Eco-Farmhouse

The farmhouse shown above is a perfect example of how to create a traditional rural dwelling with a very high energy efficient design. Get your very own home study plan here!

 

Eco-Townhouse

 

This town house was built as part of a small award-winning development.

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Eco-Dwelling

 

Here is an example of a contemporary home built to exacting eco-standards. To receive your personal  home study plan - please let me know.

 

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Derelict Cottage      Eco-Design is ... Designing for true sustainability - by:
  • Using only local renewable sources for materials and energy
  • Creating harmony between people and the environment
  • Saving our built heritage through sensitive conservation
  • Creating new buildings with positive environmental qualities
  • Helping to reduce the rate of global warming
  • Enhancing quality of life for the occupants of the building
  • Using new efficient technology to replace old inefficient technology

Eco-Design ...

Does not always have clear solutions.

 

The remains of the cottage shown above is a perfect example of vernacular architecture but it might not prove easy to restore sustainably.

 Re-useable BridgeThe steel bridge on the left uses recyclable materials  - steel and timber (about 97% of steel in use in the UK today has been recycled) and is designed to be demounted and re-used in another location - so has excellent sustainable credentials.

Eco-Design ... Must be an integrated process, through total co-operation between architect, engineer and client from the start, in selecting:

  • A suitable site
  • An overall sustainable design concept
  • Materials and their procurement
  • Construction methods and sustainable building management
  • Renewable Energy & Zero-carbon technologies
  • Water conservation methods
  • Transport and Waste requirements to eliminate pollution
  • Enhancement measures for local Ecology & Eco-systems
  • Healthy materials and processes

 

 

 sustainable transport?
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