Another year and another Eco-build. It seemed a little quieter than before? But then Excel is so much more spacious than Olympia.
Is it me or do I detect he Eco-ness slipping a bit. Apart from a sea of solar panels I saw many products that didn't look atall Eco.
However I did like the wood burner back boilers I saw. In British homes, where heat requirements are minimal this back boiler and highly controlled log burning stove does seem to economically hit a lot of buttons. I think I'm like everyone else in preferring a log burner - with a cosy window to some monster pellet burner in a cupboard somewhere. Pellet burners are often far too high an output for even a spacious domestic home - especially if it's well insulated and well orientated.
I was there to give a talk proposing a new take on the economics of large scale green development.
You can download the slides and the podcast here.
Powerpoint
Download Mediacast make do and mend pdf
Podcast (Audio only)
to view a minicast (on desk-tops only) follow this link http://coffeeinthesquare.podomatic.com/entry/2012-03-30T08_41_21-07_00
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