Our most recent ‘Which Way is Green?’ dilemma has thrown up a frustrating lack of choice in the UK when it comes to ‘healthy’ building products. Having set our hearts on a gorgeous Botticino honed marble which we sourced ourselves instead of using an ‘off the shelf’ Baufritz flooring, we also needed to source a […]
It’s flaming June (supposedly) and our ‘solar garden’ is now hooked up to the grid and generating green energy. This is something to celebrate today, particularly as it happens to be ‘Sussex Day‘. We have 32 PV panels ground-mounted in the front garden at Sky House Sussex…but why on earth there, you may ask? Isn’t […]
We’re writing this post with some trepidation. You see, we’re going to put our necks on the line and try to define what we mean by a ‘zero carbon home’. From our own reading on the subject, a clear definition seems elusive. Those that do exist are often open to interpretation. Over the coming months […]
It’s just one week now until the Baufritz construction team start assembling our eagerly anticipated low carbon timber framed house and guest accommodation here in Lewes. The Sky House Sussex site was humming with activity today as the finishing touches to the slab (damp coursing and extra thick ground level insulation) were made by Joe […]
Do your energy bills have you waking up in a cold sweat? Do you ever wish you could see which appliances chew up the most energy and how to reduce wasteful consumption? At Sky House Sussex, we want to promote greener living. So we’ve been discussing installing energy monitors throughout the building – and this […]