18 Sep - 18 Oct 2018
A new festival of green ideas comes to Cambridge in September and October with the aim of kick-starting a new generation of eco-homes. Supported by Cambridge City Council and award winning green companies Baufritz and Cambridge Solar, Eco Homes for All will give people access to the best expert advice from across Cambridgeshire for free. Events include five free workshops and two days of free householder led Open Eco Home tours around eleven homes. Running between September 18th and October 18th the events fast-track home makers towards their dream eco home giving participants the tools, knowledge and expert advice they need to start creating a vision for their own future home. 11 varied Cambridge-area homes, new-build and retro-fit, will be open on 30th September and the 6th October. The ones posted here are just a sample. 5 workshops will provide practical advice on particular home improvements like DIY measures, insulation and low-carbon energy. Booking on the tours is essential. No booking required for workshops. To find out more and make a booking visit www.openecohomes.org
Please note that this event has now finished.
Open Eco Homes is 9 years old and for this 9th year we will be opening 11 homes from across Cambridge and neighbouring villages Impington, Girton and Grantchester. We will be opening houses of all ages and types, renovation, new-build, including self-build, co-housing and developer led projects. 4 free tours are available for most homes on each day. Booking, from mid-August, is essential – via www.openecohomes.org
This year we also be running Eco Homes for All, a festival of good ideas, which will include five workshops on self-build, community-build, Solid Wall insulation, draught-busting and getting your house ready for climate change.
The workshops:
Solid Wall Insulation Choices – Thursday 18th October, 7.30-9.30pm, St Barnabas Church. Speakers include Jason Palmer, author of Solid Wall Insulation, Architect Margaret Reynolds and Tim Acheson of Green Hat Construction.
Open Eco Homes is a project of Cambridge Carbon Footprint www.cambridgecarbonfootprint.org
Allan Shepherd: allan@openecohomes.org 01223 301842