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A Potted history of building materials

1st October 2013

Concrete as you know it today has only been used in house foundations for just over 100 years. In 1756 cement was produced by John Smeaton by baking crushed limestone with a proportion of clay and Joseph Aspdin first patented Portland Cement in 1824. Bricks Bricks...

Did you know that the consultation on the definition of zero carbon should end in March?

5th September 2013

The English have been going on about zero carbon homes for 20 years now and we have 3 zero carbon homes built, of which 1 is in the grounds of the BRE in Garston. Well, who has heard of the Germans? (with their great cars and washing machines and tumble dryers) and...

A Potted history of building materials

Did you know that the consultation on the definition of zero carbon should end in March?

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