Lorenza and Paul – Green Open Home – 2018

Lorenza and Paul are opening their home as a part of Carbon Co-op’s Green Open Homes Weekend, 29th and 30th September 2018.

This home is unique in taking a staged approach to retrofit. Lorenza and Paul have balanced raising a young child and limited time and money, with their desire to improve their home.

Watch a short video about this home: https://vimeo.com/142238564

Energy efficiency measures installed:

• Roof fully insulated (2010)


• New highly efficient Worcester combi boiler (installed 2009)


• Cavity insulation with Manchester City Council scheme (2010)


• Rigid Insulation behind external wall timber panelling, front and back (2010)


• FSC insulated external doors (2014)


• FSC timber triple glazed windows, tilt and turn (2014)


• Conscious change and monitoring of occupants’ behaviour
  

Lorenza and Paul think you should visit their home because:

Our home is a 1960s midterrace, 2bed. We have been approaching and implementing a staged retrofit since 2009, doing work when we have available funds. The measures we have implemented are making a real change to energy savings (money and carbon), so doing a retrofit over a period of time without an initial large lump sum of money is possible.

Tour
Sunday 30th September, 10:30am

*Booking essential, please don’t drop in*

Accessibility and travel

• Levenshulme train station (10min walk), various bus stops few minutes walk away


• Parking on street


• Accessibility: A number of stairs to the living space.
  

Many thanks to Ecology Building Society for supporting this event.