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11.05.20 Employees happy to keep remote working despite PM’s ease on lockdown restrictions
Following Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s addressing the country on the 10/05/2020 in which he has eased some lockdown measures, more than half of employees state they are happy to carry on working from home at least until the end of…
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14.04.20 Sustainability in the Built Environment
The real estate sector is one of the biggest contributors to global warming. According to conservative estimates from the World Economic Forum, the industry consumes 41% of global energy annually and accounts for 20% of international carbon emissions. This presents an…
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23.03.20 PassivPod gains FutureBuild award
PassivPod awarded winner at FutureBuild 2020 for the Offsite Category.
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21.02.20 Furniture Forms and Their Influence on Our Emotional Responses Toward Interior Environments
The existing body of literature suggests that evoking emotions through design provides rich interactions. The authors tested Pleasure and Approach reactions of 111 participants toward two curvilinear and two rectilinear simulated interior settings. The curvilinear forms resulted in significantly stronger…
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29.10.19 PassivPod could be the solution
Students have complained that their “pod” accommodation in a university car park is “not fit for humans” and “not mentally viable”. Undergraduates staying at the University of the West of England’s (UWE) new Purbeck Court site have described their “tiny”…
04.10.19 Successful World first at South East Construction Expo
A one-bedroom apartment block was built in just under six hours (5 hours, 55 minutes and 7 seconds) in a world first construction demonstration, last Thursday 26 September at the South East Construction Expo held in Ardingly, West Sussex.Take a…
30.09.19 Using new technologies, Brexit Britain will build the cutting-edge homes of the future
Using more technology we could cut energy use, create highly-skilled jobs and build a new export market. https://www.passivpod.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Daily-Telegraph-blog.docx
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20.08.19 Timber Glulam withstand a burnout fire
A fire test shows that glulam structures can be designed to maintain their load-bearing capacity throughout a burnout fire. This allows for greater use of glulam in tall buildings. You can read more about it here: https://www.passivpod.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Timber-Glulam-withstand-a-burnout-fire.pdf