So – the job is already into its fourth week – how time flies… So – it is quite exciting at this time in any project, lots of very apparent and significant work is obvious for all to see, walls removed, floors taken up, the skeleton of the house visible for everyone to see. At this point in any build …
Project update – part IV
So – this is a very brief post, but I wanted to share this little video as one of our clients came and visited us on site yesterday as was a little taken aback that this had already been done. It was a little noisy first thing on a Monday so we waited till a little later in the morning …
Project update – Part III
So just a quick update… at the end ofour second week on site week we have managed to get the wall knocked out and the steel inserted to open up the dining and kitchen area – carefully insulated at the end of the beam to avoid cold bridging. This is to stop the beam creating a cold point running through …
New Project Part II
Our first week on the job was spent investigating what we couldn’t find out before; exactly what lay under the carpets, where the drains run, getting the water and gas turned off so we could start removing the existing bathroom and kitchen, having the electrician set up a site RCD (for safety), and discuss the electrical layout. With the help …
New Year – New Project
So – it has been a busy start to the new year already, along with some amazing work we are doing with the Green Building Partnership and other project partners in Brighton we have also begun a new full house eco-renovation project. Based in central Brighton this is a detached house built in the 1940s/50s with a classic layout, tiled …
Timber Framed Eco House complete
Congratulations to our client who has successfully completed the building of the timber framed Eco House in Coldean that we have been working on for the last several years. From the original concept of this eco-house right through to the final certification in Code for Sustainable Homes this has truly been a long, involved, complicated, frustrating but ultimately successful process. …
Solar Tower
Hi, saw this video on YouTube today and thought i’d share it with you all… now – the scale of a project like this is large, but if you want to address the worlds energy issues then a little grand thinking is needed!! And the idea is really simple in essence – hot air rises… and hot air moves towards …
CO2 emissions rises mean dangerous climate change now almost certain
Carbon dioxide emissions from industry rose an estimated 2.6% this year, according to a study of global carbon emissions. This article was printed on the Guardian Website – Dec 2012 – http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/dec/03/co2-emissions-climate-change-certain The research by the Global Carbon Project, an annual report card on mankind’s CO2 pollution, also says emissions grew 3.1% in 2011, placing the world on a near-certain …
Green Deal Launched… trumpet fanfare?
Well, the much vaunted Green Deal; in Greg Barker MP’s words – a “revolution in the way we undertake energy efficiency improvements” has been launched in the UK. Did you hear the trumpet fanfare? The drums roll? The large scale promotion that was promised? No, us neither. There was a front page article in the Guardian’s Money section on Saturday …
Peak Oil
watch this great video on the truth about Peak Oil….