How-to do it Allbrite

Russell White business man and green entrepreneur has revolutionised his eco home into some thing quite special. The eco-friendly dad from Mold, Flintshire has designed a zero-carbon home from scratch.

The new build property means that for Russell and family, bills are a thing of the past.

The impressive home comes fitted with solar photo voltaics and wind turbines that will generate enough electricity for the families needs. Solar water heating will ensure enough hot water for showers and the dishes all year round.

“Because we generate all our own electricity there will be absolutely no running costs- completely zero.”

“Most people accept gas, water and electricity bills as an unavoidable part of life but what we are doing shows there is another way if you are prepared to make the initial investment.”

The owner and co founder of Flintshire based eco-retailer, Allbrite UK, is more that used to reducing his carbon foot print.

The home is built from blocks of recycled pallet wood which helps to insulate the home.

A harvesting system will help to recycle rainwater to minimise waste and power showers and dual flush toilets, and LED light bulbs will be fitted toe ach room to save energy.

And when it comes to dinner the family will be doing all their cooking on a log burner.

“The roof has 100mm of insulation between the eaves and we are putting 100mm of glass wool insulation between the ceiling joists so the house will be so well insulated that it will hardly ever need heating.”

“As a back up underfloor heating mats which will come on automatically when the temperature dips to 16°C have been fitted throughout?”

Russell’s vision doesn’t stop there. The eco friendly businessman wants to run the Allbrite business from his land and has planning permission to develop a renewable energy training centre and a commercial warehouse.

Now after two years of hard work Russell and family are close to completing their dream home.

“Any one can do it –it’s just a case of having the know how.” Says Russell

It is one thing to be in this industry and talk the talk on energy efficiency but very few so called-experts practise what they preach. This project demonstrates my faith in Allbrite its products and the expert technical knowledge that myself and staff have about them.

All the products that have been used in my build and all the technical information on the products are available from Allbrite UK.