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'Urban Design' feature
/ Mar 30, 2010OCA Director, Oliver Chapman, was invited to contribute to the spring issue No.114 of the Urban Design Group Journal. The magazine tackles ‘Urbanism in Scotland’ and Oliver’s article, entitled ‘Borders Towns – Waiting for the Train to Arrive’, explores the repercussions on the re-opening of the historic Waverley Line.
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Sustainable technology in Duns
/ Jan 27, 2010Bore holes are being dug for our new housing project in Duns but rather than laying out long coils horizontally, each of the twelve two bedroom flats in this development for Berwickshire Housing Association, has an 80 metre deep vertical borehole so that heat can be recovered from the ground.
This project demonstartes that ground source heat pumps are not just appropriate for houses on rural plots with large gardens. Even though these plots are quite small for these affordable houses, ground source heat pump technology can still be used.