‘Under the Sun’, a Victorian terrace house in Birmingham is an outstanding example of bringing a fairly typical old building up to PassivhausSee more on the Passivhaus standard. The PassivHaus Institute has pioneered a standard for low energy buildings. It includes very low energy usage and ways of achieving this. The word is derived [...]
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sourcing timber Sourcing sustainably produced timber and manufactured timber building products requires checking the following - Was the timber sustainably grown? How far has it travelled? Does it contain chemicals such as adhesives or timber treatment? The FSCForest Stewardship Council (who accredit timber) Woodmark or the PEFCProgramme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification. [...] Overview There are two main green aspects to lighting. how to maximise natural lighting (to minimise energy usage) how to reduce energy consumption when artificial lighting is used There are several factors to consider with natural lighting. If it comes via a clear window (rather than a light tube) then there will be: [...] Self build eco houses in the Field of Dreams, Findhorn FoundationThe Findhorn Foundation is a large community near Inverness. There is a strong emphasis on sustainable building and living. Over the last decade or so the green building movement in the UK has gone from being fringe to mainstream. Architects, builders and suppliers are [...] Under European Union law, all incandescent bulbs will cease being sold by 2016 and be replaced by energy efficient compact fluorescent lamps (cfl). The building regulationsThese are the legal regulations which govern how a house is constructed. (not to be confused with Planning Permission which is about whether you are allowed to build [...] January 2011 Energy use in our society is almost always associated with pollution and habitat destruction so all types of energy use are worth looking at: While a house is being built reducing embodied energythe total amount of energy it takes to make a material (or a building). See more on embodied energy of [...] ‘Energy use’ is usually associated with how much energy is used to construct a new building. However, this is only part of the story. Most buildings get altered and repaired and redecorated a considerable number of times during their lifetime and taken to an extreme, some houses are constantly having ‘makeovers’. This can vastly [...] The natural lighting available depends on several factors shade surrounding the building the size of windows the positioning of windows the depth of rooms reflectivity of outdoor surfaces reflectivity of walls floors and ceilings One of the ways of measuring the natural daylight falling on a particular area in a room is by calculating the [...] |
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