🔎 Check out our latest In the Spotlight, with member Jack Howard, who works for Partel. 👉️ buff.ly/15L6ki1 ⭐ Big thanks to Jack for taking the time to share his thoughts, and for his continued support of the AECB!

💡 CarbonLite Retrofit: Why Go Beyond Building Regs? ⭐ We’re pleased to share this recent interview from the National Self Build & Renovation Centre, featuring our very own Tim Martel discussing the CarbonLite Standards. 📺️ Watch the video: buff.ly/IOa1g8G 🔎 Find out more over at www.aecb.net

🚨THIS WEEK! 💻 Latest Features in designPH with Dave Edwards 📆 Thurs 7 May 2026 🕙 12-1pm 🎟️ Book your tickets via: buff.ly/In3Hs77 ⭐ Free to AECB members and £15+vat for non-members

💡 Passivhaus news you can use! 🏢 Wolfgang Feist's visit to Dublin 🏗️ Passivhaus at Futurebuild 12 -14 May 🌎 Better Net Zero paper 🏫 Retrofitting schools - upcoming Masterclass 🚸 New Scottish Passivhaus school 👩‍🎓PHT Academic Network https://mailchi.mp/passivhaustrust/phtpost_2026_04

💻 Latest Features in designPH with Dave Edwards 📆 Thurs 7 May 2026 🕙 12-1pm 🎟️ Book your tickets via: buff.ly/In3Hs77 ⭐ Free to AECB members and £15+vat for non-members

⭐ Off to a cracking start with the Early Bird tickets!! Thank you to those who have purchased already - you are in for a real treat this September!

📣 Plenty of places left - but sadly the funded places have all been snapped up! 💡 AECB CarbonLite Understanding Building Physics 📆 Starts Monday 1 June 2026 🕙 10am-12noon OR 2:30-4:30pm Find out more: buff.ly/IsimZBM or contact the AECB CarbonLite Training Centre - [email protected]

🎟️ AECB member early‑bird tickets for this year's annual conference go on sale on Wednesday 29th April at 9am! 👉 AECB members can book early‑bird tickets here: buff.ly/WWdK6MI

📣 New PHPP Course dates available for June! Find out more: buff.ly/bfLxUBW Contact [email protected] for more information or to book your place.

❓ Have you got your ticket? 💻 Retrofit of Student Accommodation to the AECB CarbonLite Retrofit Standard – Challenges & Solutions with Paula Mejia-Wright, Mitch Finn and Hannah Jones. 📆 Tues 28 April 2026 🕙 12-1pm 🎟️ Book your tickets here: buff.ly/0OY421I

📣 Coming soon... 💻 Retrofit of Student Accommodation to the AECB CarbonLite Retrofit Standard – Challenges & Solutions with Paula Mejia-Wright, Mitch Finn and Hannah Jones. 📆 Tues 28 April 2026 🕙 12-1pm 🎟️ Book your tickets here: buff.ly/0OY421I

📣 ONLY 3 PARTIALLY FUNDED PLACES LEFT FOR JUNE! 💡 AECB CarbonLite Understanding Building Physics 📆 Starts Monday 1 June 2026 🕙 10am-12noon OR 2:30-4:30pm Find out more: buff.ly/IsimZBM or contact the AECB CarbonLite Training Centre - [email protected]

📣 There is still time to sign up for the Whole Life Carbon Assessment Course! 💡 Whether you use Carbon Calculator or PHribbon - there is much to learn from Tim Martel buff.ly/02eHRYu

💡 Two weeks until the Whole Life Carbon Assessment Course starts. This course is perfect for anyone wanting hands‑on, practical experience with either PHribbon or Carbon Calculator software. 💻 Live, Online & Interactive 🔎 Find out more: buff.ly/fq92ZhT

The Association for Environment Conscious Building (AECB) is recruiting an executive director in what the organisation describes as a rare opportunity to shape the future of sustainable construction in the UK. Read more: passivehouseplus.ie/news/employm... @aecb.bsky.social

📣 Hampshire Local Group Event – Low cost deep retrofit, Brockenhurst 📆 April 21 @ 7:30PM 💡 This is a visit to a ‘work in progress’ deep retrofit. As it’s at first fix stage, there is plenty to see ‘below the skin’. Booking details: buff.ly/hYZ9Eyd

📣 Thanks to the UK Government’s Warm Home Skills Programme, our Retrofit Coordinator course is now eligible for funding for both members and non‑members, for those living or working mainly in England. 🚨 Limited places available! 👉 Visit our course page for details & to apply:

📣 Coming soon... 💻 Retrofit of Student Accommodation to the AECB CarbonLite Retrofit Standard – Challenges & Solutions with Paula Mejia-Wright, Mitch Finn and Hannah Jones. 📆 Tues 28 April 2026 🕙 12-1pm 🎟️ Book your tickets here: buff.ly/0OY421I ⭐ Free to AECB members or £15+vat

🚨 The next cohort for the WLCA starts on Thursday 16 April. 👉 Book your place now: buff.ly/PxJYSP1 #AECB #WholeLifeCarbon #PHribbon #CarbonLite #Training

📣 The AECB is recruiting a new Executive Director 💡 A rare opportunity to guide the UK’s oldest and largest green building association and help steer the direction of sustainable construction in the UK. 🔎 Please contact [email protected]

🔎 Find out more about the Whole Life Carbon Assessment Course: buff.ly/PJE60UT

📣 Advocating for better building performance and environmentally responsible construction, we have joined UK Construction Week as an official partner as the show returns to Excel London from 12 to 14 May 2026. Register now to attend: buff.ly/Lb6C4Bs

💡 Looking to deepen your carbon modelling skills? The AECB CarbonLite Whole Life Carbon Assessment Course is now open for bookings for the April cohort. 💻 Live, Online & Interactive 🔎 Find out more: buff.ly/fq92ZhT

❓ Have you got your ticket? 💻 Early Stage Design Decisions and their Impact on Whole Life Carbon with Catherine Sinclair 📆 Weds 18 March 2026 🕙 12-1pm 🎟️ Book your tickets here: buff.ly/jaTdiJB ⭐ Free to AECB members and £15+vat for non-members #earlystagedesign #wholelifecarbon

📅 SAVE THE DATE 📅 📣 The AECB Annual Conference is booked for Friday 25th September and will be hosted in Manchester this year! Get that date booked out in your diary and more details about venue, speakers and tickets will follow soon... 🔎 Watch this space...

What is natural fibre insulation? And does sheep's wool really have a place in this category? www.houseplanninghelp.com/397 #Insulation #EcoHome

🏆 Not one...but two Greengauge projects up for an award! Great to see that Duck End Barns & the Portugal Street projects have shortlisted for the Greater Cambridge Design & Construction Awards. Proud to have been part of the project teams: www.greatercambridge...

🚨 Passivhaus deemed to satisfy UK NZCBS! The Passivhaus standard is now deemed to satisfy certain aspects of the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard (UK NZCBS) at practical completion. https://www.passivhaustrust.org.uk/news/detail/?nId=1553

🚨 Coming soon! 💻 Early Stage Design Decisions and their Impact on Whole Life Carbon with Catherine Sinclair 📆 Weds 18 March 2026 🕙 12-1pm 🎟️ Book your tickets here: buff.ly/jaTdiJB ⭐ Free to AECB members and £15+vat for non-members #earlystagedesign #wholelifecarbon

💻 PHPP Q&A with Tim Martel 📆 Tues 3 March 2026 🕙 12-1pm 🎟️ Book your tickets here: buff.ly/F29TYb9 💷 Free to AECB members and £15+vat to non-members

🚨 There is just enough time to sign up for the next cohort of Understanding Building Physics - starting next week on Monday 2 March! 🔎 If you have considered the course but want a little bit more insight into what is on offer - check out this short taster.

💻 PHPP Peer to Peer Session with Jarek Gasiorek and Tim Martel 📆 Tues 3 March 2026 🕙 12-1pm 🎟️ Book your tickets here: buff.ly/F29TYb9 💷 Free to AECB members and £15+vat to non-members

💡 A rare opportunity to guide the UK’s oldest and largest green building association and help steer the direction of sustainable construction in the UK. 🔎 To discuss this opportunity please contact the AECB Chair of Trustees - [email protected] buff.ly/rcsR58G

💡 AECB CarbonLite Understanding Building Physics 📆 Starts Monday 2 March 2026 🕙 10am-12noon OR 2:30-4:30pm Find out more: buff.ly/IsimZBM or contact the AECB CarbonLite Training Centre - [email protected]

🚨 NEXT WEEK! 💻 Realistically Reducing Carbon and Retaining Heritage with Freya Wise 📆 Weds 11 Feb 2026 🕙 12-1pm 🎟️ Book your tickets here: buff.ly/pdCwYPf ⭐ Free to AECB members and £15+vat for non-members #retrofit #heritage #energymodelling #embodiedcarbon

🤩 Stars in our eyes! More of the Passivhaus retrofit project that is starring in Guy Martin's House Without Bills on Channel 4 on Monday 9 February at 9pm!

While watching RTÉ's "Heat my Home", I was wishing that there was going to be a UK equivalent. Seems like Channel4 had read my mind. Not only with a great presenter like Guy Martin, but also @aecb.bsky.social Greater Manchester's local group ran by Progress in Practice Looking forward to watching.

Upcoming events by our Members and Partners. asbp.org.uk/partner-memb... @thegreenregister.bsky.social EMIDAT @aecb.bsky.social Timber Development UK UKIEG & Healthy Buildings Network Mike Wye Ltd.

🚨 NEXT WEEK! 💻 Realistically Reducing Carbon and Retaining Heritage with Freya Wise 📆 Weds 11 Feb 2026 🕙 12-1pm 🎟️ Book your tickets here: buff.ly/pdCwYPf ⭐ Free to AECB members and £15+vat for non-members #retrofit #heritage #energymodelling #embodiedcarbon

I don't know whether it's gradual policy changes made after Grenfell but is it becoming harder to use natural materials? Is Building Control putting up more barriers? Or is it harder to insure an ecological building? In my latest podcast I chat to Dr. James Glocking. www.houseplanninghelp.com/395

It’s our 10th annual Healthy Buildings Conference! 26 Feb 2026, 13:00-17:45 followed by drinks&networking asbp.org.uk/healthybuild... Discounts for members of @aecb.bsky.social @woodknowledgewales.bsky.social @good-homes.bsky.social @passivhaustrust.bsky.social @thegreenregister.bsky.social

AECB members can check it out on the recordings page of the AECB website! Another reason to join today!

🚨 Get your tickets!! 💻 Realistically Reducing Carbon and Retaining Heritage with Freya Wise 📆 Weds 11 Feb 2026 🕙 12-1pm 🎟️ Book your tickets here: buff.ly/pdCwYPf ⭐ Free to AECB members and £15+vat for non-members #retrofit #heritage #energymodelling #embodiedcarbon

💡 AECB CarbonLite Understanding Building Physics 📆 Starts Monday 2 March 2026 🕙 10am-12noon OR 2:30-4:30pm Find out more: buff.ly/IsimZBM or contact the AECB CarbonLite Training Centre - [email protected]

📣 Funding Available for AECB CarbonLite Training Courses! If you’re looking to upskill in retrofit, building physics, or low‑energy building design, now is the perfect time. Explore all courses and apply here: buff.ly/rG6IPhU 🛠️ Let’s build better — together.

What are the pros and cons of embracing an automated air sealing approach to #airtightness? I explore this in my latest podcast with Hugh Franklin from Aeroseal UK. www.houseplanninghelp.com/hph394-could... #SelfBuild #Passivhaus #Housing

🚨 FINAL CALL 🚨 Starts Thurs 22 Jan and runs over 3 sessions. You will need to sign up by Monday 19 Jan if you want access to this cohort! 👉 Book your place now: buff.ly/PxJYSP1 #AECB #WholeLifeCarbon #PHribbon #CarbonLite #Training

🛑 Stop scrolling and watch this! 💡 A short video that clearly explains what the CarbonLite Standard is and how it offers a simple, technically robust pathway to creating buildings that are healthy and comfortable places to live... buff.ly/RxUxu3a #CarbonLiteStandard #HealthyComfortableHomes

🤔How to achieve AECB retrofit on a Listed Building? Find out more about the deep retrofit undertaken for the HLNSC Low Carbon Technology Centre ggbec.co.uk/portfoli... Join Gerard Thacker NEXT Tuesday 20 January for AECB lunchtime webinar: aecb.net/event/achie...

With a open loop compensated UFH system delivering >50W/m2 peak load you can expect SCOP of 4-5. The spark gap, or ratio in price between gas and electric, is about 4. So you can expect cost/unit heat to be 20-50% cheaper with a heat pump.