Why we do this

The neighbourhood my children inherit is made of ordinary decisions. The air on the street they walk down. What ends up in a skip. Who gets trained properly, and who doesn't. I want mine to add up to something.

Every home in this country is going to be upgraded over the next twenty years. That's not in doubt; the only question is whether it's done well, and by whom.

I wanted work I could stand behind. This is that work: it makes homes cosier and healthier, it cuts what people pay to be warm, it leaves the air on our streets cleaner, and it doesn't ask the natural world to absorb the difference.

It also needs people. There aren't enough of us who can do this properly, and there won't be unless someone trains them. So I train apprentices. That's not a side project — it's the part of the job most likely to matter in twenty years.

That's the whole reason. The rest of this site is how.