Sat, 30 May 2026 17:00:55 +0100 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.0.3 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=334&Focus=3607#Comment_3607 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=334&Focus=3607#Comment_3607 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:26:06 +0100 GBP-Keith https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=334&Focus=3690#Comment_3690 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=334&Focus=3690#Comment_3690 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:53:26 +0100 GBP-Keith The £60,000 house,
The zero carbon prefab and all that jazz.
Too ordinary for us?

I'm looking for someone to go along and report back to the forum and thew magazine.

Does anyone live near Watford!!!]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=334&Focus=3693#Comment_3693 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=334&Focus=3693#Comment_3693 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:38:44 +0100 PaulT
I agree that we should be engaging with these people; I tried and just got a sales pitch thrown back at me every time.

The event is sponsored by the Concrete Centre who are actively promoting their product as the saviour of climate change (as it takes a long time to heat up in summer!)

The problem, with such events, is that everybody is trying to sell a product, the solution is of secondary importance. Concrete being a case in point where thermal mass is being promoted ( with the complicity of Arups and BRE) as the only solution to overheating, disregarding solar design and ventilation.

But this is the world we live in. For a more comprehensive 'green' approach to be taken seriously we need to be as sharp as those guys with the sales pitch.

Unfortunately being 'green' is complicated; So much so that the likes af Kingspan, etc, may have a valid claim to being green in an imperfect world. If they can deliver huge numbers of energy efficient homes then is it such a bad thing? (I am not making a judgement on this)

What you will see at Offsite is compromise; A blend of politics, regulation and market forces all presented as products.

I compromise every day, dealing with builders. I want to preach the green gospel that I know is right (every home not built to the highest standards is a wasted oppourtunity and an expensive to fix mistake), but I have to work on baby steps otherwise they go elsewhere.

But without 'us' there would be no critical appraisal of the political and corporate machines. So we need to be both supportive and critical. Not easy.

The main reason I will not go is the only realistic way of getting there is driving and the M1 is a nightmare!
- BRE recently held three training courses to convert the Ecohomes assessors to Code for Sustainable Homes assessors. They forced everybody (approxx 300+) to travel to Watford rather than hold regional courses and so reduce the travelling costs (CO2)]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=334&Focus=3697#Comment_3697 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=334&Focus=3697#Comment_3697 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:22:58 +0100 Keith Hall https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=334&Focus=3711#Comment_3711 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=334&Focus=3711#Comment_3711 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:35:29 +0100 Peter A https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=334&Focus=3721#Comment_3721 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=334&Focus=3721#Comment_3721 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:46:36 +0100 dan.williams https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=334&Focus=3724#Comment_3724 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=334&Focus=3724#Comment_3724 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:15:39 +0100 LizM https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=334&Focus=3727#Comment_3727 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=334&Focus=3727#Comment_3727 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:13:05 +0100 Rosemary https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=334&Focus=3728#Comment_3728 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=334&Focus=3728#Comment_3728 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:01:51 +0100 Keith Hall https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=334&Focus=3834#Comment_3834 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=334&Focus=3834#Comment_3834 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:27:12 +0100 LizM https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=334&Focus=8726#Comment_8726 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=334&Focus=8726#Comment_8726 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:29:55 +0000 GBP-Keith If so please e-mail them urgently to:

keith @ newbuilder . co . uk

(take out the gaps)
Wanted for publishing in Green building mag. full credit will be given to source.]]>