Much Marcle - 15th & 16th November

Energy-saving improvements

Low-cost improvements
'Big' insulation works
Glazing
Lighting systems and electrical appliances
High spec heating
Renewables: heat
Renewables: electricity
Water management
Sustainable building materials
Lifestyle change

Location

Cwtch Cabins & Camping, Much Marcle
Ledbury
Herefordshire
HR8 2NN

Opening times

Opening times: Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th November
Tours at 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm.

Please note: Steps up to house, toilets on site, parking on site. I have ‘pinned’ Cwtch Cabins & Camping on Google Maps

This event has now finished.

Other Turn up for house tours at given times

Ruth welcomes you to her timber house, built under caravan regs.

Green features:
Off grid for electricity using PV. Hot water generated using solar thermal and using excess PV. Biomass back up boiler. Very well insulated and ‘district heating’ in place.

Motivations to make changes:
We built it with planned sustainability.

Approiximate costs:
80k

Approximate energy savings:
Huge! Unanswerable

Benefits:
Clean predictable heating.

Next steps:
More panels and more batteries, borehole. Considered turbine to trickle charge batteries. Rejected as capital outlay is huge.