For the last few months I've been working on a project to refurbish 6 terrace properties in Newcastle-Under-Lyme. We won the project after
a competitive bid last summer and today sees the launch of the
public web site charting the progress of the work. As you might expect, I'll be recording the project on the eocterrace web site using a number of blogging techniques such as
a written diary,
a phonecam blog,
flickr images and
del.icio.us links.
http://ecoterrace.co.uk
The goal is to substantially increase the environmental performance of the properties and help take part in the progress of the national debate about the importance of improving the quality of the country's existing housing stock.
One of the most interesting aspects of the project will be the post-occupancy monitoring work we will be completing in collaboration with the guys from
Hockerton Housing Projects. In a couple of years time we will hopefully have something valuable to say about the actual results of some of the design techniques and products, as well as an understanding of what it's like to live in a property like this.
I'll be covering it in more detail here soon, but if you
tune into Radio Stoke this morning at 11:20 GMT (it's available over the web) you'll hear my colleague Mike Menzies give a brief interview about the project out on site.
(thanks to
Adam Freetly from ArchGFX for his help on the Wordpress tweaking and Mat Brown from moblog.co.uk for input on the phonecam RSS... now I just have to create some content!)