Category: Buildings

The view from rural Cumbria

How does it feel to be living in the heart of the countryside and trying to put EarthAbbey principles into practice. Here is an inspiring vision from Cumbria for a prayer/centred rural community working the land.

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Teatime frost shows good insulation

I’ve just been pottering in my garden and come-over with a bout of procrastination during which I noticed the frost on my roof – and the lack of frost on any of the other roofs neighbouring my house. What could this mean?

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BedZED - one of the first eco housing developments

The government are currently planning new eco towns. The BedZED development was one the first on the scene.

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The Yellow House

Most of us are not going to be able to build a new house from scratch. So we need to know what we can do with our existing homes. Adaptation of existing homes may be one of the most important contributors to dealing with climate change in the UK. George Marshall has researched this and the Yellow House illustrates the main principles lying behind adaptation. Much of it is not particularly costly either.

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The Oxford Solar House

Here is one of the first Eco houses - designed by Susan Roaf to explore what PV cells could do. It has been so successful that it is both net exporter of electricity and Sue manages to run her car off the roof as well!

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