Performance Before Eco-Bling

Andrew Orriss, Chairman of the UKSIP Association, talks to editor at Environment Industry Magazine about Eco-Bling.

‘Fit and forget’ is an expression I came across a while ago, but I have never really seen it understood in the context of building. It seems to be a statement that best sums up our attitude to fast-moving consumer goods - buy a product or appliance, plug it in and away you go.

I think it has potential as a concept, in particular residential building projects, and specifically those with a sustainability mandate for example The Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH). The emerging interest in PassivHaus construction in the UK will certainly be tuning into this concept. I believe we still default too quickly to micro renewable technology for solutions to meet these standards, confirmed by a visit to exhibitions such as Ecobuild, where one could be overwhelmed by the technology on show, with something to meet almost.

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