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This is the text of the working group reports section of our Annual Report. Working Groups A lot of the work of the co-op is done through the various working groups in the co-op. These groups are: allocations Each group carries out the following tasks: groups prepare proposals for the General Meeting We spent the weekend of the 17th and 18th of April cleaning up the weekend. We provided a cooked breakfast, lunch and, at the end of each day, beer to those members helping out. A great way to sort out the co-op and get to know your fellow co-op members. #gallery-1 { 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 [...] On the 11th of February we had a trip to the BRE, near Watford, to look at energy efficient buildings and to talk about refurbishing our houses to be more energy efficient. We were introduced to the work of the BRE and regailed with stories of their work burning buildings, shaking buildings (inside a big concrete [...] Today we started doing ‘Blower Door Testing’. Basically this involves opening the front door and putting some fabric in a frame in it’s place. The fabric has a hole for a fan which sucks air out of the house, causing the inside of the house to be at a lower pressure than the outside. This [...] This is a collection of photos from the old website. The back of the co-op Garden space |
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