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🚨 NEXT WEEK!

💻 Realistically Reducing Carbon and Retaining Heritage with Freya Wise

📆 Weds 11 Feb 2026

🕙 12-1pm

🎟️ Book your tickets here: buff.ly/pdCwYPf

⭐ Free to AECB members and £15+vat for non-members

#retrofit #heritage #energymodelling #embodiedcarbon

🤩 Stars in our eyes!

More of the Passivhaus retrofit project that is starring in Guy Martin's House Without Bills on Channel 4 on Monday 9 February at 9pm!

While watching RTÉ's "Heat my Home", I was wishing that there was going to be a UK equivalent. Seems like Channel4 had read my mind.

Not only with a great presenter like Guy Martin, but also @aecb.bsky.social Greater Manchester's local group ran by Progress in Practice

Looking forward to watching.

Upcoming events by our Members and Partners.
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🚨 NEXT WEEK!

💻 Realistically Reducing Carbon and Retaining Heritage with Freya Wise

📆 Weds 11 Feb 2026

🕙 12-1pm

🎟️ Book your tickets here: buff.ly/pdCwYPf

⭐ Free to AECB members and £15+vat for non-members

#retrofit #heritage #energymodelling #embodiedcarbon

I don't know whether it's gradual policy changes made after Grenfell but is it becoming harder to use natural materials? Is Building Control putting up more barriers? Or is it harder to insure an ecological building?

In my latest podcast I chat to Dr. James Glocking.

www.houseplanninghelp.com/395

It’s our 10th annual Healthy Buildings Conference! 26 Feb 2026, 13:00-17:45 followed by drinks&networking asbp.org.uk/healthybuild...

Discounts for members of @aecb.bsky.social @woodknowledgewales.bsky.social @good-homes.bsky.social @passivhaustrust.bsky.social @thegreenregister.bsky.social

AECB members can check it out on the recordings page of the AECB website! Another reason to join today!

🚨 Get your tickets!!

💻 Realistically Reducing Carbon and Retaining Heritage with Freya Wise

📆 Weds 11 Feb 2026

🕙 12-1pm

🎟️ Book your tickets here: buff.ly/pdCwYPf

⭐ Free to AECB members and £15+vat for non-members

#retrofit #heritage #energymodelling #embodiedcarbon

💡 AECB CarbonLite Understanding Building Physics
📆 Starts Monday 2 March 2026
🕙 10am-12noon OR 2:30-4:30pm

Find out more: buff.ly/IsimZBM or contact the AECB CarbonLite Training Centre - training@aecb.net

📣 Funding Available for AECB CarbonLite Training Courses!

If you’re looking to upskill in retrofit, building physics, or low‑energy building design, now is the perfect time.

Explore all courses and apply here: buff.ly/rG6IPhU

🛠️ Let’s build better — together.

HPH394: Could you automate air sealing on a house build?  – with Hugh Franklin - House Planning Help Hugh Franklin from Aeroseal UK explains how the airtightness of a building can be improved using a water-based, low VOC atomised polymer which is delivered when the building is pressurised. This simpl...

What are the pros and cons of embracing an automated air sealing approach to #airtightness? I explore this in my latest podcast with Hugh Franklin from Aeroseal UK.

www.houseplanninghelp.com/hph394-could...

#SelfBuild #Passivhaus #Housing

🚨 FINAL CALL 🚨

Starts Thurs 22 Jan and runs over 3 sessions. You will need to sign up by Monday 19 Jan if you want access to this cohort!

👉 Book your place now: buff.ly/PxJYSP1

#AECB #WholeLifeCarbon #PHribbon #CarbonLite #Training

🛑 Stop scrolling and watch this!

💡 A short video that clearly explains what the CarbonLite Standard is and how it offers a simple, technically robust pathway to creating buildings that are healthy and comfortable places to live... buff.ly/RxUxu3a

#CarbonLiteStandard #HealthyComfortableHomes

AECB Retrofit of Low Carbon Technology Centre - Greengauge Phase 2 of the HLNSC (Herefordshire, Ludlow and North Shropshire College) Low Carbon Technology Centre project involved the retrofit of a former stable building in the curtilage of a listed manor house, to create new a new teaching workshop and classrooms intended to help train new plumbers and electricians in the design and installation of renewable and low carbon energy technologies.

🤔How to achieve AECB retrofit on a Listed Building?

Find out more about the deep retrofit undertaken for the HLNSC Low Carbon Technology Centre

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Join Gerard Thacker NEXT Tuesday 20 January for AECB lunchtime webinar: aecb.net/event/achie...

With a open loop compensated UFH system delivering >50W/m2 peak load you can expect SCOP of 4-5. The spark gap, or ratio in price between gas and electric, is about 4.

So you can expect cost/unit heat to be 20-50% cheaper with a heat pump.

Achieving AECB CarbonLite Retrofit on a heritage building - AECB Strategies for undertaking a sensitive low energy retrofit on a project subject to Listed Building consent

🙌Wishing you all a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year!

Start the New Year as you mean to go on with some retrofit learning!

🗓️12 noon, Tuesday 20 January

☺️FREE for AECB members!

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@aecb.bsky.social

🚨 Coming soon!

💻 Achieving AECB CarbonLite Retrofit on a Heritage Building with @Gerard Thacker from @Greengauge Building Energy Consultants

📆 Tues 20 January 2026

🕙 12-1pm

⭐ This session is now accredited with 1 CPD point

🎟️ Book your tickets here: buff.ly/7HiFa3o

⭐ Free to AECB members

🚨 There is still time to sign up for the Whole Life Carbon Assessment Course – Starts Thurs 22 Jan and runs over 3 sessions.

Who is this course for?

🟢 Architects & designers
🟢 Energy consultants
🟢 Sustainability professionals

👉 Book your place now: buff.ly/PxJYSP1

Happy New Year! Let's make 2026 the year of environment conscious building...

🎄Day 24 – Merry CarbonLite Christmas!

🎄 Here’s to a greener, warmer, happier future. Merry Christmas from CarbonLite!

💡 Share your sustainable building wish for 2026!

#carbonlite #seasonsgreetings

🎄 Day 23 – Training & Resources

📚 Want to learn more? The AECB offers training, guidance, and support.

💡 The AECB has trained hundreds of industry professionals.

Visit the CarbonLite Training Centre to find out about our courses and the funding options available: buff.ly/xZrBJUR

🎄Day 22 – Join the AECB Community

🤝 Connect with architects, designers, builders, and homeowners who care.

💡 Join the AECB network today: buff.ly/LuVSSTJ

#aecb #membership #environmentconscious

🎄Day 21 – CarbonLite Case Study

🏡 Real homes, real results — see how others made the switch.

💡Check out Birdsong to see what Dan and Clare have achieved...https://buff.ly/z71C0eT

#birdsong #carbonlite #selfbuild

🎄Day 20 – Smart Heating Choices

🔥 The key to an efficient heat pump is running it at the lowest flow temperature, e.g. with underfloor heating.

💡 Over a whole year heat pumps can deliver 3-4x more energy than they use, a good gas boiler would typically give 0.9x what it uses.

🎄 Day 19 – Eco Materials

🌱 Build with nature — timber, cork, and recycled materials reduce impact.

💡 Your Whole Life Carbon calculation will help you explore low carbon options

🔎 Find out more about CarbonLite: buff.ly/uHhsm7f

#lowcarbon #natural #carbonlite

🎄 Day 18 - Mortgage Benefits

🏦 CarbonLite homes qualify for savings

💡 Did you know - borrowers with a mortgage from Ecology can save up to 1.50% on their standard variable rate (up to 1.00%% on properties built or retrofitted to AECB CarbonLite) – buff.ly/Ox2WwoP

🎄 Thank you to everyone who has supported the AECB throughout this year. Your commitment to sustainable building and low-carbon design makes a real difference. We couldn’t do it without you—here’s to an even greener year ahead!

💻 Achieving AECB CarbonLite Retrofit on a Heritage Building with Gerard Thacker from Greengauge

📆 Tues 20 January 2026

🕙 12-1pm

🎟️ Book your tickets here: buff.ly/7HiFa3o

⭐ Free to AECB members

🎄 Day 17 – Carbon Footprint Facts

🧮 Your home’s carbon footprint matters, running a gas boiler is usually the biggest cause — retrofitting brings long term comfort and puts you on the path to saving CO2.

💡 PHribbon or AECB Carbon Calculator software can be really useful tools