The only people likely to invest in zero carbon homes are those that believe that they will get similar creature comforts to a normal house but with more environmentally friendly credentials. In order to achieve this, extra money would have to be spent, not less.
It would seem that a solution has been made to this economic issue; the mud house. In fact it blows away the other zero carbon opposition as it only costs 300 quid. Whether you would want to live in it though is a different matter altogether. BuildersBox's opinion is that it would be better to spend your money planting a whole forest and carbon offset than live like a medieval peasant.
Either way, it's worth checking it out at Birmingham's 'Festival of Xtreme Building', where it is situated next to the 30 grand aluminium micro-compact house.
Related internet links: The Festival of Xtreme Building website
Comments (1)
The future is a zero carbon building block
Try www.zerocarbonbuildingblock.com
In order to decarbonise our future we need to start building new houses with these kinds of materials.
By Gordon Foat | October 29, 2007 3:54 PM
Posted on October 29, 2007 15:54