MY SUGGESTIONS for the built environment. Forward to absolute zero before zero gas and oil comes about:
- Much less demolition; more reuse, repair, retrofitting. Nine tower cranes seen from the top level viewing platform of the New Brum Library last month. Build to last.
- Smaller homes and smaller gardens at the forgotten 23,000 sq m High Plateau site at Merry Hill, Brierley Hill.
- New homes in apartments of tower blocks; in rows of at least four in a block for homes to share each other's warmth by having fewer external walls - like my ideal home that I live in! WHICH IS:-
- Well-insulated active and passive solar heated home, modest size, 3 storey townhouse, less gracious and spacious spacing.
- FROM Urban Splash:- "Budenberg HAUS Projekte provides 215 apartments, across three buildings, the original factory and two new buildings designed by Foster + Partners all with private balconies and access to residents gardens."
- Live on the first floor; sleep on the ground floor like Urban Splash's upside down homes - Chimney Pot Park at Salford.
- Far fewer detached and semi-detached houses.
- WMCA's massive transport budget must be cut by abandoning mighty expensive multi-modal public transport development.
- The money diverted to responsible, external and internal insulation to achieve lower GHG emissions.
- Mott MacDonald should be lobbying to transform the 25 Kms Black Country Cycle Walk Mudway. From the Mighty Awful, with Mighty Potential to become Mighty Useful/Wonderful/Magnificent/
Outstanding! - Build nothing without massive insulation, instant electric domestic water heating and solar/battery PV for infrared heater panels to snuggle up to. Like our home!
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