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The Simon Dale website describes in detail the building of a straw bale house which took 4 months to build, an estimate 1000 -1500 man hours and just a few thousand UK pounds. Straw bale building was developed in America during the 1800′s and is a technique that is becoming more popular today because it can [...]
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The Simon Dale website describes in detail the building of a straw bale house which took 4 months to build, an estimate 1000 -1500 man hours and just a few thousand UK pounds. Straw bale building was developed in America during the 1800′s and is a technique that is becoming more popular today because it can [...]
Balewatch.com is a fantastic website with massive amount of content including over 50 straw bale house plans, photographs, build histories, photographs, links to related resources, advice, tips, tricks, questions and answers. Straw bale building issues including electrics, plumbing, solar energy, heating, insulation, foundations, building techniques, fire resistance, insects and vermin, moisture and damp proofing, costings, [...]
This is a cheap and natural way to make your own plaster, no need for trips to the diy store!
As well as using less energy, green buildings can command higher rental rates and have a higher asset value, they also performed better during the recent downturn, according to a research paper published recently by the RICS covering the economics of green building called, Sustainability and the Dynamics of Green Building. The research includes conclusions [...]
This post in progress, we aim to link to interesting and useful articles and resources on how to build particular things. How to Build a Pizza Oven, is great little article in the Guardian by Frederika Whitehead who attended a Kate Edwards one-day cob-oven course in Norfolk for £80!
The University of Northampton in cooperation with the World Wildlife Fund has launched an online carbon footprint calculator recently which runs through a series of lifestyle questions to calculate carbon footprint in tonnes per annum. The well designed and easy to use website also makes a series of personal recommondations based on your answers and [...]
The market for solar PV panels which generate electricity is taking off in the UK and with the Feed in Tariff scheme demand is set to increase. So where is the best place to buy solar panels? To qualify for Fit, it’s not just a matter of slapping some panels onto the roof and plugging [...]
Greenbang, an independent company that delivers daily news and analysis to business leaders working in the energy, low-carbon and sustainable sector presents, Smart Grid European Conference Thursday, 21 October 2010 The Kyocera Technology Suite, London, W1T 3JH Plans are in place for the rollout of 145 million connected smart meters across Europe by 2020 with [...]
September 17th at the Bath Ventures Innovation Centre BA1 1UD, this conference looks at the businesses and technologies that are cutting carbon and making cities altogether more responsive to the pressures of today’s population, organised by Low Carbon South West.
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