JohnD Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Hello everyone, I'm John Davies, 36 years old and just moved back to England. I was living in Germany for 7 years, as an architect. Back home, I want to continue being an architect by building my own company. However, I would like to talk to some of you as I guess some things have changed here. Maybe, if you have experience in this field or another or know someone who knows someone.. feel free to reply to this post or text me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanR Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Willkommen! [that's just about all I can remember from the 4 years I spent in Köln] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 What Ian said, Hi, and welcome to the forum. You'll soon get a bite I'm sure, just ask away in the relevant sections / topics and things will soon gain momentum. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToughButterCup Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Wilkommen bei uns.... 9 hours ago, JohnD said: [...] However, I would like to talk to some of you as I guess some things have changed here. [...] Everything and nothing has changed. One simple phrase changed everything '... presumption in favour of sustainable development...' (Gorgeous George) And Builders are as conservative as they always were. If you are cold, put another log on the fire. Insulate? Naaah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Welcome John There are some of us on here that are interested in very low energy usage housing, domestic generation technologies and making things as easy as possible. Sometimes it can get good fun. We try hard to only criticise an idea, not the person, but things sometimes stray, especially if a car get mentioned. So were are you based? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennentslager Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 My favourite in this beauty parade is Miss Sloy from Loch Lomond? Bold lines and fairly striking... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-38826248 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsB Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted February 8, 2017 Author Share Posted February 8, 2017 Hello everyone, thank you all for your nice answers. As I am not a specialist in low energy, I think I should get some updates about that. Have you any ideas where I can visit a course or something? I have about this already in Germany, however never managed to do one. I think though that this is the future and I should learn about it. Thank you a lot and have a pleasant evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 (edited) John You could look here for a course: http://www.passivhaus.org.uk/page.jsp?id=24 Though in reality it is just basic physics and engineering, there is no magic involved. If something, say a bit of timber, goes from a hot area to a cold area, heat will travel from the hotter part to the colder part. So insulating the colder part will reduce those losses. Bit like putting gloves and a hat on when it is cold and windy. There are two reasons to do this, one is to lower energy losses and the other is to reduce the condensation risk at the colder end. Edited February 9, 2017 by SteamyTea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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