Hi All, great news – just found out that we were voted as runner up in the Best Newcomer and Best Eco Home Blog at the www.Primelocation.com best blog awards for 2011. Great news – and thanks to everyone who voted for us. Alex
Projects ongoing – Grass roof
The recent installation of a ‘warm roof’ and substrate for a Grass roof ready to be sown as a meadowland in the Spring
Renewable Heat Incentive
Well, the much anticipated Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) first phase begins today – 28th November 2011 – for commercial, industrial, not-for-profit and commercial public sector. In the words of the DECC – “The schemeĀ is beingĀ introduced in two phases. In the first phase, long-term tariff support is targeted in the non-domestic sectors, at the big heat users ā the industrial, business …
What is the Green Deal?
The Green Deal and how does it work?
Feed in Tariff rate decrease
The consultation on the Feed in Tariff (FITs) for solar PV installations in being debated in parliament today – they are proposing a 50% reduction in the FIT rate for <4kWp systems from the current 43.1p/kWh to 21p/kWh – due because the FIT system has been so successful and that installation costs have dropped by 30% according to the DECC!! …
Eco Energy Fair
attending the Eco Energy Fair for the third year in a row – Bright Green Homes had lots of interesting conversations – even if many of them were with other companies.
Eco Open House Event
Hi All, well last week we held a morning open house for people to come and visit the renovation in Eastern Terrace as part of the Eco Open House event – http://www.ecoopenhouses.org/houses2011/4-eastern-terrace-mews.html – thank you to all the visitors (over 40 in 3 hours!). If there are any questions about the house, or if anyone was unable to visit in …
Eco Home available for sale
An ecohome designed by Bright Green Homes to achieve Code 6* (zero carbon) of the Code for Sustainable Homes is available for sale to a self builder. A compact plot of land in Brighton, on the edge of the national park and near the Universities, designed by Bright Green Homes as an affordable 3 bedroom eco-home that can achieve Code …
BGH featured in Latest Homes Magazine
We are being featured in the Latest Homes magazine, “the number one property magazine for Brighton, London and across the UK” – http://www.latesthomes.co.uk/ download the article here: Latest Interiors
converting the studio
So, like much of the country everything slowed down for us over the Easter/Bank Holiday/Wedding fiesta that was the end of April, but it was back with all guns ablazing at the beginning of May, so sorry if I haven’t had time to update this blog as much as I would have liked. The conversion of the garage to a …