Technical Resources

RISE Award for Vision & Sustainability

RISE Vision and Sustainability award

Green Building Store is delighted that its Lower Royd radical ‘whole house’ retrofit project has won the #RISE2017 Award for ‘Vision & Sustainability.

15th September 2017

Reducing moisture risk in retrofits

Cumberworth radical retrofit

Yorkshire radical retrofit pioneers breathable internal wall insulation IWI solution in UK

4th May 2017

Lower Royd radical retrofit: Ground floor and walls

Diathonite internal wall insulation at radical retrofit

Blog by Bill Butcher on innovative approaches to internal wall insulation at radical retrofit project to reduce moisture risk.

21st July 2016

Lower Royd radical retrofit: Background

Lower Royd retrofit

Blog introducing our new deep ‘whole house’ refurbishment of a Yorkshire farmhouse & barn using innovative internal wall insulation (IWI) techniques.

8th June 2016

Cumberworth radical retrofit

Cumberworth radical retrofit

Whole house ‘deep retrofit’ for a hard to treat home, using new internal wall insulation (IWI) techniques to reduce risk of ‘interstitial condensation’.

5th November 2015

Cumberworth retrofit: Internal wall insulation (IWI)

Internal Wall Insulation at Cumberworth radical retrofit

Bill Butcher looks at innovative approaches to Internal Wall Insulation (IWI) used at the retrofit project to minimise the dangers of interstitial condensation, including use of a new vapour open IWI material.

26th February 2015

Cumberworth radical retrofit: ‘whole house’ retrofit for ‘hard-to-heat’ house

Conservatory outside thermal envelope at Cumberworth radical retrofit

Whole house retrofit for a ‘hard to heat’ property, designed using Passivhaus Planning Package

25th November 2014

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