Wales has a ‘carbon free’ house
An interesting story on Wales Online today that raises more questions for me than it answers for me…
Wales has it’s first ‘carbon free’ house. The house is built along PassivHaus lines on a small estate in Ebbw Vale from mainly Welsh materials. It has PV panels so generates its own power and has managed to achieve level 6 in the Code for Sustainable Homes.
However, it still has energy bills of £50 a quarter. Not sure what that’s for, perhaps electricity connection or standing charges (although the article does specify ‘energy bills of just £50 a year’). As such, I’m not sure what ‘carbon free’ means – perhaps I’m being cynical and perhaps some more research is required…
If you enjoyed that post, then read these…
Lammas ecovillage
In the same part of the world as the MBC barn is the Lammas ecovillage.
My Barn Conversion Is Changing…
We’ll be making a few changes to My Barn Conversion over the coming weeks.
MBC Photos now on Flickr
With the somewhat baffling success of our YouTube videos now playing on Channel MBC.
Posted in News | No Comments » « Leave Yours
Tags: Code for Sustainable Homes, eco-towns, Feed-in Tariffs, website
