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News Release from: Castle Cement | Subject: Earthdome wins an award
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 18 November 2005
Earthdome wins an award
Bob Harris famous Earthdome wins third place in the British Precast Concrete Federation's annual award for innovation - sponsored by Castle Cement.
When Bob Harris wanted to create his now famous Earthdome in South West London he chose his suppliers very carefully College lecturer Bob was building four environmentally friendly and allergy free flats as homes for individuals suffering from allergies such as asthma
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 18 Oct 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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He felt sure their health would improve because of their built environment.
His decision paid off because the project has just won third place in the British Precast Concrete Federation's annual award for innovation - sponsored by Castle Cement.
Ironically Castle was one of Bob's chosen suppliers and he turned to them for supplies of Castle Ordinary Portland Cement and Castle Hydrated Lime.
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE, Parliamentary Under Secretary at the Department for Works and Pensions, presented the awards at the British Precast Best Practice Awards Dinner in Sheffield's Magna Science Adventure Centre attended by over 300 people.
Specifically the award was to Tarmac Topblock for the soundproofing walls in the building, which the judges described as "the most soundproof we have viewed in the past 30 years".
Bob explained: "The sand, cement and lime render was an integral part of the design and the wall would not have been as soundproof without it".
"I chose Castle products because the mix helped the thermal mass properties of internal walls and the lime in the mix will help prevent any mould growth on the walls".
"I am interested in the health aspects of the lime because mould growth is a health problem for some people.
Its toxicity is already recognised as a real problem in the United States".
A lecturer at Richmond Upon Thames College for the past fourteen years, Bob is also a chartered builder and a founder member of the Ecological Design Association".
""I am aware that sometimes my colleagues think my ideas are way off the planet," he smiles, "but fortunately there is now a group of engineers who have a new view of the way we should be living life on this planet.
"I like to think I am at the forefront of understanding healthy ecological building principles".
"I hope others will join me because I can't see any other way forward if we want to live far into the 21st Century.".
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