How to create a sustainable home: GETTING THE DESIGN RIGHT
Feb 27, 2020
4 minutes
by Tim Pullen
conventional house design can almost be taken off the shelf. Beyond the size and look, there may be little to consider. All the technical elements – how to build it and what materials to use – are a well-trodden path. In this series, we’ve already seen that a sustainable home needs a bit more thought. To be sustainable means to be maintainable, to endure. It also means to be built according to sustainable practices. That’s a goal that requires us to pay attention to details that we might take for granted otherwise. After last month’s discussion of picking a plot for a sustainable project, it’s time to focus on the fulcrum that allows vague dreams to be shifted
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