Maria Hawton-Mead is a certified Passive House designer and sustainable design consultant with over 25 years’ experience designing comfortable, low-energy housing, mixed-use developments and private homes. She advises architects, planning professionals and homeowners on building or retrofitting buildings to use less energy, be healthy and practical places to live, and be resilient to climate change. With a unique mix of passion, technical expertise and design skills and many years spent on design, project management and eco-renovations for projects large and small, Maria can help you achieve sustainability standards at all levels including the ultra-low Passive House standard and zero carbon.