Ecohouse Opendays

• Newly built 4 bedroom zero carbon house. Solar thermal system; photovoltaics; superior insulation; biomass boiler with thermal store
• Saturday 11th September: 1100-1630
  Sunday 12th September: 1100-1630

• Cob built ecohouse with solar thermal, photovoltaics
• Saturday 11th September: 1000-1600
  Sunday 12th September: 1000-1600

• Victorian 3-bed with partial rebuild and extension
• Underfloor heating, solar thermal panels, sedum roof section, rainwater harvesting
• Saturday 11th September: 1400-1600

 Hungerford Ecohouse

• Still under construction, but likely to be almost complete by September
• Code 5 ecohouse. Solar thermal, photovotaics; biomass boiler; rainwater harvesting; triple glazing; underfloor heating
• £2 donation (to go to Hungerford Environmental Action Team)
• Saturday 11th September: 1400-1700
  Sunday 12th September: 1400-1700

Living Rainforest (Hampstead Norreys)

• Commercial 220kW biomass heating system for tropical glasshouses. Visitors to meet at the Human Impact Building at the Living Rainforest.
• Human Impacts Building built using sustainable building materials and design
• Visitors WILL have to pay if they want to see the rest of the attraction!!!
• Saturday 11th September: 1100-1130, 1500-1530
  Sunday 12th September: 1100-1130, 1500-1530

Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre

• Teaching room built using sustainable materials, passive solar design, rainwater harvesting and grey water system, sedum roof and wood pellet heating system. Self-guided tour.

• Saturday 11th September: 1100-1500
  Sunday 12th September: 1100-1500

• (Also hosting Think Green, Act Green event on Saturday 11th September. Times TBC) 

Upper Bucklebury Ecohouse

• New build (2007) 3 bedroom ecohouse: Ground source heat pump; heat recovery ventilation; photovoltaics; biomass boilers
• Saturday 11th September: 0900-1200, 1400-1600
  Sunday 12th September: 1400-1600