Energy efficient housing scheme shortlisted for award

A Passivhaus scheme near Newtown has been nominated for a top property award.

The Passivhaus scheme at Sarn, near Newtown, has been shortlisted in the sustainability category in the Wales Property Awards.
 
Pave Aways has been shortlisted in the sustainability category for the development and the new Welshpool Church in Wales Primary School, which was completed last December. Both projects were delivered for Powys County Council.
 
The £1.3m development in Sarn, near Newtown, was the first Passivhaus development that had been built for the local authority. The seven energy efficient homes – four two-bedroom bungalows, two two-bedroom and one three-bedroom houses – were built using low energy construction methods and include sustainability features such as solar panels and mechanical heat ventilation recovery systems.

They were designed by Newtown-based architectural and planning practice, Hughes Architects. The practice has also been shortlisted in the architectural firm of the year in the same awards.
 
Pave Aways managing director, Steven Owen, said both projects were equally deserving winners.
 
“Both schemes were delivered during a testing time for construction following Brexit and during the covid pandemic, so it is testament to the hard work of our team, our partners, our sub-contractors and suppliers, that they have been recognised in these awards,” he said.
 
“There’s some tough competition from other big industry names, so to be shortlisted is an achievement in itself,” he added.
 
The winners will be revealed in a ceremony at Cardiff City Hall on September 15.