Come and find out at OVESCO’s free Future Electric Home talk. We’ll walk you through what an all-electric home can look like, from heat pumps and solar panels to batteries and electric cars, and how these can work together to help cut bills to almost nothing and reduce carbon. We’ll also share how smart energy tariffs could help you earn money instead of paying it (yes, really). Bring your questions, curiosity and experiences.
Join us for a guided tour of our Seaford deep retrofit project nearing completion this coming Saturday 7 February at 2pm. Email for more details and to book a place: venetiaterry@hotmail.com.
Next meeting this Wednesday 19 November from 6pm at the Lord Nelson at 36 Trafalgar Street, Brighton BN1 4ED (very accessible from Brighton train station). Pub food is available. We would ask people not to attend if they have any cold symptoms. If it’s cold weather pack your coat as we will be keeping a window open. As always, please bring your ideas, projects, drawings etc along for a friendly discussion. It’s a very informal setup, all welcome and very much looking forward to seeing everyone. Future meetings in December TBC, then Wed 21 Jan etc
A great opportunity to experience a certified Passivhaus on a guided tour with the owners, contact adele adeleohehir@btopenworld.com
The UK’s top sustainable building supplier EBS will be hosting a training session 10 – 2pm Wed 27 Nov 2024 on site in Seaford. Programme to include building physics, examples of products and systems, airtightness theory and practice, followed by airtightness hands on training using different tapes and Aerosana Visconn liquid applied membrane. Please let me know if you are intetested jim@jimmillerdesign.co.uk. Places are limited.
Eco Open Houses looks like some interesting projects, but when was double glazing merit worthy!?!
Last chance to book a place on the second (and final) opportunity to view a fantastic Passivhaus Low Energy Building, this time nearing competition, during a tour this Saturday 3rd August at 10am.
Lots of interesting topics for discussion such as the planning process, flood risk, contaminated land, Foamglas insulated raft foundations, brick slips, twin stud wall system, liquid airtightness, triple glazed frameless sliding doors, twin MVHR ventilation with active cooling, passive solar control and much more!
Numbers are limited and places must be reserved through Jim at jim@jimmillerdesign.co.uk. Tour likely to be 1.5 hours including questions. Review the storey so far.
Just a remimder about the second (and final) opportunity to view a fantastic Passivhaus Low Energy Building, this time nearing competition, during a tour on Saturday 3rd August at 10am.
Lots of interesting topics for discussion such as the planning process, flood risk, contaminated land, Foamglas insulated raft foundations, brick slips, twin stud wall system, liquid airtightness, triple glazed frameless sliding doors, twin MVHR ventilation with active cooling, passive solar control and much more!
Numbers are limited and places must be reserved through Jim at jim@jimmillerdesign.co.uk. Tour likely to be 1.5 hours including questions. Review the storey so far.
Next month is the Christmas meeting, Wednesday 20 December. Steve will be presenting his 3D printed Passivhaus concept! Please let me know if you’re attending and if you require the Christmas menu or the usual pub menu, by 5 Dec at the latest, thanks. As usual, arrive from 6pm at the Lord Nelson at 36 Trafalgar Street, Brighton BN1 4ED (very accessible from Brighton train station) on the ‘Upper Deck’ to allow better social distancing. We would ask people not to attend if they have any cold symptoms. If it’s cold weather pack your coat as we will be keeping a window open! As always, please bring your ideas, projects, drawing etc along for an informal discussion. It’s a very informal setup, all welcome and very much looking forward to seeing everyone! Future meetings are 17 Jan, 21 Feb & 20 Mar
Come along to an informal tour by the owner, Will South of his deep retrofit including external and internal wall insulation, replacement windows, MVHR and ASHP on the roof! Thursday 26 Oct @ 6.30pm at Clifton Street, Brighton and pub afterwards. Email will.south@etude.co.uk to book a place and for full address.
A great opportunity to experience a certified Passivhaus on a guided tour with the owners and either the architect or Passivhaus consultant as part of the Passivhaus Open Days Saturday 11 or Sunday 12 November. Book here.
Passivlux sell high end fenestration and have just opened in Brighton Marina. Passivlux grand re-opening
The mext AECB Brighton meetup will be WEDNESDAY 16 November 2022 from 6pm (but arrive whenever you wish) at the Lord Nelson at 36 Trafalgar Street, Brighton BN1 4ED (very accessible from Brighton train station) on the ‘Upper Deck’ to allow better social distancing. Food is served until 8pm. We would ask people not to attend if they have any cold symptoms unless they are absolutely sure that they don’t have Covid. If it’s cold, pack your coat as we will be keeping a window open! As always, please bring your ideas, projects, drawing etc along for an informal discussion. All welcome and very much looking forward to seeing everyone!
Just a reminder that the AECB Brighton meeting is tonight, wednesday 19th October 2022 from 6pm (but arrive whenever you wish) at the Lord Nelson at 36 Trafalgar Street, Brighton BN1 4ED (very accessible from Brighton train station) on the ‘Upper Deck’ to allow better social distancing. Food is served until 8pm. We would ask people not to attend if they have any cold symptoms unless they are absolutely sure that they don’t have Covid (noting that the lateral flow tests dont seem to pick up Covid for the first couple of days of infection). (If it’s cold) pack your coat as we will be keeping a window open! As always, please bring your ideas, projects, drawing etc along for an informal discussion. All welcome and very much looking forward to seeing everyone!
Just a reminder that the AECB Brighton meetings have moved to the third wednesday in the month and so this months meeting is NEXT wednesday 19th October 2022 from 6pm (but arrive whenever you wish) at the Lord Nelson at 36 Trafalgar Street, Brighton BN1 4ED (very accessible from Brighton train station) on the ‘Upper Deck’ to allow better social distancing. Food is served until 8pm. We would ask people not to attend if they have any cold symptoms unless they are absolutely sure that they don’t have Covid (noting that the lateral flow tests dont seem to pick up Covid for the first couple of days of infection). (If it’s cold) pack your coat as we will be keeping a window open! As always, please bring your ideas, projects, drawing etc along for an informal discussion. All welcome and very much looking forward to seeing everyone!
Very successful training session with Roots Construction pre-commencement on site, including advanced construction, Passivhaus and an overview of the scheme, followed by hands on airtightness training by SIGA.
The AECB conference is always great and welcome after Covid decimated any face to face events!
The 2021 IHBC online Summer School, “Historic Places – People Places” is on 17th and 18th of June and but Individual sessions are available for just £12 per session. See the programme here. To book a single session go to Booking and enter the discount code SINGLE. Jo Saady will be chairing the session on Thursday 17th June (11.00-12.30 BST) entitled Retrofit in Practise with local passivhaus designer Jim Miller followed by Harry Paticas MBE of ‘Retrofit in Action for Tomorrow’. The session ends with a 30min Q&A session so expect a heated debate on the hard face where sustainability meets heritage!
APU webinar now confirmed 3pm (GMT) Thursday 11 March. Still time to register your interest with Peter.Joerimann@apu.ch (and cc me if you would) and let him know if you’d like to receive samples in the post.
External wall insulation (EWI) is likely to be one of the corner stones of the retrofit drive to reach zero carbon but requires careful detailing. One of the most critical elements is the reveal bead which seals the EWI to the window frame but many systems seem to rely on basic components potentially increasing the risk of failure. APU (often used as a generic name for reveal beads) are market leaders and will be discussing how to specify this critical item during a free webinar, open to all. Please register your interest with Peter.Joerimann@apu.ch (and cc me if you wopuld) and let him know if you’d like to receive samples in the post (which will greatly assist understanding during the webinar). The date of the webinar is TBC but will be in early March. Worthwhile waching this video which shows how the expanding foam tape allows greater movement.
We’re now about half way through the deep retrofit to the Listed Lodge to Passivhaus principles and it’s a great opportunity to look at the construction before everything gets covered up. Above ground there’s a twin stud wall with a cellulose based breathable build up, Internorm triple plus 1 fenestration with integral solar control and discussion on airtightness & overheating strategy. In the basement there’s an interesting solution to wall insulation, Foamglas to the soffit and MVHR ventilation throughout. Checkout the blog so far. The tour will take place Saturday 14th March at 11am. Booking essential through jim@jimmillerdesign.co.uk
I’m planning a tour of the deep retrofit of a Listed Building in Hove sometime in the New Year when there should be lots to see before all the works are covered up. Period secondary glazing and MVHR to the Lodge, retrofit waterproofing and insulation to the basement, rebuild of the link and rotunda with MVHR throughout and all to Passivhaus principles. Can you let me if you’d be interested and if a weekday lunchtime tour would make sense.
Just a reminder it’s the RIBA Hove Design Day tomorrow !
See full details of the AECB Sussex group free airtightness workshop
If you’re thinking about extending, retrofitting or building a new home you’ll be able to meet and chat to quite a few local architects and designers, including me, about your ideas at the RIBA’s Hove Design Day on Saturday 19 October, any time from 10.30am to 3pm at Cornerstone Community Centre in Hove. Bring along photos and sketch plans, if you have them; and talk to as many of us as you like. See if you can find ‘the one’ for your project. No need to book, just come along!
The AECB Sussex group is running a free airtightness workshop with top practitioner Paul Jennings on Wednesday 23rd October, early evening, in Haywards Heath. For more details contact Jo Saady at jo@ecotecture.co.uk
The tour of this retrofit to Passivhaus principals ran after the Hove ‘Passivhaus’ (new build) tour earlier in the day and it was great to again have so many enthusiastic attendees.
The June ’heatwave’ was a good opportunity to showcase the Internorm HV350 window and doors which have triple glazing and an integrated external blind enclosed in a further 4th pane of glass which really does dramatically reduce solar gain and help to negate overheating. The venetian blinds are operated by a small solar panel (so need for wiring) and the solar panel and blind unit can be simply removed for maintenance and replacement, a truly great solution all round. Note the photo shows the 4th pane open to provide access to the solar panel and blind.
While the retrofit demonstrated the strength of Passivhaus to truly deliver super low energy and comfortable buildings, it is clear that a cost versus benefit assessment in required on a case by case basis to optimise the benefits for a reasonable budget. Meeting the Passivhaus EnerPHit criteria will be unaffordable for the vast majority of homeowners and is likely not to be the best use of funds and materials to reduce carbon emissions, an issue the Passivhaus movement is still developing.
The tour of Hove ‘Passivhaus’ on Saturday was a great success with a really engaged and enthusiastic group and I think everyone of the 22 attendees enjoyed the event and left with a much stronger sense and drive to implement Passivhaus. The tour was during the June ‘heatwave’ with temperatures in the high 20’s so it was a useful opportunity to confirm that the external solar roller blinds (see photos from both inside and out) were indeed preventing overheating while still allowing adequate daylighting. The secure nigh time ventilation strategy of opening doors at lower ground level and at second floor level and using the 4 storey atrium as a ‘chimney’ to dump warm air was not required that often which means there’s capacity in the system for hotter weather which suggests robust design, which is vital to prevent future overheating.
Just to let you know there is an AECB meetup @ Cowan Architects in East Grinstead this coming Tuesday 25th June which is a great opportunity to meet a wider group of AECB members
A great opportunity to see the future of construction offering excellent comfort and health along with super low energy consumption during tours of a new build and a retrofit both to Passivhaus standards
Pioneering the potential is a full day introduction to natural building materials featuring a morning and afternoon coach tour visiting projects, and demonstrating Sussex’s pioneering natural building materials role and potential.
An opportunity to see the future of retrofit Victorian retrofit open day. Note this tour runs after the Hove ‘Passivhaus’ tour
Fantasic opportunity to view Hove ‘Passivhaus’ a cutting edge new build house built to Passivhaus standards which truely delivers for both the occupants and the environment. Jim Miller will run a guided tour at 10.30am Saturday 29th June, booking essential. Tour would suit homeowners looking to build or retrofit to Passivhaus.
An interesting subject coming to Brighton in March
RetrofitWorks is a coop setup looking to roll out retrofit nationwide and their Sussex event should be interesting
Green Architecture Day is Saturday 30 March. Always a worthwhile day.
The Hove ‘Passivhaus’ tour on Tuesday was very well attended and received. Philip Proffit of naked house who supplied the timber frame system was also on hand to answer questions. There should be a tour later in the year when the project is complete.
So the ‘Passivhaus’ new build tour at 31 Old Shoreham Road, Hove BN3 6NR is tomorrow evening, Tuesday 20th June at 7pm. Please arrive on time as I expect we will have to lock the gate when the tour begins. The site is just off the junction of Shirley Drive and Old Shoreham Road and there is parking nearby but not on site. Hard hats are mandatory so please bring one if you have one as there are only one or two spares on site. I imagine the tour will take around an hour and a half and we may retire to a local pub afterwards. The tour is fully booked.
The tour of the ‘Passivhaus’ new build at 31 Old Shoreham Road, Hove BN3 6NR at 7pm on Tuesday 20th June is now fully booked so if anyone who is confirmed can no longer attend please let me know ASAP as there is a waiting lsit
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.
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Very lively meeting last night with lots of old & new faces. Good to see Martin ‘rocket stove’ Hughes talking about his new build in the woods. Next meeting Tuesday 8th December. Details
Just a reminder that it’s BSBM tomorrow night, Tuesday 10th November 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. December’s meeting is on the 8th. Details
The University of Brighton Cockcroft Building has undergone a sustainable retrofit and the architects Fraser Brown Mackenna have proposed a guided tour, perhaps one Wednesday afternoon in the New Year. Please let me know if you are interested and I’ll set things up.
Some great stuff – Making Lewes 12 -20 September
How to ‘Avoid Claims’ by Understanding Your JCT Contract or ‘Nip them in the Bud’ when they Arise
Ecobuild is getting smaller every year and must be half the size it was 2 – 3 years ago but still worthwhile. Interesting talk about biomimicry and how we might make bio materials which perhaps have a shorter working life but are part of a fully closed loop system and so reduce carbon overall. Liked EBS offering of ESB which is like OSB but much more vapour open so could be used externally with OSB internally and maintain a good balance of relative vapour openness across the structure.
Two evenings focused on CAT’s Zero Carbon Britain report
Lots to talk about as always at tomorrow nights BSBM, Tuesday 13th January From 7pm at the Battle of Trafalgar, 34 Guildford Road, BN1 3LW. Details
Good turnout and very informative CPD on all things related to trees and planning by Innovation Group Environmental Services. Especially interested in ArborRaft system which can be used directly on the ground above tree roots to provide a base for a concrete slab. Many thanks to Phlorum for hosting.
Anyone interested in attending this?
Saturday’s Eco Open House was a success with 43 visitors from all walks of life. Running through the logic of what I’d done half a dozen times helped me clarify my thoughts. Retrofit is complicated and very site/situation specific. The take up of cement and oil based finishes in the 20th century means the vast majority of solid walled buildings are sealed up meaning the fabric is likely to be degrading either quickly or at least slowly. We need to return to a breathable fabric and so ‘traditional’ methods, i.e. lime, perhaps with a bit of technology thrown in. External wall insulation (EWI) is no different and a blanket approach pushed by the big players using oil based insulation is not applicable in many cases. I accept oil based EWI has it’s place for ‘modern’ construction where DPCs, cavities, overhangs etc etc can keep the fabric dry but cannot see how a relatively unbreathable oil based insulation on solid walls will not simply act in a similar manner to cement based render, trapping moisture. Is the likely take up of EWI to meet our carbon obligations not an opportunity to put right the errors of the 20th century and return our buildings to health?
Lime plaster – brickwork – woodfibre insulation – lime render : breathable
The Eco Open Houses event kicks off this weekend, Saturday/Sunday 18th/19th and continues next weekend. I’m undertaking an exemplar woodfibre external wall insulation project to my Victorian terrace which will be at a very exciting phase tomorrow with all the insulation exposed, but viewing is only possible for the single day.
The Eco Open Houses event is taking place the last 2 weekends of this month, and needs volunteers, particularly on the first weekend – Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th, both mornings and afternoons. You do not need to have knowledge of green buildings – though that is a bonus; the most important quality is that you are friendly and reliable, as you will be supporting the householder to make the event a success. Do email caroline@brightonpermacuture.org.uk if you would like to be involved
The Bio-Base seminar this saturday looks good as part of Making Lewes
Lots of exciting Eco Open houses as always to visit this year on weekends of 18-19 and 25-26 October. I’m doing an exemplar external wall insulation to the rear of my own house and there’s also one of my projects in Rottingdean where we’ve done a ‘Passivhaus’ loft as part of a whole house renovation.
The AECB conference was Friday & Saturday just past. Always worth the effort and time to attend. Great to speak to old and new friends and most importantly see the latest developments. For me the ideas of more collaboration and consolidation with the industry are exciting and also fantastic to hear that we may soon have a well reasoned retrofit guidance via the Carbonlite Retrofit Programme through the AECB.
The PassivPOD designed by Koru architects and Jim Miller Design was launched yesterday in the Sunday Times. Readers can now view the the scheme along with the other shortlisted designs online and vote for their favourite scheme. Please support the PassivPOD and vote now!
AECB members met at the offices of Koru Architects in Hove last night for a preview of the PassivPOD designed by Koru Architects and JMD. PassivPOD is the response to the Sunday Times competition to design a Passivhaus lake side holiday home and shortlisted entries will be officially launched in the Sunday Times this weekend, Sunday 22nd June. Readers can then vote on line for their preferred scheme and the winning entry will be built.
Just a few words to say a big thank you to Stuart of Build Different who very kindly showed a bunch of BSB members around his warehouse last night. It was exciting to see a whole house in the final stages of being built under cover, rather than in the inclement British weather. The modular house will be completely fitted out right down to tiling and then split into sections and taken up to Aberdeen on lorries. Performance should be near Passivhaus with SIPS walls, excellent airtightness, MVHR and triple glazed fenestration.
Stuart of Build different is building a modular low energy house in a factory in Worthing soon to be shipped up to Aberdeen. As a first for BSB, we are planning a site visit this coming Monday 19th at 6.30pm. Address is Unit 3, Meadow Depot, Meadow Road, Worthing BN11 2SA. All welcome, but please let me or stuart know if you are coming along.
The Green Deal might not have been the greatest piece of legislation ever, but for a limited time there’s £4k cashback on external wall insulation which could prove very worthwhile. Consider breathable woodfibre insulation such as Diffutherm
Ecobuild seems to be getting a little smaller every year… Internorm had individual MVHR units built into it’s windows, Compacfoam had a stand, couple of companies offering timber sliding sashes with a hidden sliding systems and impressed by knowledge and products at Back to Earth
Three Eco Open Houses events to look forward to this year. Eco Open Houses Brighton & Hove will take place over two weekends, from 18 – 19 October to 25 – 26 October 2014, Eco Open Houses Worthing (12 – 13 April 2014) and Eco Open Houses Steyning (27 April 2014)
The Architecture Foundation is delighted to present Exploration Architecture: Designing with Nature, the first ever solo show of Exploration, a thought-leading architecture and design practice working in the field of biomimicry.
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.
Just to say that there are some great Eco Open Houses in Lewes this year, and as usual, Lewes packs a bigger ‘sustainable’ punch than it’s size would suggest!
Just a reminder that the Point 6 Projects seminar is on tonight, Friday 7 June between 4 – 6pm. Note the change of venue to HOTEL DU VIN, Brighton at the bottom of Ship Street. Please do let Anmarie at Point 6 Projects know if you’re coming.
This Friday’s Passivahus Construction Seminar – now to be held at Hotel du Vin, Brighton. Come along to hear about Point 6 Projects very exciting Certified Passivhaus, Oyster Falls in Croyde Bay, North Devon and lots of hands on details on how to build low energy buildings. This Friday 7 June 2013, 4 – 6 PM. All welcome, contact Anmarie at Point 6 Projects
I’ve been contacted by a Point 6 Projects who build Passivhaus buildings across the UK and thought a seminar on the practicalities of PH building might be of interest. Please see attached and contact Anmarie directly to reserve a place and I’ll see you there!
Thursday, 21st March 2013 from 09:00 – 13:00
Holiday Inn, Gatwick Worth Hotel, Crawley
The workshop is free for eligible businesses*.
To book your place email: julian@secbe.org.uk
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.
Passivhaus – An Introduction to
Performance & Costs in Newbuild & Retrofit
Justin Bere is a leader in the adoption of the Passivhaus standard in the UK and one of
its pioneers of ecological and environmental design. The Jurys Inn Brighton Hotel 101 Stroudley Road, Brighton BN1 4DJ, beside Brighton Railway Station. This Thursday 7th February 2013.
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Happy New Year! Good to see everyone in December. January’s BSB drinks are less than a week away on Tuesday 8th, Battle of Trafalgar Pub near Brighton train station, from 7pm.
BSB meet every second Tuesday of the month. Please get in touch for more details.
The last seminar on airtightness received very positive feedback with many commenting that it was ‘very informative’ and several asking for more!
Mechanical ventilation is becoming more widespread and the trend is sure to continue with the drive for lower energy homes. However, many MVHR systems are poorly designed and poorly installed, but good systems, especially those influenced by Passivhaus design can be very effective both in terms of user satisfaction and energy savings.
Andrew Farr of the Green Building Store is one of the best technical guys around and has agreed to run a seminar in Brighton in January which I would suggest will follow a simialar format to last time.
Possible dates are during the weeks commencing 14th Jan or 21st Jan but not Fridays, so could I suggest the evening of Monday 14th or Monday 21st January?
Please let me know if you’re interested and your availability so I know numbers.
All the best
Jim
5 December 9am – 1pm Hove Town Hall
Free half day workshop highlighting best practice examples of sustainable refurbishment. Hosted by Remade, Ecosys and GreenSpec. For more information or email nhutchinson@ecosys.org.uk
Jim Miller Design has just completed a full renovation of a Victorian cottage in the Shoreham by Sea Conservation area with glazed extension and loft conversion and sustainable features. Please contact JMD if you would like to attend the Open House event this Saturday morning the 3rd November 2012
Ecological Building Systems will be running a free airtightness seminar on Monday 19th November between 6 – 8pm at the Brighton Junction, Brighton. After a 1 hour run through on the principles of airtightness there will be a hands on demonstration of airtightness products followed by questions. Places are free but limited and if you wish to attend please contact Jim Miller design.
This Saturday the 15th October sees the return of the Eco Energy Fair event at the Brighthelm Centre in Brighton showcasing 20 local organisations alongside a day of talks covering wind farms, energy consumption, the Green Deal and Planning. See the website for more details.
For more information on how renewables might integrate into your project please get in touch.
One for the diary, Saturday 15th October sees the return of the Eco Energy Fair event at the Brighthelm Centre in Brighton with eco stalls and some interesting speakers. See the website for more details.
For more information on how renewables might integrate into your project please get in touch
Lots of exciting green renovations and new builds to wander round, starting on Thursday this week, the 8th September until Sunday 11th. See the website for more details.
If you’re not yet aware of the Open Door event running in Brighton and Hove between 8 -11 September then you’re missing a fantastic opportunity to visit some amazing locations not normally open to the public. The website suggests there are still places on the tour of the Masonic Lodge in Brighton but this is just one of over a 100 events ranging from grand houses, talks and even the chance to visit Brighton’s magnificent sewers!
Brighton Permaculture Trust have just launched a nifty little one day course aimed at anyone who wants to make their home warmer, healthier and cheaper to run. Open to everyone including home owners, landlords, builders and architects, participants will learn about practical changes they can make to their homes, ranging from DIY projects to major alterations.
The course has been designed by Mischa Hewitt (of Brighton Earth Ship fame) who is well placed to run such an event, ensuring everyone should get a huge amount from the day.
Anyone considering anything more than a small project may wish to take advantage of a free consultation with a sustainable architectural practice.
This Saturday, the 27th of September, sees the launch of Nigel’s Eco Market, a brand new event in the calendar for Brighton and Hove.
There promises to be a plethora of eco wonders including upcycled furniture, refashioned jewellery and even a pop up vintage tea shop selling delicious homemade food.
Jim Miller from Jim Miller Design Ltd and David Porter from Efficient Refurbs will be there promoting sustainable buildings and answering your questions on all matters Green. There will be samples galore and one lucky winner will receive a free Home Energy Report. You can also book a free Home Energy Survey or a free Architectural Consultation to discuss your renovation, extension or new build. Have you heard about the government’s Green Deal plans yet?
The event is free so there’s no excuse not to pop along!
