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Green Building Bible, Fourth Edition
Green Building Bible, fourth edition (both books)
These two books are the perfect starting place to help you get to grips with one of the most vitally important aspects of our society - our homes and living environment.

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    • CommentAuthorconverse
    • CommentTimeFeb 22nd 2012
     
    I'm a very small scale developer working on a small residential build in the East Midlands. We are looking to build 9 houses on a brownfield site, with a mixture of houses for sale and rent. Because of the location and the stringencies of finance, we will need to be extremely cost conscious in the builds. I would love to be able to put up 9 Passivhaueser, but doubt this is practical. So I'm here to find out just far we can push things in the right direction while still being profitable.

    My background is conservation building rather than new build, so I have a lot to learn.
    • CommentAuthorpmagowan
    • CommentTimeFeb 22nd 2012 edited
     
    Hello and welcome. I am reasonably new here although have been browsing for a few years. You will get loads of good info here if my experience is anything to go by. The general view will be Insulation and Airtightness. If this is what you have in your head at all times I predict you won't go far wrong. Also many on here will probably argue that you can achieve passive house levels without significant added cost due to the savings you can make elsewhere (heating system etc). Some have even proved it!
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    Welcome.

    Have a look at http://www.greenbuildingstore.co.uk/page--denby-dale-passivhaus.html and www.tonyshouse.info, if you have not done so already. Tony is a stalwart contributor to GBF, and will no doubt tell you more, but his house has no heating system, so the costs you refer to on the other thread re district heating could be saved and put towards higher fabric standards. The *only* issue you'll have is persuading a buyer that no rads does not equal sub-standard!

    Best of luck.

    Nick
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      CommentAuthorfostertom
    • CommentTimeFeb 22nd 2012
     
    Look at AECB Silver standard
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      CommentAuthorSteamyTea
    • CommentTimeFeb 22nd 2012
     
    Hello again, it does seem down to insulation and airtightness, with a bit of solar gain. Then add MVHR to keep it smelling sweet.
    Almost any house built to today's standards will have a larger DHW bill than space heating, so think about installing as much Solar Thermal as you can alongside the PV.
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    My father renovated a sprawling barn to a goodish standard of insulation, when he came to put in the radiators he found the sums said he only needed a couple of small ones - which he decided was no good at all, he decided it would lower the chances of a sale and put in more and bigger radiators. Crazy but true!......and oft repeated I would guess.

    Good luck Converse.

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