Richard Hands

Certified Passive House Designer and Architect.
Renewable energy solutions coupled with energy storage.

Chartered architect with broad experience in both commercial and social architecture. Focusing on promoting a sustainable future. Working with clients to generate ideas about the spaces they will inhabit to excite and astound them.

Specialties: Nearly zero energy building and renewable energy technologies to achieve EU NZEB Directive compliance for new build and retrofit projects. Architectural design from feasibility through to completion of built projects, dealing with planning, building control, procurment of state and EC funding, low energy sustainable architecture using natural materials.

Recently completed a very low carbon 55 dwelling new build housing project in Paisley and a 4 tower retrofit project for 81 flats in Dundee.
Currently working on three low energy refurbishment projects in London, Glasgow and Inverness.
Richard is also a member of the International Passive House Association, The Green Register and is trained to use U value, SAP, PHPP and Psi-Therm energy modelling software.