Our #explainpassivehouse competition entry was selected as the winner of the global competition by the International Passive House Association and the Efficiency: The First Renewable Energy Campaign.
Our #ExplainPassiveHouse competition entry was selected as the winner of the global competition by the International Passive House Association and the Efficiency: The First Renewable Energy Campaign.
It called for an explanation of passivhaus using household appliances. The analogy is, unfortunately, incredibly apt in Australia and New Zealand.


Andy joined Dick Clarke at Envirotecture as a young architect, gaining significant experience in designing genuinely sustainable buildings, both residential and non-residential, in Australia and overseas. After a stint at a large corporate practice, Andy returned to Envirotecture as a director in 2014. He went on to found Passivhaus Design & Construct in 2020, in order to make Passivhaus performance more accessible for more people.