Showcase of innovative energy efficient Eco-homes
Published:
April 02, 2013 23:23
by Tash [Alan Lodge] |
Neighbourhoods: nottingham university
Saturday 30 March 2013, University of Nottingham Campus
Seven homes on the University Park Campus have been designed and constructed to various degrees of innovation and flexibility to allow the testing of different aspects of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC), energy efficient design and renewable energy systems.
The project is a research and educational showcase of innovative state-of-the-art energy efficient homes.
It aims to stimulate sustainable design ideas and promote new ways of providing affordable, environmentally sustainable housing that are innovative in their design.
Structures known as the Nottingham H.O.U.S.E (Home Optimising the Use of Solar Energy), it was designed and built by students from the Department of the Built Environment at the University of Nottingham.
Built with a mass market in mind, the aim was to show how a small, eco-friendly 'starter' home could be produced - one with the ability to sit side by side with other houses as part of a terrace.
Creative Energy Homes http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/creative-energy-homes/houses/houses.aspx
The Ecologist http://www.theecologist.org
The solar powered house of the future? - The Ecologist http://tinyurl.com/bwcwhpm
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You can see some earlier examples of an alternative approach to eco-friendly building in the series I photographed showing the process of straw bale construction.
Straw Bale work on eco-building in St.Anns Part 34 http://nottingham.tachanka.org/articles/515
Hill Holt Woods Project 1 http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/09/380178.html
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ALAN LODGE
Photographer - Media: One Eye on the Road. Nottingham. UK
Email: tash@indymedia.org
Web: http://digitaljournalist.eu
Member of the National Union of Journalists [NUJ]
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"It is not enough to curse the darkness.
It is also necessary to light a lamp!!"
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Contact email: tash@indymedia.org
Comments
Turbine
Published: April 04, 2013 12:16
by
Tinman
I'd be surprised if that wind turbine ever span let alone made back it's embodied energy. What a waste of magnets and copper!
Maybe it should be liberated
Published: April 04, 2013 12:34
by
just saying
Its sitting there, lonely and useless, barely 20ft off the ground. Perfect size for a canal boat or a van-dwelling traveller.
More ... and better turbines
Published: April 05, 2013 01:04
by
Tash
Since the subject has come up ....
Indy Feature we did and links to many aspects of turbines and their production.
DIY V3 Wind Turbine Workshop
http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/09/380307.html
great site @nottm uni& ecoworks& ace pics
Published: April 05, 2013 20:45
by
JJ
the VAWT wind turbine maybe being tested& likely has some purpose on a campus with thousands of students& visitors.
tried and tested
Published: April 06, 2013 20:03
by
t
It's been up for years now and I for one have never seen it spin. Not surprising really, given that it's on a really short tower surrounded by buildings and trees twice it's height (the opposite of the usually accepted rule of thumb).
Not to mention that it's a modified savonius, an ancient rotor design which was superseded by three bladed HAWTs a century ago. Because it uses drag rather than lift it can never have a tip speed ratio greater than 1, which means it spins very slowly and needs a serious gearing ratio to get anything from it, which means it's extremely inefficient compared to modern machines.
All of this is well known by engineers and academics. If notts uni are going to test turbines maybe they should put the money and space into testing more radical designs.
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