ADDITIONAL WAYS WORTH CONSIDERING TO MAKE YOUR HOME MORE ECO-FRIENDLY

• 1. Designing the house to maximise on natural solar gain. Where ever practicable the house should be built to face South/South-South West in order to maximise the solar gain.
• 2. Design the house to ensure that windows to the north are kept to the minimum. And try and avoid large windows unless there are good reasons such as good views.
• 3. Design the house so that it has good day lighting so as to reduce energy to light the home.
• 4. Alternative energy sources are worth considering to reduce fossil fuel energy requirements. Examples are:-
          Ground source heat pumps.
          Solar Panels.
          Wind Turbines in windy areas.
• 5. Increase the insulation to the highest practicable level in the walls and the roof; and certainly in excess of the statutory requirements.
• 6. Landscaping to provide protection from the prevailing wind.
• 7. Good construction practice on Site.
• 8. High efficiency condensing boiler.
• 9. House heat recovery systems.
• 10. Energy management tools.

Timber Frame Homes Specifications from Fleming Self Build Scotland