 BedZED: “Bedzed is a brave attempt to import into urban living a whole ready-made eco way of life, which people can buy into, both literally and metaphorically, by moving onto the 100 dwelling “green village”. This is fully-fledged systemic environmental design, where, rather than in the usual ad hoc bolt-on conventions, the whole design is integrated to minimise environmental impact, and optimise energy reductions through an all-embracing approach” ...
Interview with Bill Dunster: Oliver Lowenstein talked to architect Bill Dunster about the influences that led him to designing ecological social housing and all things Zed.
Zero C02 buildings: everyone is talking about them but few have yet been built in the UK. On this project EcoArc Architects have worked with the same multi disciplinary design team that worked on David’s Autonomous House and York’s Zero CO2 Environmental Education Centre, both featured in previous issues of BFF.
Thermal mass: heavyweight V's lightweight. While the Building Regulations concentrate on insulation, they say nothing about the nature of the construction. There is a continuing debate, some would say heated, about the benefits and disadvantages of the two main types of building, namely heavyweight and lightweight. There is no doubt that combining high levels of insulation with good design and attention to detail during construction have an important role to play in providing low running costs and comfortable internal temperatures ...
Insulation standards: this issue we look at timber frame detailing at the wall to roof joint. . ... the conductivity of structural timber is much higher than the insulation filling the gaps. It then becomes quite critical as to how much of the frame is timber and how much insulation ...
Canadian super efficient homes: the continuation of energy inefficient building regulations standards in the UK has encouraged ultra efficient house builders from Canada to take advantage of the situation and launch an offspring of their proven R2000 system in the UK. Forward thinking UK construction companies are being sought as partners ...
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