I do have a bit of a problem with the 'ECO' label being used so often when really 'Low Energy' would be a more apt description and a more attainable goal for many of us to achieve even in the cities and towns we live in.
I do have a bit of a problem with the 'ECO' label being used so often when really 'Low Energy' would be a more apt description and a more attainable goal for many of us to achieve even in the cities and towns we live in.
Richard
South Wales UK
Low Energy! you cant get much more LOW ENERGY living than we are, it is ECO living as far as I am concerned in our circumstances, cant do anymore than we do, unless you can see better.
Than you
Darren
Calm down Darren, I could heat and cook on one of the two woodburners I have in the house and make candles to see by and use a wind up radio...but I don't. I've also got generator backup and propane gas backup together with various paraffin/naptha stoves and lanterns but I'm not an 'ECO' house.
Dump the 'Eco' badge, its a bit 'passe' these days and well overused.
Richard
South Wales UK
Nice schematic but I feel it misses some very important illustrations, aside from the fuel and water procurement issues that have been raised by others, that have a large bearing on dwellings that use the "ECO" tag. Such as:-
Construction materials of the "lodges", insulation and glass.
Waste disposal systems.
Water recycling, i.e. washing machine, bath/shower to flushing toilet or some such.
The geothermal heat system needs more land area/piping and construction effort than a Parabolic roof panel water heating systems and storage, (very interesting kit, used in Holland and Germany to my knowledge and I fitted such a system in Crete in the late 90's) per accommodation unit.
Rob.
PS. feel free to pm me the company link as I would like to see what the company has to say about their accommodations, ethics and the like. Thanks.
I'm a plumber and heating engineer to trade, and I specialised in energy efficient systems. I'd have to have more accurate plans with material lists so I could calculate the BTUs and thermal mass units, plus the CO2 tonnage to say that this is Eco. But more info is always a blessing.
Border Bushcrafters
Isn't it nice when someone says "that's a great piece of kit, where did you buy that", then you can modestly reply "you can't buy it, I made it myself". The moral is, it's amazing what you can achieve if you put your mind to it.
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