AECB Sustainable Building Association Local Group
Debbie Mauger's activities in the AECB was as one of the coordinators of the Local Hampshire Group of the AECB Sustainable Building Association. The group continues - under the leadership of Brian Layton - to hold meetings of AECB members (and guests) at various places in the area with speakers including suppliers giving CPD presentations, professionals and academics discussing what workds and what doesn't as well as those who have been at the rockface.
Two of the regular venues are:
Previous meetings:
2010 June. AECB member, Simon Hill, presented the plans for a new home for Zelda and himself. Discussions followed with advice from the 'been-there-done-that' brigade on which details may lead to problems and also some 'keep it simple' suggestions.
September 2010 - John Doggart of Old Home SuperHome by the Sustainable Energy Academy talked about retrofit. John has many years experience in designing low energy properties – he developed the first solar house in the UK, the first Passive Solar housing scheme, and co-developed BREEAM. Old Home SuperHome is helping to set up and promote a network of energy efficient old dwellings as well as an education programme showing how to replicate the techniques, a research programme to introduce new technologies, and a knowledge resource of projects.
December 2010 Ken Neal presented two of his projects: a new development of 8 new Passivhaus standard houses as well as his own home, the famous Cob House, near Newbury. Ken Neal & Associates is a Building Design and Environmental Consultancy specialising in house and small-scale business design to very low energy use standards – using conventional or alternative building methods. Ken is a regular member of the group meetings and his comments and discussions have proven valuable input for the group.
March 2011 Another member who often attends the meetings is Dennis Wilkinson who spoke on this occasion on "Wall and Roof Defects in Eco-design & Eco-housing". Dennis is a Chartered Environmental Surveyor and Chartered Environmentalist and founder member of the RICS Environmental Faculty. With a wealth of knowledge and experience, he now gives lectures to university students - his specialty being 'building defects'.
May 2011 The supplier of Kalwall + Nanogel gave a presentation 'a breakthrough in daylighting with extraordinary insulation and light transmission'. We shall be discussing maximising natural daylight in all types of buildings - not just schools and commercial buildings.
June 2011. To celebrate the Hampshire Group's first year a BBQ was held at Trudy Thompson’s Bricks and Bread Sustainable Living Centre This included a revealing talk about project running eco house builds by Trudy herself.
July 2011. The first joint meeting of the Hampshire Group and the Sustainable Construction Network at Eastleigh near Southampton. The three thought provoking speakers were all AECB members: Jo Saady, AECB Trustee and founder of Ecotecture, the award winning architectural practice that has been making its name in ecological building since 1992; Gary Wilburn of HPW Architects and SCN Chair; Steve Charter of the Green Gauge Trust. It was not only an opportunity to listen and learn but also a chance to network with like-minded businesses, talk to the speakers as well as meet up with fellow AECB members.
July 2011 Jonathon Barnett, of AECB member company Isoquick, gave a very interesting presentation of their insulated raft foundation system and was good at taking on board suggestions by some of our members - especially engineer, Chris Shaw. Even after a barrage of questions and comments, Jonathon managed to show the Isoquick system in a favourably light. There were about a dozen of us and a good cross section of people with a wealth of experience and expertise. The two Kens - Ken Neal and Ken Askew - gave their usual, practical contributions to the comments and questions. In addition, 'end users' were asking pertinent questions that brought the discussions very much into the real world. Simon Hill, a longstanding member of the Hampshire Group, went home afterwards to tear up his current plans for his new house and go back to the drawing board (again!). This will mean facing the wrath of his wife, Zelda, and also throwing away his old trainers (but you had to be there to appreciate the significance of that one).
Finally, a thank you to our host John White of the Basingstoke College of Technology Construction Dept. where they teach our future builders. He made their premises available for our venue and was also willing to give some consideration to alternative ways of building (without any cavity walls!).
Two of the regular venues are:
- Bricks and Bread Sustainable Living Centre, Church Lane East, Aldershot, GU11 3BT
- Construction Department of the Basingstoke College of Technology, Basingstoke RG22 6PW
Previous meetings:
2010 June. AECB member, Simon Hill, presented the plans for a new home for Zelda and himself. Discussions followed with advice from the 'been-there-done-that' brigade on which details may lead to problems and also some 'keep it simple' suggestions.
September 2010 - John Doggart of Old Home SuperHome by the Sustainable Energy Academy talked about retrofit. John has many years experience in designing low energy properties – he developed the first solar house in the UK, the first Passive Solar housing scheme, and co-developed BREEAM. Old Home SuperHome is helping to set up and promote a network of energy efficient old dwellings as well as an education programme showing how to replicate the techniques, a research programme to introduce new technologies, and a knowledge resource of projects.
December 2010 Ken Neal presented two of his projects: a new development of 8 new Passivhaus standard houses as well as his own home, the famous Cob House, near Newbury. Ken Neal & Associates is a Building Design and Environmental Consultancy specialising in house and small-scale business design to very low energy use standards – using conventional or alternative building methods. Ken is a regular member of the group meetings and his comments and discussions have proven valuable input for the group.
March 2011 Another member who often attends the meetings is Dennis Wilkinson who spoke on this occasion on "Wall and Roof Defects in Eco-design & Eco-housing". Dennis is a Chartered Environmental Surveyor and Chartered Environmentalist and founder member of the RICS Environmental Faculty. With a wealth of knowledge and experience, he now gives lectures to university students - his specialty being 'building defects'.
May 2011 The supplier of Kalwall + Nanogel gave a presentation 'a breakthrough in daylighting with extraordinary insulation and light transmission'. We shall be discussing maximising natural daylight in all types of buildings - not just schools and commercial buildings.
June 2011. To celebrate the Hampshire Group's first year a BBQ was held at Trudy Thompson’s Bricks and Bread Sustainable Living Centre This included a revealing talk about project running eco house builds by Trudy herself.
July 2011. The first joint meeting of the Hampshire Group and the Sustainable Construction Network at Eastleigh near Southampton. The three thought provoking speakers were all AECB members: Jo Saady, AECB Trustee and founder of Ecotecture, the award winning architectural practice that has been making its name in ecological building since 1992; Gary Wilburn of HPW Architects and SCN Chair; Steve Charter of the Green Gauge Trust. It was not only an opportunity to listen and learn but also a chance to network with like-minded businesses, talk to the speakers as well as meet up with fellow AECB members.
July 2011 Jonathon Barnett, of AECB member company Isoquick, gave a very interesting presentation of their insulated raft foundation system and was good at taking on board suggestions by some of our members - especially engineer, Chris Shaw. Even after a barrage of questions and comments, Jonathon managed to show the Isoquick system in a favourably light. There were about a dozen of us and a good cross section of people with a wealth of experience and expertise. The two Kens - Ken Neal and Ken Askew - gave their usual, practical contributions to the comments and questions. In addition, 'end users' were asking pertinent questions that brought the discussions very much into the real world. Simon Hill, a longstanding member of the Hampshire Group, went home afterwards to tear up his current plans for his new house and go back to the drawing board (again!). This will mean facing the wrath of his wife, Zelda, and also throwing away his old trainers (but you had to be there to appreciate the significance of that one).
Finally, a thank you to our host John White of the Basingstoke College of Technology Construction Dept. where they teach our future builders. He made their premises available for our venue and was also willing to give some consideration to alternative ways of building (without any cavity walls!).
