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Architype has a different approach.
"Architype don't just design buildings that look good and feel great, they design buildings that work" Alison Grenan, headteacher St Luke's Primary School.
At no extra capital cost, we deliver higher quality design with radically reduced running costs.
By avoiding architectural complexity and focusing on simplicity, we get more value out of your budget.
By consulting effectively, we ensure that your building will express your ethos and meet your practical needs.
By designing to Passivhaus, we deliver the lowest possible energy consumption and the most comfortable internal environment.
By learning from the evidence gained by monitoring the performance of our previous buildings, we ensure that your building will work.
Architype offers a range of services including: architectural and fully integrated design team services, Passivhaus consultancy, whole life carbon analysis, and post occupancy building performance monitoring.
"Design is not just how something looks or how it feels, design is how it works" Steve Jobs
BioRegional is an award-winning social enterprise which establishes sustainable businesses and works with partners around the world to demonstrate that a sustainable future is attractive and affordable.
Our work is based on practical experience gained through delivering real-life projects in partnership with organisations around the world.
Black Mountain Insulation Ltd
Black Mountain Insulation manufactures the widest range of natural insulations in Europe; Sheeps Wool Insulation, Hemp Insulation, Plant and Wood Fibre Insulation we are therefore able to recommend the best Natural Insulation for your project. All of our products are made in our own factory, the only natural insulations factory in the UK. Which reduces lead times, minimising cost and providing the flexibility to produce bespoke orders for larger projects. We are therefore able to provide our customers with the guarantee of high quality products at the lowest market price.
Highest Natural Fibre content - Our aim is to produce natural insulation with the highest natural content possible, our products have up to 95% natural fibres which is up to 25% higher than many others, the minimal binder we use contains recycled material.
Low Carbon Footprint - Not only does Black Mountain use up to 90% less embodied energy in comparison to many man-made insulation products, the wool and hemp fibres used in our products permanently absorb significant quantities of carbon dioxide during their growth cycle. Therefore sheep wool insulation, plant and wood fibre insulations are ‘carbon negative’ – locking up a substantially higher level of carbon dioxide than used during their manufacture.
http://www.blackmountaininsulation.com/
British Wool Marketing Board
Ecological Building Systems has been at the forefront of supplying Intelligent airtight and windtight building product solutions and natural insulations for over a decade, gaining sole agency in Ireland and the UK for Pro clima; Gutex and Calsitherm. Our technical expertise and leading range of ecological products, provides the highest specifications for diffusion open, healthy, low energy sustainable buildings.
Econovate has developed an award winning sustainable low carbon material that plans to position itself at a worldwide scale. The vision is to take a share of the low carbon building materials value chain by using low-grade waste paper and cardboard, diverted from landfills to create superior construction products. Our current product “econoblok” uniquely combines technologies from different industries to manufacture fibre-cellulose based breeze block, engineered to achieve enhanced thermal and acoustic specifications in an affordable and high performing structural block all rolled into one product.
Our current objective is to set up a semi-automatic demonstration plant allowing us to gain certification of the product. The certification of the product and production process will allow us to enter the market by showing the technology to potential customers by supplying blocks for exemplar buildings.
We are entering a new era within the construction industry of sustainable products which will need to achieve the new building regulations in most developed countries to address the reduction of CO2 emissions. The code for sustainable homes ( in UK) and LEAD in many other countries will require developers and builders to achieving a higher standard of construction specifically focusing on the thermal performance of the envelope of buildings. Current technology cannot achieve the highest levels without losing living space and increasing up to 40% construction costs. We would offer a sustainable product at current breeze blocks price; a well known technology that will achieve the highest level of regulation without increasing the width of a current wall and without increasing building cost.
In an environmentally aware world with an increasing need for energy conservation, EcoStrata Ltd was set up with the purpose of combining specialist engineering knowledge and international sales and marketing experience to promote and supply environmentally friendly construction materials in the UK and Ireland. Please see more at www.ecostrata.co.uk
Excel is delighted to be accepted as members of the Association for Sustainable Building products. As a manufacturer of insulation produced from sustainable sources of recycled newspapers Excel is keen to work with ASBP in promoting truly sustainable and better than zero carbon building products. Our next step is to certify our Warmcel insulation to the Natureplus accreditation standard and support ASPB's mission to promote natural and sustainable construction.
Since July 2010, John has acted as a part-time consultant for Feilden + Mawson LLP, to provide expert advice on lime mortar, plaster and render, stone conservation, prevention of corrosion on the undersides of malleable metal roofs, the properties of and conservation of historic ferrous metals and on sustainable building construction.
In addition to RIBA and CIArb membership, John is a member of the following organisations:
The Association for Studies in the Conservation of Historic Buildings (ASCHB)
The Building Limes Forum (BLF)
The Association for Environmently Conscious Building (AECB)
The Alliance for Sustainable Building Products (ASBP)
The National Historic Ironwork Group (NHIG)
The Network Group for Composites in Construction (NGCC); John has been elected to sit on its Steering Group since November 2004
The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IoM3)
The National Non-Food Crop Centre (NNFCC)
GreenSpec aims to become a one stop shop encyclopaedia of green construction, including product pages, material property comparisons, material design guides, renewable energy guides, design guidance, image bank, domestic refurbishment, jargon buster, site waste guidance, durability and whole life costs; opinion, directories of manufacturers, suppliers, fabricators and craftsmen; reclamation for reuse; research papers, low cost CPD continuing professional development seminars,
GreenSpec Studio a Design and Specification assembly tool is On-line: assemble a building and the specification assembles itself.
Useful for all construction professionals and public alike, 49,000 global visitors use the website each month. 2000 unique visitors/day.
http://www.greenspec.co.uk
Native Chartered Architects is an award-winning architects' practice based in York, North Yorkshire. Known for both our modern, sustainable architecture with cutting edge materials like hempcrete and their expertise working with historic buildings and traditional materials and techniques.
Rachel Bevan Architects incorporate into their designs their knowledge of ecological construction, with attention to the health and environmental impact implications of buildings & products. They undertake research work, and feed-back this knowledge into their practice work. Rachel as lead designer of this award winning practice, designs buildings with respect for the existing historic, urban or rural context.
The practice has both design and hands-on expertise in Hemp Lime Construction, as published in 2008 by IHS BRE Press. Tom Woolley is author of Natural Building and also edited the Green Building Handbook. Tom Woolley provides CPD training courses and in-house advice.
We have carried out research, consultancy into sustainable building and bio-based materials through European and UK funding.
We are members of the Building Limes Forum, EBUK, the Small Woods Association, Scientists for Global Responsibility & AECB.
Rounded Developments Enterprises Ltd is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee (Registered in Wales - Number 4622932). RDE was established in 2002 in order to bring the world of sustainable development out of rhetoric and into reality. RDE is registered for VAT - No. 810 731 955
Aims and objectives:
The Aims and Objectives of RDE are as follows:
Champion the development of sustainable building in Wales by:
Raising awareness and sharing knowledge through educational activities;
Developing supply chain networks;
Facilitating and supporting the implementation of projects.
With over 15 years of experience in the supply of building materials to the construction industry, both nationally and internationally; Smet Building Products Ltd is passionate about delivering the leading names in innovative building products direct from mainland Europe to Ireland and the UK. SMET are firmly at the forefront of building materials innovations and offer a comprehensive portfolio of sustainable building materials including Calcium Sulphate Floor Screeds and Compounds, Natural Hydraulic Lime products including a range of EN 459-1, CE marked NHL 2, 3.5 & 5 Natural Hydraulic Lime Binders, NHL Machine & Hand applied Plasters and Renders.
www.smet.ie | www.smet.uk.com
The STEICO Group develops, produces and sells environmentally friendly construction products made of renewable materials. STEICO leads the European market for wood-fibre insulation materials.
STEICO is positioned as a system provider for ecological wood construction. The company's product range includes natural wood fibre insulation materials; hemp based products. I-joists as construction elements and laminated veneer lumber. Munich based STEICO supplies these products across Europe where they are successfully used in the construction and renovation of floors, walls, ceilings, facades and roofs. In the UK, STEICO maintains a sales office at Harpenden Herts.
STEICO products enable the construction of future-proof, healthy buildings which offer reliable protection from cold, heat and noise, and sustainably improve the building's energy efficiency.
Straw Works offers design, build and training services in straw bale building and other natural materials. Straw bale pioneer, Barbara Jones leads the Straw Works team who deliver courses on strawbale building, lime and clay plastering and rammed tyre foundations. They offer design and consultancy services for straw bale buildings and other sustainable designs.
Since 1989, BC (or The BioComposites Centre) has been at the forefront of research, development and the commercial application of bio-based alternatives to synthetic materials. Today, in a world where sustainability and the environment are moving to the top of the agenda, we offer businesses of all kinds the knowledge and the technical means to put those alternatives into practice, helping them lower costs, increase productivity and make their activities more environmentally and socially responsible. With extensive laboratories, scale up facilities and a pilot plant to back up desk based studies we can deliver more than just a 'literature review'.
The Wood Consultancy