Events

Renovation - creating a warm and low energy home

At this free event, our independent renovation expert Tina Holt will cover a range of house renovation options to make your home warmer, healthier and more energy efficient. Considering typical Carlisle homes, from traditional properties to more modern houses and the different ways they might be treated, Tina will cover smaller-scale interventions that are easier and cheaper to install, and larger scale projects such as adding insulation and new windows, to improving ventilation or changing your heating system and adding renewable energy generation such as solar panels and heat pumps, a process often called retrofit. 

The benefits of such renovation projects will be demonstrated by real-life examples of Cumbrian properties which will show what has been done and the benefits the householder has seen.

The event will also touch on the value of thermal imaging and show how this helps to identify cold spots and how it can be used to identify quick fixes and longer term retrofit solutions.

We’ll explain how you can access support from our Home Retrofit service, which includes a wide range of expert advice, from home energy audits through to advice while your building work is underway. Click here to find out more.

There will be opportunity throughout to ask questions. 

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Refreshments
FREE Tea, coffee and biscuits available from 6.45pm before the event begins at 7pm.  

Parking 
FREE parking available at the venue, however this will also be in use by people attending other activities on site at the same time.  

FREE on street parking if unable to find a space in the Community car park. 

Two EV ‘destination’ charge points also on-site (Charge My Street) plus a bike rack.   
 
Public transport 
Bus: Stagecoach buses 63 and 63A stop outside the centre on Victoria Road (to and from Duranhill) – https://bustimes.org/stops/090033102187  

Rail: Carlisle rail station is 1.3miles away, a 28 min walk.