Eco Build & Sustainable Building Resources
Pollution From Construction – The legacy persists
Pollution From Construction The construction industry is a major source of pollution, responsible for around 4% of particulate emissions, more water pollution incidents than any other industry, and thousands of noise complaints every year. [...]
The Impact of Quarrying: Cause and Effect
The Impact of Quarrying Quarrying is necessary to provide much of the materials used in traditional hard flooring, such as granite, limestone, marble, sandstone, slate and even just clay to make ceramic tiles. However, [...]
Build Your Own Earthship: the Ultimate Sustainable Home!
Build Your Own Earthship: the Ultimate Sustainable Home! Earthships are growing in popularity around the world and are said to be the ultimate in sustainability – but be warned, they don’t often look like [...]
What is Limewash and where can I use it?
We have a great selection of breathable and natural lime paints, suitable for traditional or heritage buildings, lime plasters and lime renders. Below, we have a nice detailed to guide to the use [...]
Check for mould, it’s far more of a hazard than you think. Indoor Air quality should be your priority!
What is Mould? Moulds are a form of fungus. There are many different types, and they can occur both indoors and outdoors, creating a degradation in indoor air quality. They spread by releasing spores [...]
Upgrading to an Greener Home
Whether you want to enhance the energy efficiency of your home by making small, yet cost-effective, changes, or if you're about to embark on a home improvement project to make your house greener, either way, [...]
Basic principles & goals of bioclimatic design for the eco & sustainable home
The terms “green building” or “bioclimatic design” refer to the design of buildings and facilities based on local climate, aimed at providing thermal and visual comfort with minimal consumption of conventional energy while utilising other [...]
Upgrading to an Energy Efficient Home
The concept of energy efficiency has been around for quite a few decades now, but it has only recently caught momentum. With global warming and depletion of our natural resources, we have become acutely aware [...]
The Dangers of Chemical Exposure to the Painter and Decorator from Petrochemical House Paints
Introduction to chemical exposure for painters and decorators. Household paints are undoubtedly one of the most integral visual components of a building. A good combination of colour accents and nice, even coats can enhance the [...]
Confused about the Eco-Friendly Terminology and Jargon?
Over time, the world has become increasingly more conscious of a need to protect and preserve the environment. People are more environment-conscious now than they have ever been before. With this awareness, several new [...]
What is spray foam insulation for the home and is it worth it?
The importance of home insulation cannot be understated. Having your home insulated is a great way to increase the energy efficiency of the household, decrease the electricity bill, and basically create a comfortable living [...]
What is water vapour & vapour barriers and how can it affect my home?
Practically everyone is familiar with the three states of water: solid, liquid, and gas. Water, in its gaseous state, is an integral component of air that we know as water vapour. The percentage of [...]
What is home air tightness? Airtightness Membrane: Essentials of an Eco Home
Nowadays, people are becoming increasingly aware of the need to create energy-efficient buildings because of their long-term impact on human health, environment, and finances. One of the features that go into constructing such a [...]
Condensation in Homes – Causes, dangers and what you can do about it
Condensation is a phenomena that we are all too familiar with –from fogging up the glass windows with our breath in the winters as kids, to watching it occur on the bathroom mirror after [...]
Home Thermal Insulation – Why does your home need thermal insulation?
If you're thinking of having your home insulated, or even re-insulated, there are a lot of factors you need to account for before you do. Thermal insulation is vital for a home to make the [...]
What is a Heat Recovery Ventilation system and do I need one?
If you are looking for ways to optimise the energy efficiency of your home in order to cut back and save on heating costs, then you should definitely look into installing a Heat Recovery [...]
What is Wall Breathability, and how does breathable paint help?
What is wall breathability? Anyone who has done even a little research on sustainable buildings, or looked into designs that diverge from the mainstream ones, is sure to have come across the term ‘wall [...]
Green Futures: Eco Friendly Architecture Grows Up
Modern buildings have a bad reputation, and it's easy to see why. From the brutalist concrete shells of the 1960s to the materialist excess of the 1980s, right up to the wave of cheap, [...]
Straw Bale House Build: The Bricks of the Future?
When most of us hear the idea of a house made of straw, the first thing that comes to mind is the tale of the Three Little Pigs. But with straw now being recognised as [...]
What is Passive house? (Passivhaus) – We give you the latest low down on this ultra efficient energy contruction.
This construction standard was “rediscovered” in the early 90s by the German physicist Wolfgang Feist, who worked, studied and built in 1991 in the city of Darmstadt, southwest of Frankfurt, the first modern Passive House. [...]
