AECB Brighton group – 9th July

5 July, 2019 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Just a reminder that it’s the regular AECB | BSBM meeting on Tuesday 9th July from 7pm at the Battle of Trafalgar, 34 Guildford Road, BN1 3LW. Still the same regular monthly meeting (every 2nd Tuesday) but to avoid any confusion with the newly formed AECB Sussex Group (meeting quarterly in Sussex) this group will now be referred to as the AECB Brighton Group.  Please do bring your ideas, drawings and projects for an informal discussion! Everyone very welcome. Details

AECB Sussex group is born!

26 June, 2019 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Following the inaugural meeting last night, there is now a new AECB local group, the Sussex group which will meet quarterly on the 4th Tuesday of the month with the next meeting on Tuesday 24th September.  More details to follow.  The Brighton group will continue as before evey 2nd Tuesday of the month.

AECB | BSBM meeting – July 9th

12 June, 2019 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Lively meeting last night.  Next BSBM is Tuesday 9th July from 7pm at the Battle of Trafalgar, 34 Guildford Road, BN1 3LW.  Please bring your ideas and projects along for an informal discussion!  Everyone very welcome.  Details

AECB | BSBM meeting – June 11th

10 June, 2019 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Just a reminder that it’s BSBM tomorrow night, Tuesday 11th June from 7pm at the Battle of Trafalgar, 34 Guildford Road, BN1 3LW. Please do bring your ideas, drawings and projects for an informal discussion! Everyone very welcome. Details

AECB | BSBM meeting – June 11th

15 May, 2019 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Lively meeting last night with a discussion of a deep retrofit with drawings and samples!  Next BSBM is Tuesday 11th June from 7pm at the Battle of Trafalgar, 34 Guildford Road, BN1 3LW.  Please bring your ideas and projects along for an informal discussion!  Everyone very welcome.  Details

AECB | BSBM meeting – May 14th

14 May, 2019 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Just a reminder that it’s BSBM tonight, Tuesday 14th May from 7pm at the Battle of Trafalgar, 34 Guildford Road, BN1 3LW. Please do bring your ideas, drawings and projects for an informal discussion! Everyone very welcome. Details

AECB | BSBM meeting – May 14th

9 May, 2019 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Just a reminder that it’s BSBM on Tuesday 14th May from 7pm at the Battle of Trafalgar, 34 Guildford Road, BN1 3LW. Please do bring your ideas, drawings and projects along for an informal discussion! Everyone very welcome. Details

AECB | BSBM meeting – May 14th

10 April, 2019 | AECB | BSBM meeting, Passivhaus

Lively meeting last night as it was attended by a couple from the Bicester village developement near Oxford who were having issues with their Passivhaus.  It will be interesting to see how this develops. Next BSBM is Tuesday 14th May from 7pm at the Battle of Trafalgar, 34 Guildford Road, BN1 3LW.  Please bring your ideas and projects along for an informal discussion!  Everyone very welcome.  Details

AECB | BSBM meeting – APRIL 9th

8 April, 2019 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Just a reminder that it’s BSBM tomorrow night, Tuesday 9th April from 7pm at the Battle of Trafalgar, 34 Guildford Road, BN1 3LW. Please do bring your ideas, drawings and projects for an informal discussion! Everyone very welcome. We have a couple visiting who have had issues with their Passivhaus new build which should be interesting!

AECB | BSBM meeting – MAR

11 March, 2019 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Just a reminder that it’s BSBM tomorrow night, Tuesday 12th March from 7pm at the Battle of Trafalgar, 34 Guildford Road, BN1 3LW. Please do bring your ideas, drawings and projects for an informal discussion! Everyone very welcome.  This months highlighted topic is centralised versus decentralised ventilation. Details

AECB | BSBM meeting – MAR

13 February, 2019 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Topics of discussion last night were the end of the solar panel FIT scheme and CO2 monitoring in MVHR among many others.  We also talked about how we might tweek the format of the meeting, perhaps having a monthly topic and would welcome ideas and feedback on what people would like.  Next BSBM is Tuesday 12th March from 7pm at the Battle of Trafalgar, 34 Guildford Road, BN1 3LW.  Please bring your ideas and projects along for an informal discussion!  Everyone very welcome.  Details

AECB | BSBM meeting – FEB

12 February, 2019 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Looking forward to seeing everyone tonight from 7pm at the Battle of Trafalgar, 34 Guildford Road, BN1 3LW.  Please do bring your ideas, drawings and projects along for an informal discussion!  Everyone very welcome.  Details

AECB | BSBM meeting – FEB

31 January, 2019 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Next BSBM is Tuesday 12th February from 7pm at the Battle of Trafalgar, 34 Guildford Road, BN1 3LW.  Please bring your ideas and projects along for an informal discussion!  Everyone very welcome.  Details

BSBM – TOUR sustainable renovation

7 May, 2017 | AECB | BSBM meeting, EnerPHit, Events, MVHR, Sustainable Renovation

I’m planning a tour of the latest stage in the renovation to my house, most notably a loft conversion which is in full swing and should be at an interesting stage for the BSBM meeting in JUNE on the 13th.  So instead of meeting at the Trafalgar I’m suggesting meeting on site (92 Livingstone Road, Hove, BN3 3WL) at 7pm and then we can head to a local pub around 8ish.   I’ll reconfirm nearer the time, but please let me know if you’re interested.  Phase 1 of the renovation was completed in 2014 and included external wall insulation and triple glazing.

Brighton Sustainable Meetup – DEC

7 December, 2015 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Just a reminder that it’s BSBM tomorrow night, Tuesday 8th December from 7pm at the Battle of Trafalgar, 34 Guildford Road, BN1 3LW.  Please bring your ideas and projects along for an informal discussion!  Everyone very welcome.  Details

Brighton Sustainable Meetup – July

14 July, 2015 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Just a reminder that it’s BSBM tonight, Tuesday 14 July from 7pm at the Battle of Trafalgar, 34 Guildford Road, BN1 3LW.  All projects welcome for discussion.  I think Charlie’s bringing along an Insulated Concrete Formwork (ICF) new build in Worthing.  Details

Brighton Sustainable Building Meetup – July

10 June, 2015 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Good meeting last night with the main discussion being a critique of the external wall insulation (EWI) issues at my house in Hove – see separate blog.    Next meeting Tuesday 14th July from 7pm at the Battle of Trafalgar, 34 Guildford Road, BN1 3LW.  Please do bring along any projects for discussion.  Details

Brighton Sustainable Meetup – June

9 June, 2015 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Just a reminder that it’s BSBM tonight, Tuesday 9 June from 7pm at the Battle of Trafalgar, 34 Guildford Road, BN1 3LW.  Please do bring along any projects for discussion, I’ve got some problems with my EWI system and would welcome a critique.  Details

Brighton Sustainable Building Meetup – APRIL

11 March, 2015 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Good meeting last night with Steve bringing in some CO2 monitoring to demonstrate how his MVHR is providing good indoor air quality and Tim and Alex were comparing thermal imaging attachments to their mobile phones – pretty impressive for a hundred or two.  Next meeting Tuesday 14th April.

Brighton Sustainable Building Meetup – Mar

11 February, 2015 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Another lively meeting last night, with Danny running through his straw bale garden office which is nearing completion.  Stuart of Build Different selling his off site built house near Aberdeen.  I brought along initial concepts for a Passivhaus garden office and we discussed how to prevent condensate from Envirovents Heatsava causing problems.  Next meeting is Tuesday 10th March.

Is MVHR suitable for any retrofit?

5 February, 2015 | AECB | BSBM meeting

It was a well attended and interesting visit last night to Steve’s house in Brighton where he’s installed an MVHR system to a 1930’s semi D without the usual whole house retrofit.  The house has cavity wall insulation and new double glazed windows, so reasonably airtight and insulated.  The MVHR was installed to combat condensation damp caused by insufficient ventilation, i.e. no back ground ventilation/trickle vents in the new windows, closed off chimneys and insufficient mechanical extract in the kitchen/bathroom.  The MVHR has made a huge difference, sorting out the mould and keeping RH around 50%.  However, would the house have been alright if the background ventilation and mechanical extract had been resolved?  Was the MVHR required or a luxury and with a relatively leaky house does the heat energy saving outweigh the electrical energy of the fans?  Even though this is a DIY project you would normally need to factor in several thousand for installation.  My feeling is that truly to keep moisture levels down, especially when drying clothes on dryers, requires such a high level of air change, the benefits of MVHR probably do make sense, they certainly felt like they did at Steve’s house.

BSBM on tour – MVHR site visit

BSBM on tour – MVHR site visit

23 January, 2015 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Steve Birch came along to the last meeting and regaled us with tales of his DIY install of an MVHR system to his 1930’s semi D in Patcham, Brighton.  Sounds like he’s done a great job with a few interesting twists so were going to have a look on Wednesday 4th February at 7pm.  All welcome but please get in touch to let us know you’re coming and I can let you have the address.

Steve Birth MVHR

Brighton Sustainable Building Meetup – JAN

14 January, 2015 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Another lively meeting last night.  Steve discussed his bespoke MVHR with a suggestion for a floor vent between the kitchen and bathroom to save on ducting!  Tim has ordered a $200 thermal imaging camera attachment to a smart phone.  Good to meet Lisa of Six Cylinder Limited.  Nick suggested a site visit to watch mud from his land being applied to a building.  Next meeting Tuesday 10th February From 7pm at the Battle of Trafalgar, 34 Guildford Road, BN1 3LW.  Details

Brighton Sustainable Building Drinks – June

14 May, 2014 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Last nights discussions included comparing Velfac and Internorm windows (psi values and all!),  new build floor cassette build ups and balustrading to a roof terrace.  Next meeting Tuesday 10th June from 7pm at the Battle of Trafalgar, 34 Guildford Road, BN1 3LW.  All welcome, but please get in touch if you fancy coming along.

Brighton Sustainable Building Drinks – Mar

12 February, 2014 | AECB | BSBM meeting, Materials

Great meeting last night, some very interesting discussion including lots from Rafael of London Insulation on sprayed foam insulations such as Walltite and Icynene and also Warmcell.  Good to see some old faces, and was there talk of a BSB trip to see a rocket stove….?  Next meeting Tuesday 11th March from 7pm at the Battle of Trafalgar, 34 Guildford Road, BN1 3LW.  All welcome.  All welcome, but please get in touch if you fancy coming along.

Brighton Sustainable Building Drinks – Jan

11 December, 2013 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Good meeting last night with discussions on electric cars, RHI and how to make a rural new build ‘more’ Passivhaus.  Next meeting is Tuesday January 14th from 7pm at the Battle of Trafalgar, 34 Guildford Road, BN1 3LW.  All welcome.  Please get in touch if you fancy coming along.

Brighton Sustainable Building Drinks

9 September, 2013 | AECB | BSBM meeting, Events

BSB September meeting is tomorrow evening, Tuesday 10th from 7pm at Battle of Trafalgar, 34 Guildford Road, BN1 3LW.  All welcome.  We will be discussing airtigthness modelling and lots more and saying goodbye to Will.  Please get in touch if you fancy coming along.

Brighton Sustainable Building Drinks – August

11 July, 2013 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Lively meeting on Tuesday in the beer garden with discussions on Anil’s swimming pool barn conversion and Tim questioning conventional wisdom on how to insulate an existing timber ground floor

The next meeting will be Tuesday 13th August at 7pm, Battle of Trafalgar, 34 Guildford Road, BN1 3LW.  All Welcome.  Please get in touch if you want to join the mailing list

Brighton Sustainable Building Drinks – July

12 June, 2013 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Good meeting last night.  Stuart brought in his drawings for a new build low energy house for Aberdeenshire constructed from modules made off site in his factory.  Robin suggested a possible new eco board material Econicboard.  Jim brought in drawings of triple glazed mock sash ‘passivhaus’ windows for retrofitting.

Next meeting is Tuesday 9th July at 7pm, Battle of Trafalgar, 34 Guildford Road, BN1 3LW.  All Welcome.

June Brighton Sustainable Building Drinks

15 May, 2013 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Last night’s meeting was vibrant (as always) with James turning up to discuss his Passivhaus new build in Hove.

Next meeting is Tuesday 11th June at 7pm, Battle of Trafalgar, 34 Guildford Road, BN1 3LW.  All Welcome.  Please get in touch if you wish to join the mailing list

May Brighton Sustainable Building Drinks

10 April, 2013 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Vibrant meeting last night with discussions on roofing membranes, Passivhaus Training and new builds in Hove (& more rocket stoves!)…

Next meeting is Tuesday 14th May at 7pm, Battle of Trafalgar, 34 Guildford Road, BN1 3LW.  All Welcome.  Please get in touch if you wish to join the mailing list

April Brighton Sustainable Building Drinks

13 March, 2013 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Good meeting last night with a new member bringing along an exciting new build on the outskirts of Brighton and lots of talk about Rocket Stoves…

Next meeting is Tuesday 9th April 7pm, Battle of Trafalgar, 34 Guildford Road, BN1 3LW.  All Welcome.  Please get in touch if you wish to join the mailing list

March Brighton Sustainable Building Drinks

11 March, 2013 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Looking forward to catching up on everyone’s experience at Ecobuild tomorrow night at the March BSB drinks!

Tuesday 12th March at 7pm, Battle of Trafalgar, 34 Guildford Road, BN1 3LW.  All Welcome.  Please get in touch if you wish to join the mailing list

February Brighton Sustainable Building Drinks

8 February, 2013 | AECB | BSBM meeting, Events

Just a reminder that February’s Brighton Sustainable Building (BSB) Drinks will be next week, Tuesday 12th February at the Battle of Trafalgar pub 34 Guildford Road, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 3LW from 7pm.

BSB meet every second Tuesday of the month.  Please get in touch for more details.

February Brighton Sustainable Building drinks

9 January, 2013 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Great turnout and lots of interesting conversations last night!

Next months meeting will be Tuesday 12th February at 7pm at the Battle of Trafalgar pub 34 Guildford Road, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 3LW from 7pm.

BSB meet every second Tuesday of the month.  Please get in touch for more details.

Xmas Brighton Sustainable Building Drinks

10 December, 2012 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Last Brighton Sustainable Building (BSB) drinks in 2012, so a chance to catch up and celebrate Christmas with friends and colleagues.

Tomorrrow, Tuesday 11th December at the Battle of Trafalgar pub 34 Guildford Road, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 3LW from 7pm.

BSB meet every second Tuesday of the month.  Please get in touch for more details.

Brighton Sustainable Building Drinks

12 November, 2012 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Fancy a proper chat about techy building stuff?  Why not pop along to the Battle of Trafalgar pub in Brighton TOMORROW Tuesday 13th November from 7pm and join our small group for a drink or two.  BSB meet every second Tuesday of the month.  Please get in touch for more details.

Brighton Sustainable Building drinks

5 November, 2012 | AECB | BSBM meeting

Fancy a proper chat about techy building stuff?  Why not pop along to the Battle of Trafalgar pub in Brighton next Tuesday 13th November from 7pm and join our small group for a drink or two.  BSB meet every second Tuesday of the month.  Please get in touch for more details.