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 15th July 2008
The Green party is happy to publicise this Transition Stroud project:
Open Homes for a sustainable future: 13th and 14th September 2008
Visit homes around Stroud and see renewable energy in action, discuss energy efficiency and get advice on eco-renovations.
Philip Booth, who is coordinating this Transition Stroud project, said:
"The idea of opening people's 'eco-homes' to the public was hugely
popular when it started a couple of years ago in Oxfordshire. With all
the interest in green issues locally and rising fuel prices I think we
will see many people interested in visiting these homes to see if they
can apply the energy efficiency and renewable energy measures to their
own houses."
Philip Booth, who is also a local District councillor (Green), said: "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
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’."
Philip Booth said: "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, 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. We have a website with the details plus the
District Council has helped fund a leaflet that gives info on grants
and the open homes."
Leaflet out this week. See our website which has
times and details of the homes. It is in the process of being developed
further to provide more information about the homes:
Update 14/09/08: Use search engine on Ruscombe Green blog to see pictures of the hall opening and the childrens poster competition. More on homes also coming soon.
Down load a leaflet from:
http://www.transitionstroud.org/content/view/103/120/
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