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    Community Led Housing – What is it, how does it work, and why is it important?
    donalbrownsdc
    • Feb 5, 2020
    • 4 min

    Community Led Housing – What is it, how does it work, and why is it important?

    Sustainable Design Collective Project The UK housing sector is currently not fit for purpose. The country is delivering numbers well unde...
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    Why is embodied carbon a problem and is timber-framed housing the answer?
    donalbrownsdc
    • Oct 24, 2019
    • 4 min

    Why is embodied carbon a problem and is timber-framed housing the answer?

    Embodied carbon in housing construction makes up a large proportion of emissions from the housing sector. Shifting to timber framed housi...
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    Why build an eco-home?
    donalbrownsdc
    • May 25, 2018
    • 2 min

    Why build an eco-home?

    Eco-homes are typically built to a high energy efficiency standard, use sustainable materials that have a low environmental impact, and c...
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    Status of energy efficiency/CO2 improvements in residential buildings
    donalbrownsdc
    • Aug 12, 2016
    • 2 min

    Status of energy efficiency/CO2 improvements in residential buildings

    Deep retrofit, typically involves the delivery of whole house interventions; where all elements of a building’s fabric are addressed in a...
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    Energy Companies Obligation (ECO)
    donalbrownsdc
    • Jul 29, 2016
    • 2 min

    Energy Companies Obligation (ECO)

    The Energy Companies Obligation (ECO) was introduced as the successor to the CERT scheme, and can be seen as an evolution and continuatio...
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    UK Policy on Low Carbon Retrofit
    donalbrownsdc
    • Jul 22, 2016
    • 2 min

    UK Policy on Low Carbon Retrofit

    The UK is considered to have one of the oldest housing stocks in the EU and has historically experienced a very low replacement rate, it ...
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