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Adding an underground greenhouse to your property offers many benefits. It allows you to overwinter plants, extend the growing season, and get a head start on planting for next spring. Overwinter ...
Sustainable refurbishment describes working on existing buildings to improve their environmental performance using sustainable methods and materials. A refurbishment or retrofit is defined as: "any work to a building over and above maintenance to change its capacity, function or performance' in other words, any intervention to adjust, reuse, or upgrade a building to suit new conditions or ...
A sunspace may be called and appear like a greenhouse, but a greenhouse is designed to grow plants whereas a sunspace is designed to provide heat and aesthetics to a building. Sunspaces are very popular passive design elements because they expand the living areas of a building and offer a room to grow plants and other vegetation.
The Code for Sustainable Homes was an environmental assessment method for rating and certifying the performance of new homes in United Kingdom.First introduced in 2006, it is a national standard for use in the design and construction of new homes with a view to encouraging continuous improvement in sustainable home building.
A green home is a type of house designed to be environmentally sustainable. Green homes focus on the efficient use of "energy, water, and building materials". [1] A green home may use sustainably sourced, environmentally friendly, and/or recycled building materials.
Cold frame construction is a common home or farm building project, although kits and commercial systems are available. A traditional plan makes use of old glass windows: a wooden frame is built, about one to two feet tall, and the window placed on top.
Your home : Australia's guide to environmentally sustainable homes (6th ed.). Canberra, ACT: Australia. Dept. of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources. 2021. ISBN 978-1-922125-78-1. The Sustainable house handbook : how to plan and build an affordable, energy-efficient and waterwise home for the future / Josh Byrne. - ISBN 9781743795828 .
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