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“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.” Charles Mingus
Elemental Solutions was set up in 1996. Its principal Nick Grant
works as a freelance energy and water consultant and in
association with other specialists who share his no-nonsense
eco-minimal approach to sustainable design.
Mainstream sustainability is our passion but we also specialise in one-off solutions for challenging sites.
Elemental Solutions offer:-
- Strategic and detailed design to Passivhaus and AECB energy and water standards
- Building performance troubleshooting
- Courses, CPDs, technical writing, lectures
- Research to inform policy and best practice
Passivhaus and low energy building training
Is zero carbon the right target for buildings? Presented at the 16th International Passivhaus Conference in Hannover May 2012. Download.
Passivhaus Designer training material with Warm Low Energy Building Practice and other authors.
'Biomass - a burning issue' AECB discussion paper with Alan Clarke. Download
'The
importance of hot water system design in the Passivhaus' Alan Clarke
and Nick Grant presented at the 14th International Passive House
Conference Dresden 2010. Download
AECB Water Standards now available for free download.
These voluntary standards were comissioned to provide an alternative
approach to the Code for Sustainble Homes Water Calculator. Written
with Judith Thornton of Waterworks.
Eco-Minimalism revisited. In Green Building Magazine Winter 2008. The full version of a comment piece published in the Architects Journal.
A critique of the Code for Sustainable Homes Water Calculator. Published in Green Building Magazine. www.greenbuildingmagazine.co.uk
Quantifying the energy and carbon effects of water saving for the EA and EST.
Researched and written with Alan Clarke and Judith Thornton.
Nick Grant, Elemental Solutions, Withy Cottage, Little Hill, Orcop, Hereford, HR2 8SE
T: 01981 540728
Original website built by Mark Moodie.
Design and images; Mark Moodie and Nick Grant.
