Below are the latest resources to be added to the SuperHomes resource library. You can search for a specific type of resource or a particular subject by using the search filter on the right.
AECB , the Sustainable Building Association, brings together builders, architects, designers, manufacturers, housing associations and local authorities, to develop, share and promote best practice in environmentally sustainable building.
Refit west has been working on a pilot project with a small number of pioneers in Bristol and the West of England as part of their work to make it the most sustainable city-region in the UK. The homeowners lived in different types of housing and were all committed to increasing the energy efficiency of their properties. Their report is available here and will now feed into the Department of Energy and Climate Change and the Energy Saving Trust development of large-scale energy efficiency schemes for private homeowners.
Gentoo, a Sunderland based Social Housing Provider, share their experience of retrofitting 139 Sunderland homes in the Retrofit Reality Report.
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Read the latest Sustainable Development Commission report.
Read the fantastic results of previous visits to SuperHomes!
Download the presentation given by Tadj Oresezczyn at the Alliance meeting 22nd January 2010.
One of the best ways to reduce your carbon emissions is to convert your heating to a wood fired system. Wood is a carbon neutral fuel; it only emits as much carbon when burnt as it took in whilst growing. An efficient wood fuelled boiler can cater for all your home’s heating and hot water requirements.
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