The below are some of our key current general endorsements:
Materials
- Sustainable timber from plantations or individually selected from native forest
- Hempcrete as superior wall mass and insulation material (loose, blocks or panels)
- Carbon neutral, regionally produced bricks and terracotta tiles
- Sheep wool insulation
- Roman concrete
- Locally sourced stone foundations, footings, masonry
- Mudbrick, cob, wattle and daub
- Low-cement rammed earth
- Recycled materials
Surface treatments
- Lime renders, clay renders
- Genuine natural tung nut oil, danish oil, linseed oil, beeswax
- Traditional whitewash (lime, salt, water)
Technologies
- Electric hot water and heat storage and pumped header tanks acting as PV system energy storage
- Waste wood/chip cookers, heaters and hot water heaters
- Passive solar heating balanced with moderate glazing
- Passive evaporative/natural draft/underfloor/underground draft cooling