As part of the educational project "The journey to my ideal green home", Timo will give examples how the National Construction Code verifies energy efficiency for the residential sector while comparing the outcomes with the Passive House principles. He will touch on the 5 core principles of Passive House, a proven standard for constructing energy efficient buildings, and line out why the building’s “outer skin” is of major importance. Having lived in both circumstances, a house built to minimum Code standard and a house built to Passive House principles, he will outline the fundamental differences for comfort and wellbeing of their residents.

About the event:

• This event is recommended for people who wish to build new or want to retrofit.
• This event is free but must be booked, as the places are limited
• The educational project "The journey to my ideal green home" is a series of 8 events provided by Timo Bleeker to inform, educate and inspire the community to design, build and retrofit a greener, more energy efficient, more comfortable and healthier home considering Passive House standard.
• This event is supported by the City of Cockburn.

About the speaker:

• Timo Bleeker is a registered Architect, Project Management Professional, Green Star Associate and Passive House Designer.
• Based in Perth for the last 13 years after relocating from Germany where he practiced previously, Timo has worked as a Design and Project Architect as well as a Contract Manager on small to mid-scale construction projects. He focused on the end-to-end delivery of building design projects, ranging from new developments to alterations and refurbishments in the commercial, educational and residential sector.
• In September 2019, he became a Director of Idealings Architecture and started his further pursuit for Passive House based solutions.
• Timo graduated in 2003 at the University of Applied Sciences in Bremen, Germany, with an International Engineers Degree in Architecture. In 2013, he earned the title of a Project Manager with the globally respected Project Management Institute. He then went on to be certified by the Green Building Council of Australia in 2017, before becoming a member of the Passive House Institute and receiving the Passive House Designer title in 2018. In 2021 he was assigned as WA Representative of the national Australian Passive House Association.