The Passivhaus Trust, the UK-based passive house organisation, has officially launched the Trust's newest guide - How to Build a Passivhaus: Rules of Thumb highlights the key aspects of the do's and don'ts of best practice.

The useful document follows two existing documents explaining what is Passivhaus, and why choose Passivhaus. The new guide explains how to build to Passivhaus.

The guidance is richly illustrated on every page, using diagrams to illustrate principles and concepts, and drawings and photos to illustrate examples of practice. The content will not include design details at this stage. It is envisioned that the contents of the publication will also be converted into a Passivhaus wiki, based on the sub-sections, where more detail will follow.

The Passivhaus: Rule of Thumb (draft version) is Free to download at the following links below: