I just received a very interesting comment from a “simple builder” about the regulatory maze. There are some interesting points in there. I don’t agree with all of them but I wanted to draw attention to them just the same: Sorry guys I just have to speak out. I speak as a simple Builder, we [...]
Archive for March, 2009
cookie speaks out
Posted in architecture, climate change, Code for Sustainable Homes, passivhaus, renewable energy, SAP, sustainability, utilities, zero carbon on March 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
standard biomass supply contracts
Posted in biomass, renewable energy, tagged biomass supply contract, ESA, FEY, Future Energy Yorkshire on March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Future Energy Yorkshire has put together some standardised biomass supply contracts, available from their website. This provides a great starting point and actually takes some real costs out of setting up a supply contract. Excellent work, FEY.
ill wind from Warwick carries important lessons for us consultants
Posted in engineering, london, renewable energy, wind turbines, tagged Encraft, micro-wind, Warwick Wind Trials on March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As flagged up by Tom at XCO2e, the Warwick wind trial final report (pdf) is out and the results aren’t good. Keeping in mind that the trials included only sub-2kW turbines, there are some important things to take away from the report: We consultants must be cautious – it’s not enough to take an average [...]
feed-in-tariffs could emulate European PV success – but at what price?
Posted in climate change, feed in tariff, sustainability, utilities, tagged Proven Energy, PV, quietrevolution on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A bunch of green bloggers got together last week after EcoBuild and as the pints slid down, the conversation got increasingly nerdtastic. It got so bad that drunken consultants were pulling out their laptops (never a good idea in the pub) and gesturing wildly at powerpoint slides as they slurred and babbled incoherently. Not naming [...]
passivhaus at ecobuild
Posted in passivhaus on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Unfortunately I have to do some flippin work this morning and so can’t attend the passivhaus seminars at ecobuild. If anybody attends, could you put up a comment or drop me an email?
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