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Creating the green dream
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 16th February 2009 at 9:28 am
Converting your house to low-carbon luxury doesn’t come without a lot of hard work, and vast quantities of attention to detail. Last week I wrote about what Sue Harley and Neil Tappenden achieved in turning their Devon farmhouse into a low-carbon dream home. This week I look at how they did it, an…
Posted in: Energy efficiency, Biomass, Solar heat & hot water
Ban power showers?
Posted by Barry Nutley on 11th April 2009 at 10:15 am
Banning power showers was the subject of a debate on Jeremy Vine's show on Radio 2 last Monday. It prompted many a response from listeners. The facts surrounding our lack of water in many parts of the UK are reasonably well documented (including on previously blog posts on this site), so the idea is…
Posted in: Rainwater harvesting
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