Innovative Offsite Needed to Meet TargetsWriting in UK Construction Week, Andrew Carpenter, CEO of the Structural Timber Association, explained why innovative timber construction is the only way to meet government housing targets, and why offsite’s key players are lining up to take centre stage.Government’s “Bold Radical Vision”The Housing White Paper outlined Government’s ‘bold radical vision […]
Archives for May 2018
Wood Buildings are Healthier – British Woodworking Federation
Timber’s Biophilia CredentialsIain Mcllwee, CEO of the British Woodworking Federation draws attention to the growing focus on the health and wellbeing of building occupants. In particular he cites the emergence of the “Well Standard” resulting in the recognition of timber’s strong biophilia credentials.Health & WellbeingMcllwee points to the global movement over recent years to design […]
Housebuilders Move to Offsite
Lloyds Bank ReportConstruction Index notes that more than two thirds of house building companies are investing in some kind of modular or prefabricated housing, according to a new survey. House-builders are looking to so-called ‘modern methods of construction’ – doing as much of the work as possible in factories instead of on building sites – […]
Tesla’s 250 MW Solar Powerplant Homes – Global Construction Review
Virtual” Power PlantTesla has agreed a partnership with the State of South Australia to create a network of 50,000 solar powered homes to create a “virtual power plant”. It aims to fit 250MW of photovoltaic panels to the homes, store excess energy in batteries to cover the hours of darkness and, if there is a […]
Solar Farmhouse – InHabitat
Self-Generating net-zero Solar FarmhouseWriting in InHabitat, Laura Mordas-schenkein asserts that net-zero energy (or NZE) is quickly becoming the gold standard in green building. “If you can generate all of your own energy on site,” she writes. “ you never need to rely on the grid or worry about energy bills.”‘Affordable’ NZE HomesFollowing the successful launch […]
