Here’s one for those who like to calculate their own carbon footprint. Defra has just published this year’s update to the Annex to the Company Reporting Guidelines. This annex contains factors which allow you to work out the emissions generated when you consume a quantity of fuel or electricity, travel a distance or ship a [...]
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A little off topic I know (only very slightly), but I think that 9carrots is a brilliant idea and well worth putting out there. Transition Network has a quick run down: If you are interested in working with your local businesses, and haven’t heard of 9carrots, it’s worth your consideration. It’s a simple enough idea [...]
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The first post on lighting took a look at CFLs, the cheap and effective replacement for standard incandescent lamps*, but over the last couple of decades, many homeowners have opted for halogen lighting. Halogen lamps are incandescent i.e. electricity passes through a tungsten filament which heats up and emits light. They differ from the standard [...]
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Here’s a great opportunity to see some examples of low carbon refurbishment of Victorian and Edwardian homes in North London. Norman Beddington and Antony Melville from VICTERI have managed to bring together 11 home owners in Camden, Islington, Haringey and Hackney and persuade them to open their doors to the public on the weekend of [...]
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Just a quick note to say that the Hackney Society have organised a debate on sustainability vs conservation. It’s a tricky issue – how do we turn the thousands of beautiful, historic homes in Hackney into very low and zero carbon homes without spoiling them? More information can be found here. Sustainability vs Conservation DEBATE [...]
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A couple of weekends ago a group of us went to see a very interesting solar thermal installation in Stoke Newington. Generally, solar thermal systems supply heat for hot water only, but this system did a lot more than that as it was also plumbed into the heating system. I’ll go into more detail on [...]
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The Levy Memorial Garden is located at the south end of Yoakley Road, just off Church Street. Until recently it was a rather neglected space but members of Transition Town Stoke Newington and local residents have taken it over and are doing a sterling job of cheering it up. I just came across this rather [...]
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This is the question that Transition Town Stoke Newington will be putting to the community on Saturday May 15th. This will be a fantastic opportunity to put forward ideas and discuss what you would like to see happen in the local area in order to make Stoke Newington a more sustainable, vibrant and resilient place [...]
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Another round of Carbon Conversations is starting up in Hackney and across North London in a couple of weeks. The Carbon Conversations programme was developed by Cambridge Carbon Footprint and these courses are being delivered in London by the Carbon Literacy Forum. This is a great way to help you make big cuts to your [...]
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The UK’s building regulations didn’t start to consider energy consumption until the 1960s, when very basic requirements to conserve energy were placed on house builders. These requirements have slowly been tightened over the decades and the introduction of the Code for Sustainable Homes has accelerated this in recent years. The intention is that new build [...]
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