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HPH332 : How accurate are Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs)? – with Tom Gwilliam

HPH331 : What is a mechanical services engineer? – with Alan Clarke

HPH330 : What is a planning consultant? – with Andy Moger

HPH329 : What does a structural engineer do? – with Beth Williams

HPH328 : Insulating internally with a thin layer of wood fibre board – with Martin Twamley from Steico

HPH327 : Upskilling in DIY during a home retrofit – with Es Tresidder

HPH326 : Is it worth upskilling your knowledge of Passivhaus? – with Simon Bell

HPH325 : What reduces the performance of insulation? – with Mark Siddall

HPH324 : Why robust planning is vital for a home retrofit in stages – with Alan Budden

HPH323 : Can I heat my home with an air source heat pump? – with Nathan Gambling

HPH322 : An EnerPHit standard retrofit of a Victorian mid terrace home – with Guy Hargreaves

HPH321 : How do you make an existing home energy efficient? – with Paul Ciniglio

HPH320 : Precision-cut timber frames – with Antoine Costantini from Kithurst Homes

HPH319 : Natural materials and healthy homes – with Tom Woolley

HPH318 : Do I need a structural warranty for my self build home? – with Jake Fitness

HPH317 : Getting ambitious with sustainability – with Kit Knowles from Ecospheric

HPH316 : Why we must embrace sufficiency – with Lloyd Alter

HPH315 : Simplifying the delivery of high performance, sustainable homes – with Mike Jacob

HPH314 : Getting a self build over the finish line, despite setbacks – with Mike Coe

HPH313 : What input might an engineer have for a Passivhaus self build? – with Gwilym Still

HPH312 : Building a tiny house with natural materials – with Jeffrey Hart

HPH311 : Should we celebrate architecture that performs poorly?

HPH310 : Important takeaways from an exemplar straw panel Passivhaus

HPH309 : Keeping costs down by embracing simplicity – with Kirk Rushby and Polly Upton

HPH308 : Testing the thermal performance of a house – with Tom Fenton from Veritherm

HPH307 : Can you have integrity as a housing developer? – with Mike Webb

HPH306 : Building an exceptional house beyond the walled garden – with Nigel Dutt

HPH305 : Building a Passivhaus with cross-laminated timber – with Mick Woolley

HPH304 : What are digitally manufactured houses? – with Bruce Bell from Facit Homes

HPH303 : What does it take to project manage your house build? – with David Arrenberg

HPH302 : A contemporary Passivhaus home in a rural context – with Martin McCrae and Mhairi Grant

HPH301 : Energy | People | Buildings – with Hattie Hartman

HPH300 : The houses I've lived in – with Ben Adam-Smith

HPH299 : Is mechanical ventilation just something else to go wrong? – with Ben Adam-Smith

HPH298 : Do I need self build insurance? – with Andrew Reardon

HPH297 : Why retrofit a Victorian terraced home to Passivhaus standard? – with Guy Hargreaves

HPH296 : How to connect a new water supply to your home – with John Hernon from Thames Water

HPH295 : How to connect a new electricity supply to your home – with Neil Clarke from UK Power Networks

HPH294 : Using a package supplier to deliver an ecological home – with Adrian Reith

HPH293 : What is Passive House Accelerator? – with Zack Semke

HPH292 : What home automation do you really need? – with Mark McCall and Scott McMurray

HPH291 : Having the freedom to build what you want – with Werner Brouwer

HPH290 : Being resourceful to bring down the cost of a build – with Colin Rice

HPH289 : Retrofitting period properties – with Roger Hunt

HPH288 : Renovating a 1960s house for comfort and efficiency – with Russel Hayden

HPH287 : A beginner's guide to retrofit – with Russell Smith

HPH286 : What is the Living Building Challenge? – with Martin Brown

HPH285 : Developing plant-based building materials – with Judith Thornton

HPH284 : Build It magazine's Self Build Education House – with Calum Taylor and Opinder Liddar

HPH283 : Modelling the embodied carbon of your build – with Tim Martel

HPH282 : How to share knowledge, test and debunk! – with Nick Grant

HPH281 : What's it like to be an owner builder? – with Tully Gallagher

HPH280 : A beginner's guide to the Passivhaus Standard – with Jon Bootland

HPH279 : A beginner's guide to building terminology – with Lee Fordham from Architype

HPH278 : A beginner's guide to self build – with Geoff Stow

HPH277 : The importance of building performance evaluation – with Professor Fionn Stevenson

HPH276 : A case study of Hope View Passivhaus – with Tracey and Roman Iwanczuk

HPH275 : How to reduce the cost per square metre on a self build – with David Snell

HPH274 : An innovative cork house, designed for disassembly – with Matthew Barnett Howland

HPH273 : A hemp house that also minimises plastic use – with Paloma Gormley

HPH272 : What is the problem with plastic? – with Emily Penn

HPH271 : Common questions about the Passivhaus standard – with Ben Adam-Smith

HPH270 : What is the WELL Building Standard? – with Olga Turner Baker from Ekkist

HPH269 : What is snagging? – with Chris Parsons

HPH268 : The state of self build in the UK – with Jason Orme

HPH267 : Self build tips, eco design and the climate emergency – with Kevin McCloud from Grand Designs

HPH266 : How to invest sweat equity into a project while maintaining quality – with Ajay Boardman and Nigel Bowley

HPH265 : Preserving the beauty of a building while renovating to EnerPHit standard – with Jonathan Kearns

HPH264 : Your forever home lifestyle – with Mark Siddall from LEAP

HPH263 :A step-by-step EnerPHit retrofit of a mid-terrace home – with Harry Paticas from Arboreal Architecture

HPH262 : Where do you put a low energy Cube micro home? – with Mike Page

HPH261 : Reducing construction waste and reusing materials – with Duncan Baker-Brown

HPH260 : What's the difference between a self build and a speculative development? – with Mark Stevenson

HPH259 : Constructing the masonry superstructure of Portree Passivhaus – with Mike Coe

HPH258 : Using a turn-key design and build company to deliver an ecological home – with Neil Sutherland

HPH257 : 4 ways a self build project can go wrong – with Ben Adam-Smith

HPH256 : What makes a well designed MVHR system? – with Tom Heywood

HPH255 : How do you specify high performance windows? – with Chris Herring

HPH254 : Transitioning to an ecological civilisation – with Jeremy Lent

HPH253 : Would property investors buy sustainable homes? – with Rob Bence

HPH252 : How to reduce the embodied carbon of your new home – with Chris Magwood

HPH251 : Adopting a ‘do less, but better' mentality for your house build – with Charlie Luxton

HPH250 : 10 inspiring self builds – with Ben Adam-Smith

HPH249 : How to create a light and airy contemporary home – with Danny Luhde-Thompson

HPH248 : The benefits of joining a cohousing development – with Jan Chadwick

HPH247 : Two radical retrofits that use an internal wall insulation strategy – with Bill Butcher

HPH246 : Self build mortgages that promote sustainable living – with Paul Ellis from Ecology Building Society

HPH245 : How do you create a healthy home? – with Elinor Olisa

HPH244 : Is tiny house living right for me? – with Jenna Spesard

HPH243 : Embracing the “Not So Big” philosophy – with Sarah Susanka

HPH242 : How to make a cohousing scheme a reality – with Phil McGeevor from Cannock Mill Cohousing

HPH241 : 10 tips for better budgeting on a self build – with Ben Adam-Smith

HPH240 : How to start planning a self build – with Ben Adam-Smith

HPH239 : 3 great eco developments in New Zealand – with Matthew Cutler-Welsh

HPH238 : Making Passive House homes affordable – with Adam Cohen

HPH237 : A SIPs Passivhaus build on a tight budget – with Richard Dudzicki from RDA Architects

HPH236 : What next for House Planning Help? – with Ben Adam-Smith

HPH235 : My entire 6-year house build (told through my audio journal) – with Ben Adam-Smith

HPH234 : How well did I do on my self build? – with Ben Adam-Smith

HPH233 : How to choose a construction system for a house build – with Mike Hardwick
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