i3 Studios are flexible, unique studios designed around your lifestyle and needs. We work with our clients to create design solutions that work, whatever the desired use.Our studios can be used as a business solution for Home Working:- Home Office: following the lockdown in 2020, home working has become the...
According to the mental health charity Mind, spending time in a green space or bringing nature into your everyday life can benefit both your mental and physical wellbeing.Activities such as gardening, exercising outdoors, noticing the sounds and sights of nature in your surroundings, help with mental health problems including anxiety...
Environmental sustainability and construction haven’t typically gone hand in hand. The energy-intensive industry is a massive consumer of raw materials and natural resources. According to the World Green Building Council, it generates around 39% of global carbon emissions.However, there has been a shift in the industry towards more sustainable building...
Before setting up i3 Studios, we spent a lot of time researching the outdoor studio marketplace to determine the viability for outdoor offices, gyms, saunas, entertaining and wellness spaces. We soon discovered that there were many companies in this sector but very few offered a design – led, bespoke solution.Having...
Did you know that in the UK we check our phones about 55 times per day? Half of us check our phones in the middle of the night. Why not try a phone break in the mornings for a few hours after you get up? Why, Excess Phone Use Can Cause...
During a thermal imaging survey an infrared thermal imaging camera is used to detect even subtle differences in temperature. These surveys can be done on both commercial and residential buildings and help to detect areas of energy loss within the buildings structure. With these areas of heat loss detected, measures can...
Current science textbooks and government documents about climate change are promoting relatively ineffective strategies for individuals to reduce their personal carbon footprint, according to an analysis published last week in Environmental Research Letters. Moreover, these sources mostly avoid discussion of the changes that would really make a difference in reducing...
Your home is a personal extension of yourself. It's been compared to a sanctuary. For most of us, the place where we live has great meaning. It should be somewhere you enjoy being, where you feel at peace. You may find your life is so busy and hectic that you...
The idea that achieving a low carbon, sustainable building requires additional spend is very last decade. The wish to meet BREEAM standards used to lead to the design of expensive bolt-ons, like additional photovoltaic panels or biomass, just to get those precious credits. But the construction industry has changed. Sustainable, low...
A collaboration between Oxford Brookes and the construction industry has resulted in an environmental profiling system that enables designers and constructors to select materials and components with the lowest environmental impact. Construction has long been recognised as one of the most resource-hungry and therefore least sustainable industries in the world. However...