LEDA’s Design work on Chapel FM, Seacroft Connie and Jim visited Chapel FM Arts Centre this week, in East Leeds, to see how LEDA’s sustainable design plans were taking shape. Chapel FM Arts Centre is part of the non-profit, Community arts organisation, Heads Together Productions Ltd. In 2014 they acquired an old Methodist chapel in Seacroft to […]
Meet our team – Jonathan Lindh
Meet our team – Jonathan Lindh
Meet our Team – Laia Morgo
Meet our Team – Laia Morgo Meet Laia, a Building Services Engineer at LEDA. This week I caught up with her to chat about her current projects, what it is like to work for LEDA, and how this has changed since she joined. Laia joined us in January 2020, with a wealth of knowledge and […]
Meet our Team – Connie Campbell
Meet our Team – Connie Campbell As part of a series of short blog posts we will be introducing you to some of the people at LEDA. I chatted to Connie this week, who is a Building Services Engineer at LEDA. Connie joined us in 2019 and is a valued member of our workers co-operative. […]
Meet our Team – Matthew Wallace
Meet our Team – Matthew Wallace As part of a series of short blog posts we will be introducing you to some of the people on the team at LEDA. I caught up with Matt this week, a Sustainable Building Services Engineer, who is our newest recruit, to find out how he is doing and […]
Investors in the Environment Awards – Sustainable Transport Champion 2020
Investors in the Environment Awards – Sustainable Transport Champion 2020 We were absolutely delighted to win an award at the Investors in the Environment Awards 2020. We were given ‘Sustainable Transport Champion 2020’. They had these lovely words to say about us: ‘LEDA has great sustainable transport initiatives in place, particularly those relating to cycling. […]
Zero Waste week September 2020
Zero Waste week September 2020 This year LEDA took part in Zero waste week again for the second year in a row, which fell on the 7th to the 13th September. It was a very different experience this year, as many of us are still working from home. When we took part last year, it […]
Passivhaus Rules – as appeared in CIBSE Journal Oct 2019
Passive House Rules City of York Council is the latest local authority to strive for Passivhaus housing. Leda’s Jim Wild explains why the methodology is gaining traction As appeared in CIBSE Journal Oct 2019 In September, City of York Council confirmed that its programme to deliver 600 sustainable low-energy homes in the next five years […]
Declaring a climate emergency
Declaring a climate emergency Here at LEDA we have always been focused on sustainability in solutions for new and existing buildings. Our work is moving more and more into Passive House, low carbon technologies, renewable energy and adaption for future conditions. We are helping others to reduce their carbon emissions and produce more sustainable buildings. […]
PV – Now the Feed in Tariffs have gone what is next ?
PV Systems and Funding PV (photo-voltaic) Systems have had support in the form of the Feed in Tariff (FIT) until April 2019. Since it ended, we have all been waiting for news on what would be offered as an alternative. The government announced on the 10th June 2019 “The Smart Export Guarentee” and a proposed launch […]
