Archive for December, 2006
What exactly is a zero carbon home then Gordon?
Gordon Brown announced his pre-budget report yesterday. The pertinent chapter for our industry is Chapter 7 (pdf, 26 pages). Driving home last night Radio 4 were asking the question ‘what is a zero carbon home?’. The reporter had even rang up DCLG for an answer - a spokesman said “one which was [...]
Apologies all…
For those not using an RSS feed or email and especially those using Firefox, I must apologise for the state of the site. I have upgraded to Wordpress 2.0.5 and my template has gone very askew. I shall try to fix or downgrade again in the next 24 hours - hopefully normal service will be [...]
A lesson in carbon conversion factors
The Stern Report has kicked off some of the most immature tit for tat I have ever come across. Monckton vs. Monbiot, Lomborg vs. Stern etc., etc. It’s like watching a playground tiff - fascinating to watch grown men getting their knickers in a twist, basically over semantics, politics and economics. I [...]
You don’t need an education to save the planet
Has anyone else seen this very silly Eric Prydz video promoting guerilla energy saving campaign by kids on an estate? They begin by rallying round and picking up bricks. Rather than chucking them through windows they put them in freezers and cisterns and then change lightbulbs for CFL’s and turn the telly off at the [...]
Another piece of the UK housing jigsaw falls into place - Planning Policy Statement 3: Housing published
29 November 2006: PPS3:Housing was published, a precursor to the Sustainable Code for Housing, which we all await with bated breath. No explicit mention of EcoHomes in the document, but does this look familiar (from paragraph 16)?
Matters to consider when assessing design quality include the extent to which the proposed development:
Is easily accessible and well-connected [...]
