The Wellbeing Center

The Wellbeing Centre in Gellideg, Merthyr Tydfil, is the first Passivhaus community centre in Wales. Owned by the GFG, it was opened in September 2021 and designed by Architype architects. The building offers state of the art facilities including a magnificent three storey round room, a community hall, a training room, chill out room, meeting rooms of various sizes, offices and a mezzanine. There is public Wifi access throughout the building and a smart board, projector and conference camera; all available for meetings. We are fully accessible with disabled toilets on every floor, accessible kitchen facilities and a lift. We hire out our spaces to partners and individuals from all sectors at very reasonable rates. We have a carpark to the rear of the building and disabled parking bays outside the community hall. 

The Centre is a unique resource in Merthyr Tydfil, and is a welcoming space that supports people to make more positive life choices. We are grateful to the many funders who supported the construction of this fabulous building. 

Contact Marcus marcus@gellideg.net if you would like to book a room.

A Passivhaus Wellbeing Centre 

Passivhaus is about making the basic architecture and building do all the hard work in reducing energy consumption. Key principles are to: • get the orientation and form working together to maximise and control solar gain, improve daylighting and enable natural ventilation • improve the fabric – eliminate thermal bridging, increase insulation, airtightness and window specification • use mechanical heat recovery ventilation to allow sufficient ventilation whilst avoiding loss of heat in winter, and use passive ventilation for night cooling in summer • make heating efficient and eliminate need for cooling. Passivhaus is essentially all about achieving energy reduction by good design, rather than relying on technical fixes or add-on technologies.

See the Design and Access statement for more information.