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 …
Project update
So, a quick update on one of our projects – this last few weeks have seen the installion of a 1.75kWp Solar PV system – which we managed to have installed just before the August 1st cut off date when the FIT was reduced again.So this should produce: yield of 1,265kWh Total energy produced over 25 years 30,866kWh A total …
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) …
Green Deal Consultation
Well, I haven’t updated this blog for a little while – so difficult to keep up with all the things happening in both the local area and also nationally. So – one of the major aspects has been the closing of the Green Deal Consultation – see here for our response to the DECC: GreenDealConsulation – response As you may …
Recent renovation – terraced house in Brighton
Terraced House in Brighton Our client has a 1870-80’s Victorian terraced house in the very heart of Brighton near Brighton Train Station. Of course this is a conservation area, protecting the character of the area, however it comes to improving the thermal efficiency of a property this presents its own difficulties and limitations. With our Architect and Sustainable Building Consultant …
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
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 …