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So – I have been super busy recently and haven’t had a chance to update our blog for a while – so heres a quick update of the fantastic news that we were awarded the PEA Awards 2016 – Homes category winner!! its a real honour to be awarded this amongst so many other great companies – so thank you …
Here’s a video of Alex giving a talk at the BRE headquarters about Domestic Retrofit at the Retrofit4Change this July… For more information visit – http://www.retrofit4change.com/ there are also lots of other interesting talks on their You Tube Channel This one-day conference, was aimed at building owners, housing associations, large private estates, architects, developers and contractors within the residential sector. …
Well – this is really exciting – but we’ve been shortlisted in the Built Environment section of The Guardian Sustainable Business Awards: Built Environment – An award for innovative redevelopments or new-build projects that are at the leading-edge of approaches to reducing the built environment’s negative environmental impacts and raising its positive social impacts. http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/mar/14/announcing-the-2016-guardian-sustainable-business-awards-shortlist We’re up against some pretty …
The good guys from Amelia & Satnaam @ Funding Options and great photography from Toby @ Exposure photography we have been doing a little posing on one of our recent jobs!! So – some of these pictures are a little “cheesy” but some are great – what do you all think? any favourites? Answers on a postcard please – or …
So – we are very happy to have finally updated our website (the old website was great but just didn’t work too well on an iPad or phone. Now that so many people are using these devices we thought it would be a good idea to get “with the program”. In an age of information overload we try and keep …
In September 2015 I set off for the first LEAF trip to my cosy gite in the Vendée, France – had a plumber booked to civilise its bathroom and, well, I just get itchy feet every couple of months. My Leaf doesn’t have Tesla’s battery power. My NEXT Leaf might though (can’t imagine owning an ICE again) as the …
So then Le LEAF and I went to France, but not without HOURS of research. I know the route(s) pretty well as my destination is my gite in the Vendée which I have owned and loved for a dozen years. These days there’s a good Autoroute network from Dieppe, via an easy ferry out of Newhaven. All I had to …
charging at IKEA, Dartford So, I passed the “just go for it” stage, made mistakes, found out how to make stuff work by guess, trial, and error. This included how to drive with my left foot tucked under the seat so I didn’t slam it down on an imaginary clutch – I have not driven an …
Frances’s adventures with EV – part 2 I’ve been both triumphant and desperate, without actually having to call up a flatbed for rescue. However I am writing this a couple of hours drive south of the Loire so I am successfully getting about a bit.. and I love this car! Here’s my early learning curve: 😀 GOOD 😟 BAD Once …
Preview A change of viewpoint for this Bright Green Homes blog: Alex is deep in running our green and ethical contracting company in this tough (carbon centric) economy and riding the ebb and flow of any normal business. Meanwhile I am winging along a bit easier these days, so I’m* going to take over the blog slot and also broaden the subject …
