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Life at a slower pace, with the solar-powered Bauhaus Barge

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Is not often thrown about, the giant brick-like Bauhaus features multi-layer composite insulation to support reduce the chilling effects of the British summer - not to mention the colder months. The nerve on the sides and roof is spray foamed to afford some basic insulation, then there's a gap of between 50 and 120 mm (1.96 - 4.72 inches) to earmark air to circulate from the bilge of the barge to the roof and back again.

"In hot weather the air rises along the south fa side, passing under the roof, and falls on the shaded side to the bilge, which is the coldest extent being cooled by the surrounding water," explains the designer. "In harsh winter, even with frozen bedew dilute, the water below the ice will be warmer than the air above. The warmer water below the ice will generate warm air within the bilge, ration to keep Bauhaus frost free even in the coldest periods. This arrangement of an enclosed unassertive ventilation keeps also condensation to an absolute minimum."

After the air gap is multi-layer lamina insulation. On the sides, this is followed by 50mm (1.96-inch) thick Rockwool slabs positioned between the pine battening. Then, there's baffle-backed Xtratherm polyboard topped by plasterboard. The ceiling layer building is slightly different, in that polyboard is used instead of Rockwool, and then finished with 11mm (0.43-inch) thick oriented strand boards. The deck is different again - there's no spray foam and Rockwool is placed between the joists, followed by 18mm (0.7-inch) of WPS plywood, 6mm (0.23-inch) of XPT froth, then the underfloor heating components, and finally the oak effect laminate flooring.

Source: Gizmag