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Who else has done an ECO Retrofit ?

Icon Written by admin on May 7, 2009 – 7:00 am

The first step is to find out who else has done an ECO Retro fit. I will add further links to this post, but below is what has been passed to me.
Sustainable Energy Academy - has a list of examples of various conversions.
Overhaul of Victorian House in London
Parity Projects
The Yellow House



T-Zero - Ways to reduce the environmental impact from existing housing

Icon Written by admin on April 12, 2009 – 3:58 pm

Introduction
T-Zero is a web based tool that enables the user to provide details about their property, and an amount of money that the user wishes to invest in improving the carbon footprint, energy usage (i.e. reducing it), payback period, bill savings etc
It is quite comprehensive, but doesn’t include some options. Below is the dialogue with [...]



HM Government Heat and Energy Saving Strategy

Icon Written by admin on March 26, 2009 – 4:47 pm

Ok, so clearly there will be more stringent building regulations for new homes ultimately resulting in a zero carbon home, but what about the millions of existing homes ? Here is the link to the Goverment’s Consulation documents. What this ultimately boils down to is - how are home owners going to spend out £1000’s [...]