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After the success of two of our projects being nominated in no less than 4 separate category’s at the forthcoming Structural Timber Awards, we are delighted to announce the Enterprise Centre at the University of East Anglia has been shortlisted in the ‘Best Use of Timber’ category at this years OffSite Construction Awards.
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‘Goldsmith Street’ Norwich looks set to be the largest social housing Passivhaus scheme in the UK to date. The planed 120 units will be a mixture of individual houses, and flats and marks the continuing commitment from Norwich city council to provide low energy social housing.
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Congratulations to our very own Agnieszka Sikora who recently passed her final exams to become a Passivhaus Consultant. Agnieszka joins our growing team of in-house Passivhaus Consultants who strive to deliver exemplar low energy buildings.
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We are delighted to announce two of our Passivhaus projects have been shortlisted in 4 separate categories for this years Structural Timber Awards! The Enterprise Centre at the University of East Anglia and Burry Port Community School have both made the short list in the following categories..
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Work is progressing very well on our build in Clonmel, Co Tipperary. Our client opted for our Precision300® wall system of closed panels which offer rapid means of achieving exceptional results on site. The twin wall is constructed from 140x38mm preservative treated structural timber twinned with an 89x38mm preservative treated structural timber incorporating an insulated cavity between the two walls, which greatly reduces thermal bridging. 
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Cygnum invites you to join us at Vision Olympia London, over the 2 days it will host many of the key players in the future of the built environment from award-winning architects to cutting edge product manufacturers.Visit us at stand 36 to talk to us about our innovative wall systems and to pick up a copy of our latest Passive House brochure.
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Cygnum’s most recent Passivhaus housing development got off to a flying start this week at Hansard Close, Norwich. The 10 Passivhaus units is an exciting project which marks the commencement of Norwich City Councils significant housing pipeline.
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Cygnum welcomes Dún Laoghaire Rathdown’s recent adoption of the passive house standard.  Our manufacturing facility can produce up to 2,000 passive house units  a year, or 35­40 units a week, allowing for the mass production of high quality, ultra­low energy housing. As featured in the recent publication of Passive House Plus…..

Tackle housing crisis with passive housing — Cygnum – passivehouseplus

‘It’s great to see the arrival of new bits for our automated production line today. The butterfly tables will allow us to work on the outside and inside face of our wall panels in the factory where precision and quality are paramount. They give us the option of doing more for our clients offsite. We expect them to be up and running in 3 weeks….fingers crossed!’
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