Crawley Welcomes 4 new Eco-Friendly Homes

With the growing concern over CO2 emissions and the rising cost of energy for the home in the UK, the government has invested in a scheme to transform 86 homes across the country into clean living, energy saving eco-wonders! The Retrofit scheme involves giving the homes better insulation and triple glazed...

A Sustainable Vision of a Future Office Building

Architects, journalists and green building enthusiasts are often speculating about the future of sustainable office buildings. It won’t come as a huge surprise that businesses, compared to a private dwelling, make a more significant impact on the environment. In this article I’d like to just sit...

How Plastic Pollution Affects You?

Royal Geographical Society is starting an exciting series of discussions open to members of public. The seminars will cover a variety of spiky environmental issues ranging from pollution to sustainable living. The first event is taking place this Wednesday and is dealing with plastic pollution. Our throw...

Visit the Big Green Home Show 2010

Whether you’re just doing a small DIY project or planning to build a new zero-carbon home from scratch, there’s an event you simply cannot afford to miss. It’s the Big Green Home Show 2010 taking place in the National Self Build and Renovation Centre, Swindon from Friday, 29th to Sunday...

Vertical Farms – a Solution or Utter Madness

Professors of world’s top universities and non-conformist architects have been playing with the concept of vertical farms and gardens for years. Although they are yet to build the first vertical farm (aka skyscraper farm), the idea seems so appealing to many that it’s not really the question if...

Brits Missing out on Home Insulation

A research carried out by Thinkinsulation.com has revealed that 80% of home owners in the UK have done nothing to insulate their properties in the last three years. The research shows that despite the nation being increasingly aware of the environmental issues and sustainable living – 10.8 million UK...