Less is More: how we can keep going without breaking the planet – or the bank
Less is More – Energy After Oil: David Olivier Download the full report here or the Bite-Size Article AECB has … Read More
AECB’s Water Standards – Design for Sustainable Water Systems is Less Complicated than you may Expect!
AECB Water Standards Volumes 1 and 2: Nick Grant and Judith Thornton Greywater recycling and rainwater harvesting sound good and … Read More
The AECB Building Standard (previously Silver standard) – for Low Energy Homes with a High Degree of Confidence
The AECB Building Standard (previously called Silver standard) has been developed by the AECB to help designers, builders and self … Read More
Overview of Housing Standards Review
The Housing Standards Review, published by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) is proposing to reduce the number … Read More
AECB response to Department for Communities and Local Government’s (DCLG) proposals for housing water standards
The AECB’s long-standing criticism of the Part L and Code for Sustainable Homes’ system for achieving water savings has at … Read More
Don’t Let Them Put Our Enviornmental Standards on the Red Tape Bonfire!
The Department of Communities and Local Government has published proposals to slash the options for housing construction standards to be … Read More
We must change our disgraceful approach to build quality – or wave goodbye to energy savings
Three years of experience with thermographic imaging and airtesting on all kinds of buildings have led AECB member Paul Buckingham … Read More
CLP Volume 1 : Introduction to the CarbonLite Programme
The CarbonLite Programme is a step-by-step guide to creating and using buildings with low energy use and CO2 emissions. It … Read More
CLP Volume 2 : Principles and Methodologies
Calculating and minimising heat loss and CO2 emissions from buildings.
CLP Volume 3:
PLEASE NOTE THIS VOLUME HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. THE AECB BUILDING STANDARD (PREVIOUSLY SILVER) STANDARD HAS BEEN SIMPLIFIED INTO VOLUME 4.
Design Guidance AECB Building Standard
Design & detailing advice to support building to the AECB and Passivhaus Standard. This standard is part of a suite … Read More