martin brown
Improvement advocate in the built environment with a passion for social media, wildness, music, mountains, walking, cycling, astronomy, geostuff, outdoor, inspirations, dark skies, connectivity, edge of chaos, improvement, natural environment, CSR, built environment, virtual worlds, resilience, community enterprise ... and more
Category Archives: housing
Green Deal Opportunities for Industry
At last a good, readable and comprehensive guide to Green Deal from the Energy Efficiency Partnership for Buildings (EEPB) and the Construction Products Association The Guide is aimed at manufacturers, distributors, main contractors and installers, from individuals to SMEs to large … Continue reading
Posted in built environment, construction, green buildings, housing
Tagged cpa, eepb, greendeal
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a transition view of the uk transition housing plan
A welcomed and important perspective on the UK Low Carbon Transition Plan was posted by Rob Hopkins on the Transition blog: After many months of Ed Milliband putting himself out there are a Secretary of State for Energy and Climate … Continue reading
Posted in built environment, carbon, comment, construction, energy, housing, politics, refurbishment, resilience, sustainability, technology, transport
Tagged transition towns, zero, zero carbon
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on passivhaus challenges
Su Butcher has posted an excellent and very useful comment on PassivHaus being about saving energy over on her blog, Just Practicing. I did comment there in brief but here is a more detailed response. Relationship with Code 6 and Carbon Definition As … Continue reading
defining zero carbon – more clarifications (for homes at least)
On Wednesday I sat in on a Zero Carbon Hub consultation event relating to the defining-zero-carbon-homes-presentation2zero carbon definition for buildings. I did manage to send some tweets via twitter during the session, and here, I have pulled these together to give … Continue reading
Posted in comment, greenwashing, housing, legislation, links, route2zero, sustainability, technology
Tagged code level 6, Twitter, zero carbon, zero carbon hub
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sustainable resources and publications update
Items of interest to built environment + natural environment + sustainable communities filtered from the Sustainability Development Research Network (SDRN) update Engaging Places A new initiative has been launched by CABE and English Heritage to help every school exploit the … Continue reading
zero carbon definition
Climate Change and Sustainable Development Team at the Department for Communities and Local Government have launched the consultation on the definition of zero carbon homes and non-domestic buildings. see the press notice at http://www.communities.gov.uk/news/corporate/1101131. They are interested in views on … Continue reading
Posted in built environment, carbon, green buildings, housing, links, News, sustainability
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smart sustainable homes?
Reading the BRE Smart Home Systems and the Code for Sustainable Homes published from ibexellence and available from their site (thanks for the info on this from Derek over at Keeping Ahead of the Oil Curve The objective of … Continue reading
Posted in carbon, comment, housing, links
Tagged be2camp, BRE, Code for Sustainable Homes, CSH, homecamp
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are EPC’s working
Fellow bloggers Phil at ZeroChampion and Adrian at McFilter have commented recently on the feedback from their EPC (Energy Performance Certificates) assessments and made the observation that the recommendations do nothing more than suggest low energy lighting. I hear the … Continue reading
Posted in blogs, comment, housing, sustainability
Tagged energy performance certificates, EPC, They Work for Us
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on low carbon existing homes
Currently reading around the greening of existing homes, the following links are of interest and indicate the way forward perhaps: Rob ‘s Axis Design Architects award winning eco terrace in Newcastle-Under-Lyme that demonstrates how existing Victorian terrace properties can be … Continue reading
Posted in housing, refurbishment, sustainability
Tagged Axis Design Architects, ECD, eco-terrace, existing homes
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Ten tips: building green for contractors on a budget
Ever-changing regulations surrounding environmental policy require contractors to re-examine business practices on a regular basis. Unfortunately, contractors are left to interpret a great deal of industry regulations on their own. Among these confounding regulations are those concerning environmental protection. Guest … Continue reading →