Our Process
Custom Builder Conscious Construction Co carries out 3 healthier construction practices to new home builds, extensions and renovations.
Passive House
Construction
Custom Builder Conscous Construction Co specialises in building Passive Houses. A Passive House uses 90% less energy than a standard home. It has to be designed by an accredited Passive House Designer and Passive House building principles need to be followed in its construction. The home must pass a test in order to attain its Passive House certification.
High Performing Low Energy Consumption Home
For a new home build or home extension, we will use sustainable building practices to make your home comfortable to live in and more economical to run, and therefore with less impact on the environment.
A Custom Builder undertaking renovations to improve health and performance
Perhaps you are seeking ways to make your existing home more comfortable to live in, want lower running costs, or want to limit your impact on the environment. We can make adjustments to your home’s energy performance through the work we carry out.
We all have a part to play in protecting the planet
At Conscious Construction Co. we endeavour to recycle as much of the waste from site as possible.
See our practicesWhat would you get?
A Passive House
• ‘Passive House’, or ‘Passivhaus’ as it is known in German, is a design standard that delivers healthy, comfortable and efficient buildings.
• In simple terms, a Passive House is a design standard that achieves thermal comfort with minimal heating and cooling by using insulation, airtightness, appropriate window and door design, ventilation systems with heat recovery, and elimination of thermal bridges.
• A Passive House takes a ‘fabric first’ approach. The focus of the design is ensuring the thermal envelope (the layer that separates inside from outside) is optimised to provide comfortable, healthy, indoor conditions. By getting the skin of the building right, everything else falls easily into place.
• There are 5 main Passive House foundational principles of design: appropriate insulation, no uncontrolled air leakage, mechanical heat recovery ventilation, windows that insulate and seal, and no thermal bridges.
• Not just anyone can design a Passive House and not just anyone can build a Passive House. They must be carried out by qualified Passive House Designers and Tradespersons. Once the build is complete, the Passive House Institute administers the Passive House certification once it has met certain performance standards.
A high performing low energy home
• Whilst we believe the aesthetics and end result ‘looks’ of a home renovation are important, we truly believe the performance of a home matters just as much.
• Prior to the renovation of your home starting, we would carry out an analysis of the home and conduct air leakage testing and thermal testing.
• The existing cladding and roof sheets would likely need to be removed and premium permeable wall and roof membranes (sarking) would be installed for airtightness. This would be done to stop leaky building syndrome (leaky building syndrome is the fungal growth that literally eats away at the timber framing that creates the structural and health risks of the inhabitants).
• It is likely that the windows would need to be upgraded to double glazing (at a minimum) to ensure air leakage and noise pollution was reduced.
• High quality insulation would be installed throughout and air gaps around the home would be sealed.
• Cladding and roof sheeting would be re-installed but during installation we would create a ventilated cavity. We do this as it helps to remove any moisture that might accumulate either via water vapour permeating from the interior of the building, or from dew condensing from ambient air entering the cavity).
Renovating to improve performance
• It is our belief that how a home performs and how it has been built is just as important as how it looks.
• We can discuss numerous options with you on how to improve your home’s performance and make it a more comfortable home to live in. Whether that be through changing how your building is wrapped and cladded, to changing the types of windows you have.
• ‘Passive House’, or ‘Passivhaus’ as it is known in German, is a design standard that delivers healthy, comfortable and efficient buildings.
• In simple terms, a Passive House is a design standard that achieves thermal comfort with minimal heating and cooling by using insulation, airtightness, appropriate window and door design, ventilation systems with heat recovery, and elimination of thermal bridges.
• A Passive House takes a ‘fabric first’ approach. The focus of the design is ensuring the thermal envelope (the layer that separates inside from outside) is optimised to provide comfortable, healthy, indoor conditions. By getting the skin of the building right, everything else falls easily into place.
• There are 5 main Passive House foundational principles of design: appropriate insulation, no uncontrolled air leakage, mechanical heat recovery ventilation, windows that insulate and seal, and no thermal bridges.
• Not just anyone can design a Passive House and not just anyone can build a Passive House. They must be carried out by qualified Passive House Designers and Tradespersons. Once the build is complete, the Passive House Institute administers the Passive House certification once it has met certain performance standards.
• Whilst we believe the aesthetics and end result ‘looks’ of a home renovation are important, we truly believe the performance of a home matters just as much.
• Prior to the renovation of your home starting, we would carry out an analysis of the home and conduct air leakage testing and thermal testing.
• The existing cladding and roof sheets would likely need to be removed and premium permeable wall and roof membranes (sarking) would be installed for airtightness. This would be done to stop leaky building syndrome (leaky building syndrome is the fungal growth that literally eats away at the timber framing that creates the structural and health risks of the inhabitants).
• It is likely that the windows would need to be upgraded to double glazing (at a minimum) to ensure air leakage and noise pollution was reduced.
• High quality insulation would be installed throughout and air gaps around the home would be sealed.
• Cladding and roof sheeting would be re-installed but during installation we would create a ventilated cavity. We do this as it helps to remove any moisture that might accumulate either via water vapour permeating from the interior of the building, or from dew condensing from ambient air entering the cavity).
• It is our belief that how a home performs and how it has been built is just as important as how it looks.
• We can discuss numerous options with you on how to improve your home’s performance and make it a more comfortable home to live in. Whether that be through changing how your building is wrapped and cladded, to changing the types of windows you have.