Apologies to those not in Britain, but there is a really interesting workshop coming up on 10th May in Leeds. Lilac stands for Low Impact Living Affordable Community. It is a member-led co-operative housing society building an affordable, cohousing community in Leeds. They are using a co-housing design approach to build 20 houses and a common … Continue reading Learning from Lilac: Low Impact Affordable living in Leeds, Britain
New self build sustainable housing scheme in Devon, UK
The Land Society is setting up a new scheme in Devon (south west UK) to support local rural communities to develop energy efficient, affordable, sustainable homes. In their own words, "as part of The Land Society’s purpose of rebuilding rural economies we have identified that one major problem is the high cost of housing compared to … Continue reading New self build sustainable housing scheme in Devon, UK
Earth Building UK Conference 2012
For those of you in the UK there is a really interesting conference in a few weeks time in York. The organisation Earth Build UK is having a conference on 'The use of earth and clay plasters'. The organisation aims to promote and support building with earth in the UK by: promote earth building in … Continue reading Earth Building UK Conference 2012
What makes a house an eco-house (in Britain)?
I have recently started work on creating a publically accessible database of eco-houses. I want to help publicise the diversity and creativity of eco-building. I have previously defined an eco-house as a building which minimises resource use (in construction and life -cycle) while also providing a comfortable environment in which to live. Yet this is … Continue reading What makes a house an eco-house (in Britain)?
Interesting seminar about eco-housing held at Leicester University
At a recent event (held on 29th September 2011) at Leicester University (UK) - ‘Building new collaborations in eco-housing research and practice’ - there was extensive inspiring discussion about the future of eco-housing. Talks included understanding young people’s perspectives of new ‘sustainable’ urban design and the user experiences of environmental technologies. Others explored whether kit, … Continue reading Interesting seminar about eco-housing held at Leicester University
ECO-HOMES + COMMUNITIES 