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Victorian Houses Can Have A Green Makeover Too

Submitted by Treehugger 21 weeks 3 hours ago.
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Victorian houses in Toronto

It's all very nice to talk about green, energy efficient housing from the ground up, but what do you do if you live in an old Victorian house with solid brick walls? As Louise Bloom of the South East England Regional Assembly told the Guardian, 'Eco design is very sexy, but it's good to see what ordinary householders can do. The majority of our housing is old, so it's important to put across the message that a lot can be done to improve it.'

One Brighton area family spent eight months insulating floors and walls, adding solar hot water and radiant heating to cut C...


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