Finally there is progress to report

Progress:
We used to have steady cold breeze coming from the loft hatch in the winter, but yesterday the carpenter replaced it with a new and better isolated hatch (as illustrated in the picture below).

Today when we came home from work the carpenters had closed and filled in all the old air hatches in the house - so from this day on the house is at "low energy house" standard (requiring less than 100 KWh/m2 per year).

Now that the aircirculation is minimal, it was good news that the ventilation team finally reported some progress. They had finalized all the in- and output holes for the fresh and "used air" (see picture from the livingroom below)

They had also installed the last two pipes in the ventilation room (see the lower two pipes in the pictures below)

They had also started on the piping behind the indoor-part of the heatpump, in the room next to the ventilationroom (this is where the 4 pipes end up after passing through the wall). See the last two pictures.

Backlog:
The ventilation team still needs to finish the piping that will suck heated air from the area around the heatpump - and then redistribute it around the house (and the same for cool air in the summer). They also have to install an extra fan for a separate loop that distributes cooler air from the ground floor to the bedrooms on the first floor. Last box to be installed is the outside-part of the heatpump (and the wooden cover around it - to make it look better on the outside of the house). Then after some calibration work - the complete system should be ready for handover (and then normal operations).

Recents events:
Brazil urges world leaders to attend UN climate meet:
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/world/11/09/09/brazil-urges-world-leaders-attend-un-climate-meet

Obama set to attend Copenhagen:
http://www.carbonpositive.net/viewarticle.aspx?articleID=1723
> The fact that Obama and other important leaders intent to participate is probably good news
> I also added the CarbonPositive website to the useful links section (on the right side of this blog) after having found quite a lot of useful background information, facts and a useful FAQ section.