Rivergreen Revisited
Nearly 10 years since completion, I visited the Rivergreen Centre in Durham to see how it’s performing. When I returned to the North East in 2005, I didn’t know many...
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Thermal Delight
With highly insulated homes, and autonomous heating and ventilation systems, are we in danger of losing the delight in our thermal environment? This Easter weekend has brought us the first...
Spacehus: Zero Carbon Homes in Blyth
Spacehus delivers a pilot project of four zero carbon homes in Blyth offering tenants a life without energy bills. February saw the unveiling of four new low-energy homes in Northumberland,...
Bale Frenzy!
I take a course in straw bale building and learn about the myths and misconceptions of this natural construction material. As a kid growing up in rural Northumberland, I have...
Environmental Enterprise : Cross Lanes Organic Farm Shop and Cafe
Cross Lanes Organic Farm Shop and Cafe, near Barnard Castle, combines passive solar design with the thoughtful use, and reuse, of materials, integrating low and zero carbon technologies with vernacular...
Not So Hot : Thermographic Imaging of a Newcastle Terraced House
I put my own house to the test with a Thermographic Camera and find it falling short! Our recent post on thermal comfort, ‘How Warm Is Your House?‘, got me...
Garbage Warrior
‘For 35 years, architect Michael Reynolds has been experimenting with radical sustainable living in New Mexico’s desert … He believes that progress evolves through making mistakes…but not everyone sees it...
How Warm is Your House?
Do Southerners really heat their homes three times longer than Northerners? In this post we investigate thermal comfort and why good design and construction can reduce energy bills. “Southerners heat...
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