Programme

Climate Emergency: The Passivhaus Solution

Masterclass: 7 October 2025 at ICC Belfast & Online

Programme to be announced.

Conference: 8 October 2025 at ICC Belfast & Online

Programme is subject to change

	HALL 2	MEETING ROOM 1
08:45 – 09:30	Registration at foyer Welcome coffee & sponsor exhibition
09:30 – 11:00	Passivhaus & the climate emergency The big picture – an international viewpoint Andrew Muir, Minister of Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Affairs of Northern Ireland Taking Passivhaus mainstream in Ireland Stephen O’Shea, Cairn Homes Client & risk management Tomás O’Leary, mosart Stephen Long, Scottish Futures Trust
11:00 – 11:30	Coffee break & sponsor exhibition
11:30 – 13:00	Keynote Projects: Residential Social housing new build: Sunningdale Gardens Sharon Poots, NIHE Social housing retrofit: Cables Wynd & Linksview House James York, Collective Architecture Private housing: Lancaster Park (PHI LEB) John Carrigan, Fraser Millar	Keynote Projects: Non-Domestic DAERA College Campus: “College of the future” John O’Boyle, DAERA Jonathan Greig, Hamilton Architects Cormac Freehill, Bennett Freehill Fermanagh & Omagh District Council Swimming Pool Matt Bridgestock, John Gilbert Architects Acorn Building Education Pavilion Paul McAlister, Paul McAlister Architects Cathy Burns, Derry City & Strabane District Council
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch & sponsor exhibition
14:00 – 15:15	How to deliver Passivhaus New build: Practical Experience Case Studies Trent View College Simon Bell, HLM Architects Portmarnock Drumnigh Oaks Development Charlie Conlan, Ballymore	How to deliver Passivhaus Retrofit: Practical Experience Case Studies Libraries NI Kieran McCambridge, McLean & Forte Architects Gareth Quinn, Nilan.Green
15:15 – 15:45	Coffee break & sponsor exhibition
15:45 – 17:15	Passivhaus Futures 1: Costs & standards TBC	Passivhaus Futures 2: Fuel poverty/Retrofit TBC
17:30 – 18:30	Drinks & networking