We believe that building sustainably should be ‘normal’. Everything we do at ECOHUS is about making sustainability standard practice for the built environment. That starts with putting sustainability at the core of the brief for every new house or renovation we design, but with the broader ambition to influence the supply chain as a whole through our research and network.

ECOHUS is a play on the word ‘ecohouse’ and you can read more about how we define an ecohouse is this article which describes sustainable features such as energy efficiency, the efficient use of resources, and health and wellbeing.

If you would like to make your next house an ecohouse, or incorporate sustainability into other architectural projects, here are some of the ways we can help.

• Design your new-build home from scratch to suit your needs and style, and respond to the site whether that is remote and off-grid or a fully serviced urban plot.
• Renovate your existing house to make it more energy efficient – a process referred to as ‘retrofitting’ – either as a standalone task or part of a broader refurbishment project.
• Adapt a standard new-build design to make it more sustainable without necessarily changing the look or layout.
• Project manage the construction stage, including support for owner-builders.

ECOHUS was established by Ran Boydell in 2014 with an initial focus on research about sustainability in the built environment, separate but in support of his architectural practice. As the research knowledge base developed the focus was able to shift to delivery and in 2025 the decision was made to bring all work – architectural, development, research – under the ECOHUS brand. During his career of 30+ years Ran has worked on ‘all sides of the table’ in the built environment – architecture and design, developers and builders, councils and national government, education and research, community and non-profit organisations – giving him experience and insight about how industry supply chains work and how they can be changed to support the transition to sustainable low-carbon buildings.