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 …
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 …
We have a new phone number
Hi All, we now have a new telephone number – until now we have been using VOIP but the signal in our office is pretty poor so we have succumbed to a standard landline – please update your records that our phone number is now 01273 202866. Look forward to speaking with you soon.
LEAF – analysis of properties in Brighton & Hove
You can see some fantastically interesting results from the Local Energy Assessment Fund (LEAF) project that we were involved with, with The Green Building Partnership in the Spring of 2012. visit – The Green Building Partnership for further info The overall figures show that by following the advice contained in the Green Building Partnership reports the properties we visited in …
Grass Roof – blooming lovely
I haven’t had a chance to update our blog regarding some of our projects for ages so here we go: We have been working on project in Surrey for the last 9 months,the owners of this E rated (SAP rating – standard assessment procedure for the Energy Efficiency of dwellings – think of the A-G ratings seen on domestic appliances) …
Voted top 10 property blog
We have been voted one of the Top 10 property blogs by www.quickmovenow.com – wow thanks guys – glad you are enjoying reading the blog and hope that everyone finds at least something useful in here to use on their own domestic refurbishment. Don’t forget we offer a whole design/manage solution for your home – so if you are in …
Green Building Partnership animation
Green Builidng Partnership Bright Green Homes worked with a local animator – Laurie Rowan to develop an animation to describe the work that the Green Building Partnership (a cooperative of eco-refurbishment specialists) do, to make it a little easier for everyone to understand. Our skill set is so varied, that sometimes its hard for me to know what we do!! …
How you can help the environment from the comfort of your own home
There are lots of things we can do at home, both in the house and around the garden, to be more environmentally friendly. It is more important than ever that human beings look after the planet and work to mitigate the effects of climate change, and we can all play a part in the global movement to manage our environment …