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Shoreham Beach ‘PHI LEB’ | First floor steel (phase 3)
The first floor steel (phase 3) is now installed, with 2 columns extending full height.
Shoreham Beach ‘PHI LEB’ | Second floor visualisation
Updated visualisation now with Google Earth data by Mission Digital Graphics Click&Mix
AECB Brighton Group meeting | 6pm Wed 20 Sept 2023
BSBM tonight, wed 20 September, arrive from 6pm at the Lord Nelson at 36 Trafalgar Street, Brighton BN1 4ED (very accessible from Brighton train station) on the ‘Upper Deck’ to allow better social distancing. Pub food is available. We would ask people not to attend...
Shoreham Beach ‘PHI LEB’ | Compliance
From the outset, the house was modelled in the Passivhaus Planning Package (PHPP) which suggested compliance with the Passivhaus (heating Demand) criteria of 15 KWh/m2/year, and with a dedicated and experienced team, meeting the 0.6 ACH airtightness target was a...
AECB Brighton Group meeting | 6pm Wed 19 July 2023
BSBM this Wed 19th July, arrive from 6pm at the Lord Nelson at 36 Trafalgar Street, Brighton BN1 4ED (very accessible from Brighton train station) on the ‘Upper Deck’ to allow better social distancing. Pub food is available. We would ask people not to attend if they...
Shoreham Beach ‘Passivhaus’ | First floor
The views from the first floor (bedrooms) are impressive and there's another storey (living space) to go! You can see the steel frame for the balcony and shading to the ground floor.
Shoreham Beach ‘Passivhaus’ | Steel phase 2
Unlike the steel within the building the steel outside the thermal envelope is galvanised (silver) to protect it from the elements, and predrilled for trimming out in timber and fixing a facia. The steel frame gives an initial impression of the canopy to the ground...
Shoreham Beach ‘Passivhaus’ | First floor
Posi joists have a timber top and bottom chord separated by a steel web which are stable and allow services, especially ventilation ductwork to run easily around the building. You can also see a opening for a roof light in the photo. The garage roof is also Posi...
Cork insulation seconds
If you are interested in cork insulaiton with some bitumen contamination on some of the faces (but removable with a band sore) 120mm thick varying length/width and disaggregated form in bags please contact Rob Smith at rob@material-index.co.uk.
AECB Brighton Group meeting | 6pm Wed 19 July 2023
Next BSBM Wed 19th July, arrive from 6pm at the Lord Nelson at 36 Trafalgar Street, Brighton BN1 4ED (very accessible from Brighton train station) on the ‘Upper Deck’ to allow better social distancing. Pub food is available. We would ask people not to attend if they...
Shoreham Beach ‘Passivhaus’ | Steel phase 1
Phase 1 steel (ground floor over) installed in just 1/2 day. Eagle eyes will spot the heavy bolts to the steel either side of the opening which were required to limit any (live load) deflection in the steel to less than 2mm! Holes have been pre formed in the concrete...
Shoreham Beach ‘Passivhaus’ | Landscaping
Concrete pour to the rear boundary Stepoc walls and the garden concrete slabs. The concrete footings to the external Stepoc boundary walls can be seen, perhaps overkill but they will be robust in the event of flooding! The external insulation is being...