Buildings consume nearly 40% of the world’s energy – they do not need to.

Many of the energy saving technologies used today were available in the 1970s. If we’d started building low energy houses 40 years ago it would mean that a third of our houses would now be conserving energy, not wasting it!

Good quality daylight is an important factor in living healthily, so residential windows should be large enough to provide residents with the light that their bodies need. VisitTheDaylightingSite for more information and this page in particular.

In a modern well insulated house the main form of heat loss comes from ventilation and draughts. The use of a mechanical ventilation with heat recovery system (MVHR) in conjunction with a well-sealed, draught proof external shell will have a massive benefit.