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    Woodsman rik_uk3's Avatar
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    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
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    Alone in the Wilderness
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    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

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    Woodsman rik_uk3's Avatar
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    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
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    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.

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    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.
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    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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