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Follow Zero Carbon House on Twitter!- Like Georgian windows our thick insulated walls allow us to make angled side reveals to our windows. #
- Most of the external render is white, with some zaps of strong colours – YELLOW the colour of sunshine. #
- Planning open day on Sat 27 June. #
- Revising specification for frameless triple-glazed windows. #
- Minor re-design of http//zerocarbonhousebirmingham.org.uk – more photos. Finally made it to Page 1 of Google for zero carbon house. [Chris] #
- OPEN DAY at Birmingham's first zero carbon house on Saturday 27th June, 12 to 2pm. Please go to http://twurl.cc/143k if you want to come. #
- "EU Parliament has proposed a requirement that all new buildings be constructed to PassivHaus standard from 2011" http://twurl.cc/143l True? #
- Loads of PDF guides to things such as Code for Sustainable Homes and zero carbon construction at http://twurl.cc/143m #
- Great activity on site: cast iron drains, air ducts, airtight membranes, rendering, alarms, electrics, glass… #
- Sparkly crushed white recycled glass seamless flooring sample agreed for bathroom. #
- Details for maple window seats to original windows agreed, these are recessed into the thick insulated walls. #
- Bath now on site; we're trying grey water harvesting to a reclaimed oak barrel for the garden. #
- Niall + Penny from Ecological Building Systems inspected the brilliant "Intello" airtight membranes. #
- 10 days to next Open Day @ John Christophers (Associated Architects) Zero Carbon House under construction in Birmingham http://twurl.cc/143k #
- Advice on government insulation grants in Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales http://www.squidoo.com/insulation_grants #
- RT @better_joe … http://www.parityprojects.com [UK company solely dedicated to reducing energy and water consumption in existing housing] #
- zch.org.uk now redirects to zerocarbonhousebirmingham.org.uk, for those who have a habit of typing in addresses rather than hitting links… #
- Slate for the hearth was once snooker table bed, and part of cellar floor for 80 years, found by Bill. #
- Hattie Harman's Footprint blog http://blog.emap.com/footprint/ is excellent. She is the Sustainability Editor of the Architects; Journal. #
