2013
First EnerPHit Grade II Listed BuildingResidentialGloucester Place MewsFeilden + Mawson
Sturgis Carbon Profiling		2018
First Passivhaus single home in LondonResidentialBarmouth RoadPrivate2014
First Passivhaus affordable housing scheme in WarwickshireMulti-resiKeyte GardensWaterloo Housing Group / Warwickshire Housing Association 2018
First Passivhaus Plus in ScotlandResidentialPlot 11 West Whins FindhornEco Arc Architects2019
First client led Community Cohousing Project in the UK Mulit-resiLancaster Cohousing ProjectEco Arc Architects2011
First green oak framed passvihaus in the UKResidentialHill Top House 50 Munston RoadEco Arc Architects2017
First Passivhaus University buildingNon-resiArts Studios at The Arts University BournemouthFrias Robles Associates
Warm		2013
First EnerPHit Plus in the UKResidentialZetland RoadEcospheric2018
First Passivhaus Cafe in the UKNon-resiKellogg College CafeFeilden Clegg Bradley Studios  / CBG Consultants 
2017Honourable mention to second cafe, Goldfinch create and play.
First Passivhaus Premium in the UKResidentialDuck End BarnsArchangel / Greengauge / Mead2025
First non-domestic Passivhaus Premium in the UKNon-resiWild House, DoddingtonEcospheric / Greengauge2026
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