Traditional Buildings
Factsheet: Refitting your home to cope better with flooding
If your home, community venue or business premises is a traditional, older building, there’s a lot you can do to…
Sustain Eden Case Study: Draughtproofing Homes
As part of the Sustain Eden programme, our Cold to Cosy Homes project draughtproofed homes across Eden, making them healthier…
Dealing with old buildings after flooding
Everyone at the SPAB is extremely sorry to hear about the devastating flooding in Cumbria and we’d like to offer…
Cold to Cosy Homes – Fact Sheets
Attached here are a range of PDF downloadable factsheets about making your home more cosy.
LED Factsheet
A great way to save money and help the environment is to fit LED lights in your home. Lighting makes…
Sustainable Traditional Buildings Alliance (STBA) – Guidance Wheel
If you are thinking of energy efficiency for your traditional home, click here to access the STBA’s Guidance Wheel.
Solar Thermal (Hot Water)
Solar thermal panels use energy from the sun to heat water for use within the home or business. For more…
Energy Efficiency in Traditional Buildings
Improving energy efficiency in traditional buildings – Inspirational case studies from Cumbria
Airtightness
Energy is not only lost through walls and roofs of buildings, but also through unnecessary draughts and leaks. These make…
Executive Summary: Chimney balloons – an answer to rural fuel poverty?
SENS LEAF Interim Exec Summary (31 March 2012) Chimney balloons – an answer to rural fuel poverty? An exploration of…
How To Use A Chimney Balloon
This video, produced by Sustainable & Environmental Network Staveley (SENS) shows how to use a Chimney Balloon to prevent warm…
Cumbria Wood Fuel School – useful links
Useful links Cumbria Woodlands have been working locally to help promote wood fuel. Have a look at http://www.cumbriawoodlands.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39&Itemid=77 and follow…