Learn how Gina and Kevin made their 1960s detached house warm and cosy. Join us for small-group study visits to experience an upgraded home first hand whilst hearing from Gina and Kevin who can answer your questions about: – adding internal wall insulation to reduce heat loss from the home – installing two sets of solar panels, plus a battery – having an air source heat pump installed in 2024…
Category: Solar energy
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Tour Bruce & Maryann’s warm and cosy Widney Manor home
Over a ten year period Bruce and Maryann have made energy efficiency improvements to their detached 1930s house in Solihull. They were early pioneers of internal wall insulation before it became widespread; and as a result they use less gas for their heating than you would typically expect for such a warm and cosy home. At this small group visit you will learn, experience and have the opportunity to ask…
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Green Doors Returns to Solihull
For the first time in over 10 years, Green Doors returns to educate and support residents with energy efficiency and retrofit, starting with an exclusive home energy tour in Hampton-in-Arden. Over two thirds of homes in Solihull are predicted to be in need of energy efficiency measures to achieve EPC C in order to improve health & wellbeing, reduce bills and emissions to bring homes into the 21st Century. According…
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RAW West Mids 2025: A whole-house energy saving makeover for Phil’s cooperative house Monday 12th May
As part of Retrofit Action Week West Mids, Birmingham based energy expert Phil Beardmore invites you to come and see the remarkable energy efficiency improvements that have taken place at his house. The house is part of Balsall Heath Housing Cooperative, a small resident-controlled coop with 77 homes in the B12 and B13 areas of Birmingham The Cooperative recently decided to make energy efficiency improvements to 21 of its older…
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Live online Q&A with Lewis who installed a heat pump in his 100 year old house Monday 17th March 7:15-8:30pm
Working for Energy Catapult as a Local Area Energy Planning consultant, Lewis is more then familiar with the idea of heat pumps as a green alternative to the traditional gas boiler, and the ‘fabric first’ approach to their installation that is considered to be the icing on the cake of carbon-saving domestic renovations. But he’s also well aware that homeowners struggling with energy costs can’t exactly afford the kind of…
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Live Q&A with Philippa, on Zoom. Thursday 29th August 7:30-8:30pm
This online event will be a real ‘spade-in-the-ground’ learning opportunity for anyone interested in making homes more energy efficient. Philippa is having significant energy saving measures fitted to her 1960s house, and she and her partner Woody are part way through the refurbishment, which means you will have the rare opportunity to ask her about: How to achieve continuous insulation for maximum improvement in thermal performance Under-floor heating going in How…