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- Game over: UK arcades face closure threat as energy bills soar by 1,000% Sat, 14 Jan 23, 1:00amSome operators weigh up weekend-only opening as soaring energy prices remain stubbornly high
- A greener greenhouse: solar panels trialled on Wimbledon berries farm Fri, 10 Jun 22, 2:40amEnergy crisis has made Kent scheme aimed at unobtrusively building up solar output more timely
- Britain's largest solar farm poised to begin development in Kent Sun, 24 May 20, 8:04pmCleve Hill, the £450m project producing 350MW, expected to receive go-ahead this week
- Carbon-neutral Caring Wood wins RIBA award for best new house in the UK Wed, 29 Nov 17, 9:10pmA modern, carbon-neutral take on the traditional English country house in Kent has won the Royal Institution of British Architects’ House of the Year award...
- Solar-powered English country house offsets all its CO2 emissions Tue, 13 Jun 17, 7:37pmThree generations live under one roof in this sustainably minded home that breaks from the norm of the picturesque English countryside. Macdonald Wright Architects and Rural Office for Architecture designed the multigenerational...
- Green-Roofed Bourne Lane House Treads Lightly on the English Landscape with Locally Sourced Materials Fri, 13 Jun 14, 1:13amSplit into two barn-like wings connected by a central entrance hall, the asymmetric Bourne Lane House and its position in the landscape was largely informed by the client's desire to maximize natural light and privacy...
- Artist Alex Chinneck’s Mind-bending Building Facade Slides to the Ground Wed, 27 Nov 13, 5:00pmLondon-based artist Alex Chinneck creates spectacles that combine illusion, humor, and design. In his work entitled "From the knees of my nose to the belly of my toes" he fabricated a facade that appears to be sliding off...
- Super Resilient Beach House Clad in Natural Black Rubber Absorbs Winter Heat in Kent Fri, 27 Sep 13, 2:15amMany of the houses in and around Dungeness Beach were slowly expanded upon over the years and the vernacular involves a lot of improvisation. To stay in that style and spirit, Simon Condor Associates designed the new home...
- Bee Extinct in the UK Since the 1980s Now Buzzing Back into the Country Wed, 18 Sep 13, 7:23amThe short-haired bumblebee has been absent from the UK countryside since the 1980's. During the six decades before its disappearance, the insect's population plummeted due to the loss of wildflower-rich grasslands. It was...
- Bee Extinct in the UK Since the 1980′s Now Buzzing Back into the Country Wed, 18 Sep 13, 4:30amThe short-haired bumblebee has been absent from the UK countryside since the 1980's. During the six decades before its disappearance, the insect's population plummeted due to the loss of wildflower-rich grasslands. It was...
- Studio Wave’s Magical Wooden Hut Celebrates Nature and Color in Kent, UK Wed, 13 Mar 13, 4:00pmUK-based Studio Wave created this magical timber hut for holding a variety of sustainable craft workshops within Dartford Central Park’s Ecology Island...
- How not to measure temperature, part 93: the hottest weather station in the UK cited by the BBC has some interesting exposure Sun, 19 Aug 12, 7:34amOver at Tallbloke’s Talkshop, moderator Tim Channon wondered about this regularly hot station reported in the news: An often appearing name in the BBC news as the hottest place in the country is Gravesend but the true...
- Kyoto – in the past for Canada Tue, 13 Dec 11, 10:43amMore at BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16151310 UPI says: The cost of meeting Canada’s obligations under Kyoto would be $13.6 billion, Kent said. “That’s $1,600 from every Canadian family...
- Deadliest Catch-22 Sat, 8 Jan 11, 2:45pmYou can’t make this stuff up, really. Crab deaths due to cold according to one authority are now being blamed on….drum roll….climate change aka global warming, by another. “Thousands of dead crabs...