sustainable house day

Sunday 12th September 2010 is sustainable house day
what does this mean??
it means you go around and sticky beak at other peoples' sustainable houses and pinch their ideas
house addresses aren't available yet check back soon!

good insulation resources

A & AD Discount insulation
knowledgeable, professional and passionate about insulation

insulate with paint

environmental assessment outcome #2
apparently, you can add insulating products to paint resulting in additional insulation
it's called thermalite
says the website
it's available at home hardware, mitre 10, and the Environment Shop - 594 High Rd Thornbury

Colorbond roofing material includes insulating properties, and now includes Thermatech
using light colours reflects even more heat, Colorbond colour chart
the best, with a "very light" rating seems to be surfmist

smokin!

hemp-crete will save us!

snippet from inhabitat:

Buildings account for thirty-eight percent of the CO2 emissions in the U.S., according to the U.S. Green Building Council, and demand for carbon neutral and/or zero footprint buildings is at an all-time high. Now there is a new building material that is not just carbon neutral, but is actually carbon negative. Developed by U.K.-based Lhoist Group, Tradical® Hemcrete® is a concrete substitute made from hemp, lime and water. What makes it carbon negative? There is more CO2 locked-up in the process of growing and harvesting of the hemp than is released in the production of the lime binder. Of course the equation is more complicated than that, but Hemcrete® is still an amazing new technology that could change the building industry.

more information about building with hemp here

and not another brick in the wall recent research into hemp - nsw has an industrial hemp bill

that's insulation

never been much of a paul weller fan but this song's okay, the jam, with that's entertainment

something to listen to while researching insulation...

• solartex - foil insulation specialists - includes information on foil blinds, and solartubes (skylights)
• technical manual 4.7 - insulation - the hows, whys, etc
• greenstuf insulation, including product information
  
• just in case the government agrees to kick some money in!