IDM Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 i am building an ECO house in Wiltshire - self build 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbeard Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 Welcome! 'Hands dirty' self-build? (Are you both 'commissioner' and principal contractor?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanR Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 22 minutes ago, IDM said: i am building an ECO house in Wiltshire - self build Hello and welcome. What does "Eco House" mean to you? Mine's a low energy home built with a tilt towards a low carbon foot-print, but I never think of it as an "Eco Home". But then a locally development is calling their Building Regs houses "Eco" because they've installed UFH and an ASHP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjc55 Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 28 minutes ago, IanR said: Hello and welcome. What does "Eco House" mean to you? Mine's a low energy home built with a tilt towards a low carbon foot-print, but I never think of it as an "Eco Home". But then a locally development is calling their Building Regs houses "Eco" because they've installed UFH and an ASHP. OMG, really. I suppose that if people are that gullible but in reality it is about time that volume builders were bought to task over their claims. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvin Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 It’s mostly green washing by the bigger builders. Scratch beneath the surface of their eco and sustainability claims and it’s mostly garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveasteading Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 All the worthy terms get stolen and abused by the developers. My main hate is " value engineering". It used to mean elegant, efficient construction. Then the QS industry turned it into missing things out and cutting corners. So I don't use the term any longer. My own prejudjce on "eco" is of experimental houses, spending other people's money on nth degree of detail and anything trendy. Wind turbines, ground source, off-site, green roofs, solar regardless of circumstances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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