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Zero Carbon House updates

Jul 5th, 2009 by Chris Duggan | No comments yet

These are now part of Green Updates around Birmingham.

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Zero Carbon House Update (3). Plus workshop 12 Feb 2009.

Jan 5th, 2009 by Chris Duggan | 1 comment

Work continues at the site, with a curious curved wall extending the house southwards, using compressed earth blocks. These unfired clay blocks use waste clay which is too earthy to make into bricks, and they have very low embodied energy.
www.zerocarbonhub.org, “established to make Zero Carbon homes a reality from 2016″, promises “a series of [...]

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Zero Carbon House website

Dec 19th, 2008 by Chris Duggan | No comments yet

GreeninBrum has created a website for the Level 6 carbon-neutral house under construction in Balsall Heath, Birmingham at zerocarbonhouse.greeningbrum.org.uk

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Zero Carbon House Update (2)

Dec 16th, 2008 by Chris Duggan | No comments yet

December 2008: Work is two weeks ahead of programme!

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Zero Carbon House Update (1)

Dec 7th, 2008 by Chris Duggan | No comments yet

After months of planning and coordination this truly unique build commenced on the 21st October after an ‘end of Fossil Fuels’ party to celebrate the disconnection of the gas supply.

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First Zero Carbon Home in Brum

Dec 7th, 2008 by Chris Duggan | 3 comments

… and one of the first in the UK, designed by award-winning architect John Christophers as a family home…
SEE ALSO zerocarbonhouse.greeningbrum.org.uk.

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