Bicton Solar Passive Studio House 2018

Bicton Solar Passive Studio House

This small house was the realisation of a long-held goal to build a solar passive house for myself. I deliberately did not engage a professional architect because I wanted to show that simply adopting the basics of orientation, glazing, thermal mass, shading and through-breezes would yield a highly-energy-efficient house. And it is. No supplementary heating or cooling required.

I also deliberately kept the house construction low-tech – normal construction techniques, just done in a slightly cleverer way.

This is the third and last year we will be open for SHD. The house and gardens are ‘almost there’ – time for us to sign off and look at all the other amazing houses.

Donations on the day will be going to support men’s health: The Movember Foundation.