About
Ventive is a pioneer in the design of naturally intelligent building services that create comfort without costing the Earth. Founded in 2011, the company took a different view on how to provide healthy indoor environments without embedding energy-hungry and overcomplicated technology. With energy costs increasing and the climate crisis achieving more airtime, they were not satisfied with the options available to them when designing the buildings of the future – it was time to change things.
Working with top UK university researchers from Imperial, UCL, and Brunel, Ventive filed for patent in 2013 on a technique known as passive ventilation with heat recovery. Initially designed for the home refurbishment market, the products enjoyed early success before being further developed in the following five years into a range of products designed for schools, leisure centres, commercial buildings and domestic dwellings.
The company then took this learning and created Windhive®, intelligent natural ventilation with heat recovery for buildings like schools, sports halls and community buildings.
Located in Kingston-Upon-Thames, London the team continues to collaborate with top researchers and publishes academic papers that expand the knowledge base within this area on a regular basis.
Ventive has already won numerous awards for its innovation and commitment to sustainable architecture including the Best Startup at the Lloyds TSB Enterprise Awards and more than 20 sustainability, retrofit and innovation awards, including: Air Movement Product of the Year (Heating & Ventilation News); Best Innovation in Energy Management; Best Sustainable Innovation Award (CIOB); Best Retrofit Innovation (Retrofit Awards); Best Retrofit Project; Best Sustainable Building (Sustainable City Awards); Best Carbon Reduction Project (EDIE) and the Inventor of the Year (Autodesk).
