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
Tag Archives: code level 6
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
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pPod – a new housing carbon challenge
English Partnerships have issued a Vision for a ‘community of the future’ in a press release today announcing the next carbon callenge project: The development of an innovative, zero carbon neighbourhood in the centre of Peterborough moved a step closer … Continue reading
on zero carbon and routes to get there …
There have been some very worthwhile and considered articles and comments on the definition of and feasibility of zero carbon recently – take a look at Mels post .. and Phils post for excellent round ups and for good technical … Continue reading
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a guide to zero carbon homes
Zero carbon homes in 100 words. The UK Green Building Council released a report this week defining what a zero-carbon house should be in practice. Download from here Still to read in detail but on first read appears to be … Continue reading
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Tagged code level 6, route2zero, zero carbon
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what these blogs are for …
An excellent, must read post from Mark Brinkley – Is the prince igniting a civil war? – guest blogging on Phils Zero Champion blog – sets the scene for a roundhead v cavaliers schism on zero carbon homes, code level … Continue reading
Carbon Consultation Confusion (update)
There are a number of papers and proposals out for consultation at the moment, one just closed and another still to come. So as a guide (and really looking for correction here if anyone can add to): Code for Sustainable … Continue reading →