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The results of the blower door testing are in! We have reports for 1 Fletchers Terrace and 8 Argyle Street. (Both are PDF files, about 60 kB each). The reports have quite a few numbers, but the recommendations at the end of the reports are in plain English. Happy reading. Somewhat belatedly, here is the ASH Co-op Development Report “The case for new co-operative housing in Cambridge” (pdf, 1.5MB). From the executive summary: The report sets out the case for a new cutting-edge low-carbon, community controlled housing development in Cambridge.Cambridge needs 734 new social homes per year, in addition to other affordable housing. Including some co-operative [...] On the evening of February the 11th a few of us went to a talk at AC Architects organised by Cambridge Carbon Footprint. They were talking about the refurbishment of the building they work in. They did a lot of environmental improvements including boreholes for a ground source heat pump, solar thermal, natural ventilation and rain [...] As part of our eco-renovation project, the coop decided that it would be good to have an energy rep in each house, who would read the meter every month and bring the reading to the office. This hasn’t happened yet, although I’ve been reading the meters every month since November. I’ve also done a bit [...] Fairtrade fortnight this year will begin 22 Feb till 7 March. A fortnight of fun and frolics to get everyone swapping their unfairly traded Tea / coffee / fruit / sweets or even condoms for a Fairtrade variety. February started with Green and Blacks announcing a complete swap to Fairtrade chocolate, most people probably thought [...] Development The development group is continuing to explore the possibility of buying the bit of land next to the Argyle St garden off Network Rail. Late in 2009, a housing needs survey of ASH residents was conducted and found that almost all respondents expressed a need for more family housing and flats for single people [...] There’s been a few conversations recently about ways we can more easily communicate about stuff we’d like to give away/share/have. This could be the answer! – http://www.thesharehood.org/about In a nutshell, it’s a tool for building community by encouraging people to share stuff with each other. It’s different (and in my opinion much better in lots of [...] THE Argyle Street Housing Co-operative (ASH Co-op or, more commonly, The Co-op) is a housing co-operative in Cambridge offering shared accommodation for individuals who wish to have greater control over their housing situation than that offered by ordinary rented accommodation. All on one site and situated around four communal gardens, we offer a range of four, six and ten person houses for single people and a number of two-room flats, predominantly occupied by single parents and couples with children but also by people with special [...] |
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