EDITOR’S LETTER
The Homebuilding team and I never cease to be amazed by your self-builds, renovations and extensions, and all the readers’ homes in this issue perhaps serve to showcase the mix of projects we feature. One of the highlights this month is a barn conversion, completed to EnerPHit Plus standard (page 154). The homeowners took a very active role in its build and their resulting home is not only designed to use minimal energy but actually generates more electric than it uses — thanks to solar photovoltaic (PV) panels and battery storage. It’s a great example of how individual homeowners like you are really leading the way when it comes to creating low-energy houses. On the theme of generating energy, solar panels seem to be having a resurgence at present. Even…