UK property market update: Interest rate rises and sustainable buildings- Are there trends to be aware of? Syntegra Managing Director Alan King reports.

The UK property market is experiencing a notable shift as interest rates continue to rise, coinciding with an increasing focus on sustainable buildings, Passivhaus standards, and the integration of Greentech solutions. This update aims to shed light on these interconnected developments and the implications they hold for property investors, developers, and homeowners still reeling from […]

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Government guidelines for building new homes in isolated rural settings have changed and developers must now plan for a building which is ‘truly outstanding, reflecting the highest standards in architecture…and significantly enhance its immediate setting, and be sensitive to the defining characteristics of the local area’ if it is to qualify as an exception. Paragraph […]

UK Passivhaus Open Days 2012 – Syntegra’s site visit

Syntegra Consulting attended on Friday 9th November the visit of the Fox Barn single family Passivhaus in Andover, Hants as part of the UK Passivhaus Open Days 2012. A huge amount of energy is waste through inefficiency, lazy design and bad habits formed by energy being historically too cheap to worry about, but it is […]

Wall insulation -Energy Efficiency in Building

In a building a well installed insulation ensures energy efficiency in every part of the building envelope and more specifically on walls. Insulation is a key component of the wall to achieve a low U-value and there are lots of innovative building systems for wall insulation. LOGIX Build Solutions launched their new LOGIX IFCs products […]

Passivhaus Design Services

Developed in Germany in the 1990s, Passivhaus is a quality assured standard and methodology for low energy building, which can help create buildings which use around 90% less energy than standard UK buildings. Based on well researched and proven building physics, Passivhaus is based on the principle that reducing heating loss to a minimum is […]