Blog exploring the embodied and whole life carbon for cavity wall construction in comparison with other construction types, drawing on PHribbon research.
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Blog exploring the embodied and whole life carbon for cavity wall construction in comparison with other construction types, drawing on PHribbon research.
Blog giving an overview of ways to prevent overheating., without needing to resort to ‘active cooling’ strategies.
Blog on mill office retrofit project looking at the floor & window detailing especially focusing on continuity of insulation and airtightness.
Blog including completed photos and an overview of the retrofit project’s IWI, floor and heating & ventilation strategies.
Green Building Store’s building team is undertaking a retrofit of a mill building to turn it into an energy efficient and comfortable office space. Read the first blog on the project, outlining the ‘box within a box’ timber frame strategy.
As described in our previous blog, the timber frame upper storey was connected to our masonry ground floor, We worked closely with timber frame manufacturer SMS Timber Frame, a local …
Blog by Green Building Store Director Bill Butcher looking at the crucial junction between the two storeys on a hybrid masonry/ timber frame bungalow radical retrofit project.
Our building team is currently on-site working on a really interesting retrofit project, which is involving the addition of an extra floor to a 1980s 3-bedroom bungalow in the village …
Blog looking at construction detailing on the Holmfirth farmhouse radical retrofit including floors and roofs, alongside low carbon heating and ventilation choices.
MVHR heat recovery ventilation transfers heat or coolth between incoming and outgoing air. Can additional cooling also be added?