Open Homes for a sustainable future: 13th and 14th September 200

gloucs | the environment | event notice Tuesday July 22, 2008 10:03 by Philip Booth - Transition Stroud info at stroudopenhomes dot org dot uk

Visit homes around Stroud and see renewable energy in action, discuss energy efficiency and get advice on eco-renovations.

Over the weekend there are over ten homes open to the public to show Solar Thermal, Wood Pellet boilers, rainwater harvesting, solid wall insulation and much more. Plus there will be a chance to see Stroud's first residential wind turbine, Springhill Co-housing's largest PV generation in the country on private housing, the first two co-housing projects in the country, and there will be tours of Tranquility House that has been dubbed by the Building Contracts Journal as ‘the most energy efficient house in the world’.

On Saturday 13th September in Randwick, at the opening of what hopes to be the country's first carbon neutral village hall, there will be exhibitions of some of the measures that people can take, money off solar and rainwater harvesting, plus grant information. There are also two guided walks of the homes which are part of the Stroud's Walking Festival and a cycle route is also being developed. There is a website where you can download our leaflet with details of the Open Homes:
http://www.stroudopenhomes.org.uk/