Category Archives: energy efficiency

appraches to energy efficinecy, technology, management, monitoring and cultural shift

The Midlands Region Needs You! Environmental Management System Adviser – Are You Up for the Challenge?!

Posted on May 30, 2013 by

It goes without saying that Wales are leading the way when it comes to making themselves ‘Fit for the Future’. Here in the Midlands we are striving to keep pace (and learning from their successes as well as their mistakes!) … Continue reading →

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Butterflies and shingles…

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

I have been privileged to work on the Speckled Wood project over the past few years. Speckled Wood is a sustainable new build, built by the National Trust as a home for long-term volunteers. It was designed by Ben Law, … Continue reading →

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Insulation in a wet country with old buildings. Implications for Green Deal

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

Earlier in the week we set up a training event for the buildings team here in Wales and few others in the little tin village hall which the NT refurbished 6 years ago at Ganllwyd in N Wales. The main … Continue reading →

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Fit for the Future: Annual Report 2012 – 2013

Posted on April 4, 2013 by

 We have spent the last week bringing together all of the data on our environmental progress during 2012 – 2013 into the “Fit for the Future Environmental management System Annual Report”. The purpose of this document is to highlight the … Continue reading →

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The Highs and Lows of Retro Fit Energy Saving Lighting

Posted on March 22, 2013 by

It started with a crash course with Lighting Services, looking at colour rendering, (the ability of a light source to reproduce and enhance the colours faithfully in comparison with natural light source), the importance of the correct beam angles, the … Continue reading →

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Green Deal and ‘traditional buildings’ not there yet. Must try harder

Posted on March 13, 2013 by

Tuesday I was at the living green center at Morden Hall park to discuss Green Deal and the potential car crash that is energy efficiency investment on traditional buildings. James Lloyd had organised a superb meeting of the interested, impacted, … Continue reading →

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Widdop Gate Cottage Hardcastle Crags – ASHP

Posted on February 24, 2013 by

I was recently invited back to  Widdop Gate Cottage to look at the refurbishment from a former Scouts Hostel into a residential dwelling.  It was just over a year ago when I was asked to put forward suggestions for a … Continue reading →

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