Introducing myself

[JohnD]

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. 

[IanR]

Willkommen!

 

[that's just about all I can remember from the 4 years I spent in Köln]

[Nickfromwales]

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. . 

 

[ToughButterCup]

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.

 

[SteamyTea]

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?

[Tennentslager]

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

 

[MrsB]

Welcome

 

[JohnD]

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.

 

[SteamyTea]

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