As part of London Open House Weekend, this is a rare opportunity to visit the Low Carbon Victorian Eco House at 8 Bertram Street. In autumn 2010, United House carried out a low-carbon retrofitting of a solid walled, three-storey Victorian terraced house in Bertram Street, Camden using the revolutionary WHISCERS™ laser technology Read More…
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The SuperHomes network is celebrating the opening of its 100th SuperHome: at Temple Avenue in York, an affordable rented property belonging to the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust (JRHT). Inside and outside, the SuperHome, looks like a typical 1930s semi-detached house, but it has undergone an energy retrofit that makes it a showcase for the future. The refurbished home will be open to the public by appointment over the next three years so that people can see how low-energy living can be achieved using today’s building materials and technology. To read more please click here
The Sustainable Energy Academy has been shortlisted in the Innovation category of The Sustainable Housing Awards 2011, organised by Inside Housing magazine and its sister publication Sustainable Housing.
This awards scheme focuses on the best “green” social housing projects constructed in the UK, and the organisations responsible for them. The trophies will be presented at a suitably “eco” awards ceremony at the Hilton Hotel in London’s Park Laneon Friday 21st October.
SEA has been shortlisted for its innovative WHISCERS insulation system. Developed in partnership with United House, the system provides a low mess, low waste internal insulation system which can be installed with residents in-situ. Gabby Mallett project manager of the WHISCERS trial in Camden explained that ‘in our trial we found that we could insulate a room in under an hour and in one room we managed to get down to just 30 minutes. This system could truly revolutionise the way social housing is renovated’.
Nick Duxbury, Editor of the Sustainable Magazine said: ‘Now in their fourth year, the Sustainable Housing awards 2011 have, once again, been inundated with entries from the leading green organisations featuring the most innovative and impressive projects in the UK. It is a fantastic achievement for SEA to be shortlisted in the face of such fierce competition. We are thrilled to be able to host the awards ceremony that recognises the work of the housing sector’s sustainable pioneers.’
Last year nearly 600 people attended the event, which was hosted by comedian Mark Watson, and in 2009 Jon Snow was the master of ceremonies. This year’s event will be hosted by comedian, actor and keen climate change campaigner Marcus Brigstocke.
The sponsors of the awards include Mitie, United House, Profile 22, H + H, Sustainable Homes, NHBC, Willmott Dixon, Breyer Group, Apollo, Higgins, Wates Living Space and British Gas.
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For further information contact Gabby Mallett on 01908 354536 or gabby.mallett@nef.org.uk
If you want to find out more about the awards, the judges and each of the finalists go to insidehousing.co.uk and click on the events section.
The Sustainable Energy Academy
The Sustainable Energy Academy (SEA) is a charity which promotes education and action to reduce the carbon footprint of buildings and communities. By networking with people and organisations at local level it aims to achieve national impact. It is the architect of the SuperHome Campaign. The SEA also promotes research into technology and processes which reduce the time and cost of implementing whole-house retrofits.
Every year the Ashden Awards holds a vibrant ceremony attended by around 500 people including leading figures from the business, academic, investor, environmental, political and media spheres. At last nights awards ceremony (June 16th 2011) SuperHomer Paul Ciniglio from Radian received the prestigious 2011 Ashden Award for Radian Housing Association’s carbon cutting work, including the Radian SuperHome.
Adding to that great news, Radian also won the gold “Best of the Best” Award. The awards were presented by Kevin McCloud, of Grand Designs fame. SEA won the Award in 2009 and had pleasure in being a referee for Radian’s submission (not the Best of the Best Award, it was not invented then). Our congratulations go out to Paul and his CEO Lindsay Todd who has supported Paul in his work.
John Doggart and other SuperHomers represented over a third of the speakers at the recent Radian Conference on 20th May. This sell-out meeting was a fantastic success, and included Chris Huhne the Secretary of State. Helping him out were SuperHomers Colin Butfield, Paul Ciniglio, Peter Evans (Radian) and Russell Smith as well as Cathy Hough our assessor in the West of England. During the conference SuperHomes were mentioned with approval by many of the speakers, not just SuperHomers.
SuperHomes are becoming famous!
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Building on previous SDC work on the built environment (Stock Take, Review of the Sustainable Communities Plan), The Future is Local began as the Delivering Neighbourhood Retrofit project in Autumn 2009. Its aim was to explore how retrofitting our existing neighbourhoods can reduce emissions and wider resources use, attract investment, and improve quality of place and life for residents.
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Green Build News visited Tony Almond’s house in Welwyn village, Hertfordshire on the occasion of his first opening on Sunday 27th June.
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The first online-only venture from Hamerville Magazines is now live. Providing built environment professionals with a source of news, features, expert comment and case studies on all aspects of sustainable building, Greenbuild News also offers a fortnightly newsletter.
The sustainability agenda affects everyone involved in the construction industry and the need for information, and inspiration, has never been greater. Greenbuild News aims to provide both.
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