Thanks to campaign group 10:10, home energy experts Mukti Mitchell and Chit Chong answer your questions on making old houses more efficient Old houses are amazing, but those draughty chimneys, rattly ...

One year on from the completion of the UK’s first cavity wall, the International Passivhaus conference takes place this Saturday (28 May 2011) in Innsbuck. Green Building Store’s Bill Butcher, project ...

'The Government – due largely to lobbying from the insulation industry – is obsessed with making us all upgrade the insulation in our homes' Credit: Photo: ALAMY Q The render has blown on one side of ...

The Green Building Store is building its Passivhaus home with cavity walls - not the usual choice but one that works at Denby Dale As far as we know, the Denby Dale house will be the first Passivhaus ...

Thermal insulation requirements are becoming increasingly exacting, to reduce both energy costs and CO2 emissions.U-values of 0.6W/m²K, which became the norm following the energy crisis of the 1970s, ...

The construction of the housing scheme uses relatively conventional materials, yet achieves an Ecohomes ‘Excellent’ rating. The at roofs are covered with a sedum roof mat; the brick and block walls ...

Masonry construction is one of the oldest methods of creating built structures. However, the brick wall has changed considerably since the first fired clay bricks were laid nearly 8,000 years ago. To ...