Eco-shed

Almost half of the UK carbon emissions can be associated with the construction and operation of our buildings. Buildings can impact on the environment is other ways too, including: landfilling of the waste used in their construction; landfilling the building when it is demolished and the effect on the land on which is it built. Eco-sheds are light buildings designed to have a little impact on the environment as possible.

In 2004 the association decided to enhance the facilities at Loris garden and undertake the construction of a simple eco-shed, comprising a kitchen/office, toilet and storage.

The brief was for the building to be as sustainable as possible features include:

The building was designed by Studio E Architects and constructed by Ecolibruim Solutions. It was funded by a grant from the Western Riverside Environment Fund and a grant from the SEED programme of the Lottery.

We are delighted with the results and our volunteers now have somewhere to make a cuppa and go to the loo which wasn't possible before. The eco-shed is also the base for our community gardener.

We are currently working on raising funding to construct a second eco-shed at Godolphin garden this will be larger than the Loris eco-shed and will also feature renewable energy in the form of solar panels. This eco-shed is crucial to the use of the gardens as previous toilet and kitchen facilities are no longer available.