Going Green
We never really had any great green aspirations when we started out on this project. Our design priorities were mainly aesthetic rather than practical. Our goal was to build a beautiful place to live.
As the design has taken shape, it has grown to incorporate many features that are considered green or ecological.
- Highly specified insulation.
- Underfloor heating & a ground source heat pump.
- Rain-water harvesting
I’ll post more on each of these in coming days…
If you enjoyed that post, then read these...
Design Patterns ~ my choices
I've already written about one of my favourite building design books A Pattern Language - Towns Buildings Construction by Alexander, Ishikawa & Silverstein.
we're just passing through...
There's an inescapable melancholy about some of Roger Deakin's writing.
Sloes...
It's been a great summer for sloes for some reason (lack of sun would be my guess), they rippen at the barn just as summer is turning to autumn.
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