Questions
How best reduce carbon emissions in houses, flats and buildings?
(Look at Green Homes project in GLA offering advice to homeowners)
How can we persuade people to pay more to buy insulation or change to underfloor pipe heating and eco appliances to save energy, dual water systems, eco-materials etc?
Building products derived from oil are usually also high in toxicity
Change Energy Supplier
Planning Issues
Local Planning processes. National planning legislation.
Advice and Awareness Raising
See local networks
Local Network to Link to and Partner with
Advisors, Presentations, Examples and visits for Awareness raising:
James Farrell Building Group
Paul Early – eco-renovation (website and address – 4 Whichels Place)
Examples of Eco-renovated houses in Brighton Festival
Earthship visits (Sunday morning – and link to low carbon network
Nicola Thomas – eco-renovation presentation for awareness raising (Transition Brighton network) nt@nicolathomas.co.uk
Green Architecture Day at Brighton Permaculture Trust
Green Pages Directory
St Nicholas Church Gardens project? (Link to Philippa Sankey of CMPCA (community association) p.sankey1@ntlworld.com
Low impact buildings for community use
(e.g. Jubilee Library?)
Green Buildings and Builders – Notes from Discussion Group 25 July 07
