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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. 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 [...] Cambridge is lucky enough to be the home of the excellent climate change NGO Cambridge Carbon Footprint. They do courses called ‘Carbon Conversations’, where people can explore ways in which they can make big reductions in carbon emissions, and together overcome the barriers associated with making such reductions. In the next few weeks there will [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] |
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