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Open home: Victorian industrial building being converted to low-energy home - 3:30pm
Cumbria Action for Sustainability
See an amazing transformation under way, with green roof, lime insulation, airtightness layer & Passivhaus technologies.
Ticket prices
Standard ticket £5.00
Help another £10.00
Genuinely can't afford it £0.00
20190915T15:30
September 15th, 2019 3:30 PM   to   5:00 PM
20190915T17:00

Lancaster,
United Kingdom
Open home: Victorian industrial building being converted to low-energy home - 3:30pm

Visit an 1890s industrial building near Lancaster that’s undergoing a deep retrofit and conversion into a very low-energy home. It was once the battery house for a Victorian hydro plant, which had powered the industrial estate that was on the site of the current Lancaster Cohousing development. (See below for a separate opportunity to visit this innovative housing scheme.)

The project is a work in progress. Here are some of the features that are in place or planned:

  • The building’s solid stone walls have been retrofitted with a new external stone wall skin and full-fill insulation
  • Diathonite lime and cork insulation on internal walls
  • Vaulted ceiling with overlay insulation above the rafters
  • Blower-proof paint on airtightness layer and vapour barrier on ceiling
  • Raising floor level to incorporate insulation and overlay underfloor heatin
  • New built extensions, one with a green roof
  • Doors and windows with high energy performance from the Green Building Store
  • Mechanical ventilation and heat recovery (MVHR) system
  • Air-source heat pump

 

Things to know before you book...

Accessibility: There is a short walk to the house from the very limited parking space near the site. This is a live building site and is not wheelchair accessible. There is some uneven ground and steps to the front door with a handrail. Please wear suitable sturdy footwear for what is still a building site.
Age limit: This event is not suitable for under 18s.

There are two time options for this open home visit. This booking is for the 3:30pm slot.
Book for the 1:30pm slot instead.

 

This event is part of the Cumbria Green Build & Sustainable Living Festival 2019. Thank you to our headline sponsor:

 

Electricity North West logo

 

 

 

 

Phone: 01768 210276
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Event information
Type Site visit / Tour
Category Cumbria Green Build & Sustainable Living Festival
Audience Open to all
Topic Building materials, New-build & retrofit, Renewable energy, Ventilation & airtightness
Funders Electricity North West
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