Birmingham Green Doors showcases energy efficient homes in the ‘able-to-pay’ market, because seeing is believing when it comes to making our homes greener and warmer. Our homeowners are excited to share their warmer home wins with you, but also don’t hold back on the trials and tribulations that have come with making often extensive, expensive, and highly disruptive renovations. If you’re considering making some changes to your own home to…
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Exciting whole-house, fabric-first energy saving makeover! Saturday 9th & Friday 15th March
Join us for a small group visit to Shivaji and Magdalen’s house in Birmingham to see their whole-house, fabric-first energy saving makeover. We are really excited that you’ll be able to see: wood fibre insulation – a sustainable alternative to plastic-based insulation products, for improved moisture performance the use of Hempcrete – a sustainable, hemp-based material that has lower embodied carbon than concrete to provide insulation, depth and texture the…
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See a whole-house green makeover in progress Saturday 24th or Monday 26th February
Our next Green Doors event is this February with Philippa in Lichfield, about nine minutes’ walk from Lichfield City train station. This is a unique opportunity to see a whole-house green makeover in progress. It’s 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 is part way through the refurbishment, which…
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Tonight I visited Maggie and Dave ahead of the next Birmingham Green Doors event – I love how they have made their home warmer
Maggie and Dave are hosting our next Birmingham Green Doors event on 4 March 2023. I have been there before to give them energy advice, but tonight was the first time I have been back since their green home makeover. What a transformation. There are many features and benefits I could list but what struck me most was that it was evenly and consistently warm and comfortable throughout. There are…
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Join Maggie and Dave to learn about their green home makeover. 4 March 2023.
Join Maggie and Dave for a tour of their early 20th century terraced house in Erdington. See how they have: – Made the house warmer through insulation – Upgraded from a gas boiler to a heat pump – Taken independent energy advice – Chosen and worked with contractors. You will also be able to see before and after thermal images! BOOK NOW! Three time slots available. Near Erdington train station,…
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What people are saying about Birmingham Green Doors
Here’s what attendees have been saying about Birmingham Green Doors events! Did the visit change your opinions in anyway? What, if anything, will you do differently? I feel more motivated to start acting, been reluctant as living with cancer. Am thinking deeply re way ahead. Have booked phil to do energy assessment. Ann Gallagher I am also intrigued by having now seen two homes that have had solid wall insulation…