Becoming an Eco-refurbisher
Guest blog by Mark Tinker
I really enjoyed last Friday’s Green Register ‘Becoming an Eco-refurbisher’ course. I think all of The Green Register events I have attended have been really good and useful, and this was no exception. All of the speakers gave very good presentations, and were really focussed. They complemented each other very well, with very little overlap, and covered a broad range of approaches and topics. So very impressed, thank you.
Also worth saying that TGR seminars are not expensive, and I think among the best of those I go to.
I thought his introduction of the topic of waste was very interesting, also ideas on resources generally
I suppose almost inevitably a one day course on eco-refurb is going to be broadranging and cover a whole series of topics, but only to a certain depth. I appreciate also that the target audience may be to some extent people who do not have a great deal of background knowledge or experience, whereas there are people like me who have been at it some time. May there’s scope for a more advance course with in-depth exploration, going into greater detail.
I wonder if this might be more topic based, so for example there might be a seminar on ventilation, which looks at passive stack, MVHR, windcatchers and the discussion around those. Or perhaps one on heating, and on the various options for heat sources within an low carbon building. As an architect I am aware that I feel on safer ground with the building fabric, and understanding the issues there, but less sure about environment and services.
Having said that perhaps also there might be something on details of the fabric design, cold bridging issues, alternative insulation choices, moisture movement, etc.
I was very glad to have attended, and do really value the work that TGR is doing, and my membership of it.
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