Victorian home retrofits can outperform typical new builds on energy efficiency and sustainability By Cloudy Cassell18th June 202418th June 2024 Categories: Uncategorized
How to retrofit a period property By dianeh16th June 202416th June 2024 Categories: air tightness, building, energy advice, Uncategorized, zero carbon Tags: air tightness test, airtightness, energy efficiency, grosvenor, Kendal, period property, pre-1900 property, retrofit, sustainable materials, zero carbon The Duke of Westminster’s update of a Victorian Semi on his estate. Airtightness testing and advice by Diane Hubbard on behalf of Grosvenor Estates.
SPAB: Ventilating your home By dianeh23rd April 202023rd April 2020 Categories: Uncategorized I’m doing an online member skill share event for SPAB (The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings) next week on “Ventilating your home”. If you are a member of SPAB, you can book by following this link: https://www.spab.org.uk/whats-on/events/ventilating-your-home
Carbon Co-op Webinar: Building Airtightness Basics Video By dianeh21st April 202021st April 2020 Categories: Uncategorized Great to see so many of you attending my Building Airtightness Basics webinar for Carbon Co-op last week! If you missed it, the video of the webinar should be available to view soon. If you have any questions in the meantime, just get in touch!
Q&A – BBC News – Two thirds of UK homes ‘fail on energy efficiency targets’ By dianeh2nd March 20202nd March 2020 Categories: Uncategorized Following on from the BBC’s article on two-thirds of UK homes ‘fail on energy efficiency targets’ and on BBC1 Inside Out, I’ll be hosting a Q&A session on why we need to look beyond EPCs for ensuring our UK homes become more energy efficient. Please join me on Wed 11 March 4-5pm – just send…
Carbon Co-op Manchester Home Energy Party – 6 March By dianeh24th February 202022nd February 2020 Categories: Uncategorized Great to be working with Carbon Co-op in Manchester again on a Home Energy Party as part of their People Powered Retrofit programme. A house party with a difference – using air tightness testing and thermal imaging to hunt for draughts and cold areas, identify energy improvements and learn how to carry out the upgrades….
How to Zero Carbon your home – 23 April (Staveley Institute, 7.30pm) By dianeh22nd February 202022nd February 2020 Categories: Uncategorized Our home represents a significant proportion of our carbon footprint. On 23 April at Staveley Institute (7.30pm), I’ll talk about the steps to consider when trying to reduce the energy use and carbon impact of our homes. This free talk has been organised by Sustainable Staveley. http://www.sustainablestaveley.org.uk/sens/sens-events/
Carbon Co-op Energise: a day of retrofit learning and inspiration By dianeh22nd February 202022nd February 2020 Categories: Uncategorized I’m looking forward to supporting Carbon Co-op on their Energise day on 7 March – I’m talking about 10 things to think about that aren’t insulation and giving householders the confidence to use a thermal imaging camera to investigate their own home. https://carbon.coop/2019/10/energise-levenshulme-skills-for-warmer-low-carbon-homes-16th-november-save-the-date/
Air tightness – Is your home difficult to heat during windy weather? By dianeh16th February 202016th February 2020 Categories: Uncategorized Tags: air tightness testing cumbria, kendal home self-builders Has your home been difficult to heat during Storms Ciara & Dennis? This is probably due to airtightness issues with your home. To understand what the problems and and get some helpful tips, please join me for a Q&A session on Friday 21 February 4-5pm – just send me an email and I’ll send you…
Air tightness of windows and doors – did you feel a gale blowing through your windows during Storm Ciara? By dianeh10th February 202010th February 2020 Categories: Uncategorized High spec windows and doors are a major expense for self-builders, so understanding the airtightness issues relating to windows and doors is important. I’ll be available on Mon 17 February between 4 & 5pm for Q&A on air tightness issues relating to doors and windows. Contact me now to join me on Zoom. If you…
