Conker Conservation
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Passivhaus Designers, Ecological Building Consultants, Sustainable Architecture, Chartered Building Surveyors, Historic Building Conservators and more...
Canterbury, England
Joined July 2015
Of all the remote stations in all the world (or at least Gunnislake, Devon) who purrs up on his electric Superbike? @peterwarm I don’t need to be asked twice, was just about to take it for a spin around the car park when the train arrived, wish it had been late!
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Don’t forget Green Drinks tonight is different, environment agency wildlife specialist is giving a tour and talk about the wild beavers living in the river Stour Canterbury, meet at 18:30 St Radigunds car park. #beavers #canterbury #wildlife .@AECBnet.
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Final reminder for our @AECBnet Sustainable Building Rally on Friday 2pm in Canterbury, 70 attending so far who will get #CPD certificates. See you at the @westgatehall and for drinks and pizza afterwards, veg and zero options too!.
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Did 3 site visits around London today on motorbike, very convenient using the shared bus bike and cycle lanes through @lb_southwark . At 20mph these seem safe for bikers and cyclists but how do cyclists view sharing them with bikes and scooters ? .#cycling #buslanes.
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Likes the hemp insulation from @IndiNatureCo for walls and lifts, made in UK, negative carbon per kg, good roughage for vegans too. #hemp #futurebuild.
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What I learnt on Day 1 #futurebuild : hot water cylinder manufacturers have no interest in upgrading insulation as “house builders are not asking for it”. 50mm has not improved in 20 years.
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Quote from structural engineer “thermal breaks are not covered within building regulations Part A or any British Standards relating to structural design. We are not comfortable in specifying them in our package “.I find this disgraceful in 2024.#engineering #thermalinsulation.
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This year Conker will be 25 years old. Inspired by CAT in the early 1990s we decided we would only do sustainable building or conservation work. 755 projects later, still learning and loving it
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A few places still available on today’s factory tour of Zehnder Maidstone and cpd on overheating, perfect for this time of year. Starts at 3pm, email info@conker.cc.@AECBnet #zehnder.#ventilation.
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A pedestrian is walking on the M25 this morning so the entire 4 lanes clockwise are following at 4mph. Traffic officers can’t tackle him.
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Our second Passivhaus Plus got planning permission last night at committee, Canterbury CC finally supported despite putting every conceivable barrier in the way. Rather than being delighted we and client are just exhausted. Good news ultimately #passivhaus.
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Having done 4 retrofit surveys in the last 10 days my feet were like permanent ice blocks, so it was a delight to survey a #passivhaus with a toasty floor, not even UFH, just proper insulation. This stuff works.
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AECB retrofit course writers do like a laugh. Unfortunately most builders still believe the answer to the following question is the first one . #retrofit #passivhaus
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Thanks to Mark for opening his EnerPHit class Q barn for the @AECBnet and #iPHopendays.In Maidstone. See project ID7100 on the international database. Timber frame by Passivhaus Contracts, planning and tech design by Conker.#classQ #barnconversion
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Passivhaus Open Day 11th November .Kent’s only EnerPHit barn conversion will open for two guided tours on Saturday between 11:30 and 2pm. Located near Maidstone. The property should be listed on Passivhaus Trust website for bookings, otherwise contact enquiries@conker.cc
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Client just asked me to arrange an air leakage test on a passivhaus we designed….in 2007! Only just finished his self build- 15 years in production. Le see if our airtight details hold up. #passivhaus #selfbuild #airleakagetesting.
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