Burdens Environmental Blog

I have been talking to a number of people recently who have all lost the plot when it comes to understanding what eco is all about, they’ve gone technology mad. They have been telling me all about their expensive renewable technology systems they are installing or about to. What’s wrong with that you might ask, well a lot if they haven’t installed the energy saving fundamentals first. It’s utterly pointless installing a ground source heat pump or biomass boiler designed to meet your current ebergy needs if you haven’t upgraded your insulation and reduced your energy demand.  more

I recently went to the Zero Carbon Hub presentation of their findings to the industry, where they implied we can achieve zero carbon building by 2016. with modest reductions in U values and a slight increase in air tightness, whilst keeping brick and block cavity walls.

It seems amazing how little we need to do in the UK compared to other European countries?

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Burdens Environmental’s blogger Eco Joe is the founder of Ecomerchant which has now been added to Burdens portfolio of green businesses. Joe Wild (Eco Joe) found that whilst working as a builder surveyor in the late 90’s, obtaining information on Eco materials was increasingly difficult and sourcing the materials were even harder. more