Max Fordham Blog
The Future of Cars is Electric! How will this change our designs? (Part 2 - Acoustics)
It’s not enough to design a building that suits the environment it is built in, you also have to try and make a building suit whatever environment…
New Metrics for Communal Heating Design
Max Fordham worked on a recently completed Passivhaus apartment building in London, where communal heating was required by policy. Part of the…
Can Collaboration Solve London's Energy Conundrum?
This week Max Fordham signed up as supporters of LETI – The London Environment Transformation Initiative. This is a group of over 150 cross-disciplinary…
The boundaries of Planet Earth
In July, I took part in CSAR's renowned lecture programme. CSAR (Cambridge Society for the Application of Research) is a society that encourages…
Mind the Gap
As a Practice, we have been designing low energy buildings for decades. We are now focusing on how to ensure we can achieve low energy performance…
Changing Energy Habits
National Grid recently hosted the second Power Responsive Conference in London. This event brought together organisations representing all aspects…
Is there a hidden cost for sustainable homes?
In a recent roundtable in Building magazine, a number of housing experts discussed ‘The True Cost of Sustainable Homes’, highlighting some interesting…
How will we heat London?
They increase CO2 emissions, they waste heat, they are expensive to install and expensive to run. District heating and Combined Heat and Power…
The Future of Sustainable Housing
Imagine a home designed with consumer comfort and sustainability held in equal measure. How do we deliver these values and still ensure affordability?…
What Are the Limits?
Provocative, alternative, inflammatory, thought-provoking. If you’ve never met Alastair Donald before, it’s likely you've never heard such unconventional…
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