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Passive ventilation in Wales'' ''first carbon-free home''
04 August 2010
Passive ventilation is one feature of Wales' first carbon-free home unveiled today (August 4th) in Ebbw Vale, it has emerged. The energy-efficient buildings will cost just £50 a year each to fuel and were built from locally-sourced mate...
CAT: Energy-efficient buildings start with emissions audits
04 August 2010
Energy-efficient buildings may be those where managers have a good understanding of carbon usage, as one sustainable organisation says emission audits are key to eco-friendly commerce. A spokesman for the Centre for Alternative Technology (C...
Low-energy ventilation structure to use 8 times less fuel
03 August 2010
A low-energy ventilated building being planned in Katowice, Poland, will use eight-times less fuel for heating and climate control purposes than a conventional structure. Work begins on the £28 million project in September and it will b...
Energy-efficient council building ''made huge savings''
02 August 2010
An energy-efficient council building has made significant savings for a local authority, it has emerged. Natural cross ventilation was used in the energy-efficient refit and heat from the data centre that might otherwise have been wasted wa...
Low-energy ventilation in collaborative housing design
02 August 2010
Passive ventilation is one feature of a collaborative housing project in Maine, USA, where the residents will be involved in designing and operating their own communities, it was reported. Sustainable living forum Triple Pundit revealed a s...


