ZAP's Good Friday late-night roundtable: should we be building new homes at all?
A slightly rambling discussion about the place of new build in a low-energy and low-carbon world.
After our scheduled guest postponed their appearance we took the opportunity to discuss an issue that's been a little bit fractious in the Zero Ambitions chat: should be building new homes at all?
Heads up: it was an evening pod, some drink had been taken; apologies if the early reference to war in Ukraine sounds a bit glib, we aren't able to publish the pre-record chat was a little less centred on us; also Sara was on holiday, and Rachael dropped out at the last minute, so it's a bit of a boys-club episode.
There's a little mild profanity too.
Some links to things we mentioned
Passive House Plus magazine (soon to feature that article Jeff has been wrestling with)
Orson Welles getting drunk
Ronald Rovers: There is no ‘end of life' of a building…
Kwaijo Social Housing Twitter
Alex's French book: Construire ou rénover sa maison
Chicken in a can
Heads up: it was an evening pod, some drink had been taken; apologies if the early reference to war in Ukraine sounds a bit glib, we aren't able to publish the pre-record chat was a little less centred on us; also Sara was on holiday, and Rachael dropped out at the last minute, so it's a bit of a boys-club episode.
There's a little mild profanity too.
Some links to things we mentioned
Passive House Plus magazine (soon to feature that article Jeff has been wrestling with)
Orson Welles getting drunk
Ronald Rovers: There is no ‘end of life' of a building…
Kwaijo Social Housing Twitter
Alex's French book: Construire ou rénover sa maison
Chicken in a can