I was reading a piece t'other day about some millionaire architect and his wife who had spent a couple of years designing and building their super-efficient eco-home.
Insulated with earthen banking at the sides and with extra thick walls, triple glazed windows, heat-pumps for heating, extra insulation wherever possible, a grass-covered roof, a wind-turbine, solar panels, etc etc etc etc
Right at the end of the article it mentioned that they had also installed a 'mainly decorative' log-burning stove for those occasional days in the winter when the heating systems couldn't quite cope.
I expect that log-burning stove will be in operation quite a bit more than they were expecting, possibly from around mid October all the way through to April.
Insulated with earthen banking at the sides and with extra thick walls, triple glazed windows, heat-pumps for heating, extra insulation wherever possible, a grass-covered roof, a wind-turbine, solar panels, etc etc etc etc
Right at the end of the article it mentioned that they had also installed a 'mainly decorative' log-burning stove for those occasional days in the winter when the heating systems couldn't quite cope.
I expect that log-burning stove will be in operation quite a bit more than they were expecting, possibly from around mid October all the way through to April.