Joseph Little graduated in 2008 from the Graduate School of the Environment in mid-Wales with an honours degree in ‘MSc Architecture – Advanced Environmental and Energy Studies’ and in 1996 graduated from UCD with a Bachelor of Architecture. He has been a member of the Royal Institute of Architects since 2003 and was the first architect to join ÉASCA (the Environmental & Sustainable Construction Association) in 2007. He formed this practice in 2003 and has consistently worked to raise the bar in construction standards since.

As part of this focus his practice has focused on low energy, environmental and acoustic forms of construction. He also lectures widely and has written repeatedly for ‘Construct Ireland’ magazine on appropriate materials, detailing and health in buildings. In Spring-Summer 2009 he is writing a series of article focusing on the complex issues associated with thermal upgrades to single leaf walls.

He has just launched ‘Building Life Consultancy’ as a service to the Construction Industry and other architects to facilitate a step-change in knowledge of building physics, thermal bridging and health in buildings.

Katharina Rossow is a German architect. She graduated as a ‘Diplom Ingenieur’ in 1996 and gained permission to practice as a professional architect two years later. She has worked consistently in the profession for the last 13 years, for many of those running her own practice. Katharina has strong design, presentation and management skills.

Her business contacts within the German Construction Industry and language are particularly useful in accessing Central European materials and know-how, such as the Passivhaus Standard.

Beñat Arregi is from the Basque Country and graduated as an Architect in 2007. His course had a strong engineering and technical component. He is passionate about using computer technology as a creative tool for designing and evaluating energy and hygrothermic performance in buildings.

He is a core member of the practice’s Building Life Consultancy service.

Shane Byrne is Irish and graduated in 2005 with a Bachelor of Architecture. He recently gained his Part III qualification. His skills include 3D modelling, graphic design & office management. He has worked with Joseph Little Architects for the past three years building his knowledge of healthy buildings & building technology.