{"id":347,"date":"2015-01-27T16:39:51","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T16:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greenboxassociates-co-uk.stackstaging.com\/index.php\/current-research\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T17:16:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T16:16:27","slug":"current-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/greenboxassociates.co.uk\/index.php\/current-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Current research"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"347\" class=\"elementor elementor-347\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1f6bb297 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1f6bb297\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61f2de49\" data-id=\"61f2de49\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a6b096 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1a6b096\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Research and policy <br><br><br><br><br><br><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7034001\" data-id=\"7034001\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63628e7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63628e7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Post occupancy evaluation of Passivhaus homes<\/h2><p>Rachel has completed a research PhD with the University of Bath. The <a title=\"Dcarb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/ace\/pg-research\/cdt-decarbonisation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Decarbonising of the Built Environment Department<\/a> within Architecture and Civil Engineering has been set up to bring together a range of disciplines to tackle carbon emissions in buildings\u00a0<\/p><p>Rachel worked in conjunction with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.passivhaustrust.org.uk\/\">Passivhaus Trust<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peterwarm.co.uk\/\">WARM Low Energy Practice<\/a> undertaking post occupancy evaluations of certified Passivhaus homes. The purpose of the research is to test the theory that there is no performance gap in homes built to the Passivhaus Standard. Both space heating in winter and overheating in summer will be considered.<\/p><p>Two papers have been published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0378778820313918\">space heating demand<\/a> in Passivhaus homes and the other on <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/0143624419842006\">overheating risk<\/a>.<\/p><p>Rachel continues her research, supporting the <a href=\"https:\/\/passivhaustrust.org.uk\/news\/detail\/?nId=970\">Passivhaus Trust<\/a> as a Policy and Research associate working on various campaigns to promote Passivhaus in the UK.\u00a0<\/p><p>Rachel has been lead author on the following policy papers published by the Passivhaus Trust\u00a0<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/passivhaus.uk\/passivhaus-compared-to-the-proposed-fhs\/\">Passivhaus\u00a0 Compared to the proposed Future Homes Standard\u00a0<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/passivhaus.uk\/passivhaus-and-embodied-carbon\/\">Passivhaus and Embodied Carbon\u00a0<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/passivhaus.uk\/passivhaus-as-an-alternative-to-future-homes-standard\/\">Passivhaus : an alternative for the Future Homes Standard\u00a0<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/passivhaus.uk\/future-home-hub-contender-specifications-for-the-future-homes-standard\/\">Futures Homes Hub : Contender Specifications for the Future Homes Standard\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research and policy Post occupancy evaluation of Passivhaus homes Rachel has completed a research PhD with the University of Bath. 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