General information on Low & Zero Carbon
- Breathingearth - real-time simulation displays the CO2 emissions of every country in the world
- www.bsdlive.co.uk - Building Sustainable Design online magazine
- Solar facts - Get some fast facts on solar energy
- Biomass Enery Centre - information on biomass derived solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and associated conversion technologies
- Check out this online calculator wind power design tool and see how much energy you could generate using wind power.
- Green Building Press - The Green Building Press is dedicated to promoting sustainable and environmentally responsible construction.
- PHPAIDA - The On-Line Natural Ventilation, Mixed Mode and Air Infiltration Rate Calculation Algorithm (Combined Stack, Wind and Mechanical Ventilation)
- BIPV - Building Integrated Photovoltaic panels from Telling Architectural
More Sites
- Department of Energy and Climate Change - The Department of Energy and Climate Change is responsible for all aspects of UK energy policy, and for tackling global climate change
- What are smart meters? - find out here at Energy Retail Association
- UK-GBC - The UK Green Building Council provide clarity, purpose and co-ordination of sustainability strategy.
Manufacturers
- Baxi Energy Hub - manufacturers dedicated energy efficiency website with lots of useful information and data.
HVAC
- The Water Efficiency Calculator for New Dwellings - wrcplc online calculator
- GPS PE Pipe Systems - GPS PE for Protectaline MDPE
- Wavin - Wavin for Trigon MDPE
- Radius - Radius for Puriton barrier pipe
- Celotex - Find out more about phenolic insulation
CAD related links
Computer related links
- tomshardware one of the best sites for technology news reviews and articles
- howtogeek.com computer how-to tips
Web Design
- CoffeeCup HTML Editor & Web Design Software
- Nettuts+ Design a Tabbed Content Area for your website as used on the homemicro.co.uk site
- W3Schools - A collection of free HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DHTML, XML, XHTML, WAP, ASP, SQL tutorials with lots of working examples and source code.
- The Pocket HTML Tutorial - useful information to get you start with HTML
- HTML Code Tutorial - guides to creating web pages including a complete list of all tags and attributes
- Essential Keystrokes - tips, tools, reviews and commentary on web design, marketing, blogging, new media and related topics
- Color Picker - HTML Color Codes & Color Picker
- Add This - the world's largest content sharing platform
Photo Sites
- freewebphoto high resolution royalty free photographs
- Stockvault.net is a stock photo sharing website where designers and photographers can meet to share their images
- Free Stock Photos for websites - FreeDigitalPhotos.net
- www.freeimages.co.uk click for the some of the best free photos on the web
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