Podcast: Play in new window | Download Kingsley Barraclough shares his experience of building a house and explains why he decided to use structural insulated panels (SIPs). Interview with Kingsley Barraclough Kingsley’s background as a plumber has given him plenty of opportunities to see houses losing heat
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When I started the House Planning Help website, it was partly because I didn’t like the way my local area was changing. I felt powerless to do anything as large-scale developers put up apartments close to where I live, boosting the population in quite a short space
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download Mark Saich from Green Building Solutions gives an insight into why straw bale building is becoming popular. He also addresses some of the issues that we may harbour around the safety and durability of this low impact and low carbon material.
Read more →Do you wonder why others aren’t focussed on getting themselves into an energy efficient home? What factors undermine the logical drive for energy efficiency? At this time it’s crucial that we do not make the wrong decisions when it comes to building or retrofitting houses. Whilst
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download Matthew Cutler-Welsh from Home Style Green explains some of the challenges of creating sustainable urban systems. He also shares his goals as a podcaster, including championing healthier, better homes for New Zealand. Check Out Our Brand New Videos We’ve teamed
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download Andy Simmonds from Simmonds Mills Architects explains ventilation in the home, why it’s important and what the options are if you’re looking to retrofit a property for energy efficiency. Interview with Andy Simmonds Aged 12, Andy got his first taste
Read more →Although I live a few miles away from one of Ebenezer Howards’s garden cities, Welwyn Garden City, I confess to knowing very little about the garden cities movement. I’ve heard the term crop up from time to time, even at the beginning of this year as a
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download Mark Brinkley considers why the UK has the smallest proportion of self build across Europe and what changes might need to occur if we wanted to adjust the balance. Mark shares why Germany’s system is more likely to lead to
Read more →I do find it fascinating how simple things can make a huge impact on an area. Without turning into a neighbourhood busybody, which I realise I may already be!, I want to talk about a few trees that have been given the chop in my local area.
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download London’s Ecobuild has just concluded for another year and Ben Adam-Smith shares his experience of the event. In this episode he chats to four people he met there – Janet Cotterell from Passivhaus Homes, Jon Bootland from the Passivhaus Trust, Jo
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