Retrofitting MVHR

a good ventilation strategy is paramount
for all refurbishment & EnerPHit projects

Case Studies for Retrofit and EnerPHit Projects with MVHR

Fuel poverty in Scotland

Extreme fuel poverty, costing more than a fifth of disposable income, affected 91,000 Scots households in tenement flats, or 16% of the total. Older homes have the most fuel poverty.

Retofitting these hard to heat homes with a radical fabric first approach will drastically help the situation for those tenants.

Warksburn Old Church - EnerPHit

The energy-efficient rebuild of Warksburn Old Church has created one of the most efficient buildings in the UK. This heritage building from 1875 was sensitively updated a with cutting edge low carbon technology and is now generating more energy than it consumes every year. It is the first church conversion in the world to create a home which meets the ultra-demanding Passivhaus standard for energy efficiency.

Warksburn Old Church
Niddrie Road EnerPHit

Niddrie Road EnerPHit Project

107 Niddrie Road is a pre-1919 red sandstone tenement in Glasgow, consisting of eight one-bedroom flats. Southside Housing Association commissioned the retrofit of this building to the EnerPHit methodology, featuring ultra high levels of insulation and airtightness combined with new heating and MVHR.

Retrofit for Lung Disease Sufferer

This private retrofit of a detached dwelling in Renfrewshire has great significance for the end-users. Michael has a severe degenerative lung disease and he hoped that a Passive House MVHR system would ease his condition. What he found after installing the system exceeded his expectations.

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Warksburn Eco Church

Old meets new at Warksburn Old Church, a historic building getting a new lease of life as a Passivhaus holiday destination.

Niddrie Road EnerPHit Project

case study

These Victorian tenement flats were upgraded to Passive House levels. The MVHR installation proved a challenge.

 

Ventilation for Retrofit Projects

renovations

Want to know more about how homes that are being renovated can be ventilated?

Case Studies & Testimonials

mvhr info for end users

Want to get inspired by what our customers say and the health benefits they experienced?

Passive House Case Studies

mvhr for new builds

PAUL Heat Recovery has accompanied Scottish Passive House projects from the start. Look at some of the amazing projects.

Experimental Case Studies

research projects

We were involved in a number of exciting research projects of Scottish Universities and other experimental projects that took us from Scotland to Dubai.