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Category Archives: insulation
Insulation in a wet country with old buildings. Implications for Green Deal
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
Posted in energy efficiency, insulation
Tagged efficiency, external insulation, Fit for the future, Ganllwyd, hidden hydro, insulation, Keith Jones, National Trust, National Trust Blog, Paul Southall, problems with insulation, refurbishment project, SUSREF, ventilation control, western climate
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Green Deal and ‘traditional buildings’ not there yet. Must try harder
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
Coleshill: turning sustainability into a way of life
Yesterday Jane and I had the pleasure of meeting up with Jo Trussler (The NT Low Carbon Village Coordinator) on her original patch at Coleshill. I’ve wanted to meet Jo for a while as admired so much her work … Continue reading
Posted in Biomass, energy efficiency, insulation, PV, South East
Tagged biomass, Coleshill, community, community development projects, community energy, food miles, Renewables
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Holiday Cottages – Volunteer energy efficiency work continues
Thought it would be good to offer an update on the Environmental review work our volunteer Tom Eagle has been carrying out across National Trust holiday cottages following our earlier blog – “Become a National Trust volunteer” Tom’s Mission ( and he … Continue reading
Posted in energy efficiency, Energy generation, insulation, LED and lighting, Waste, Water
Tagged efficiency, Egryn holiday cottage, energy, energy efficiency, environment, environmental, Fit for the future, insulation, Keith Jones, LED, National Trust, National Trust Blog, Paul Southall, sustainability, volunteering, Wales
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Plas Newydd energy cost saving – Devil is in the detail
As per the earlier blog on Plas Newydd and its financial/energy savings, we have been asked for the What/how and who? As with all of the work that we have carried out it has been “fairly” systematic in the approach … Continue reading
Efficiency – Back to basics
Now that the Wales pv project is in the “tidy up” phase, Keith and I have started to plan the next steps in our energy efficiency work across Wales. Granted this is often thought of as the “none sexy” stuff, … Continue reading
Posted in energy efficiency, insulation, LED and lighting, uncategorized
Tagged amr, energy, energy efficiency, National Trust, Paul Southall
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