Lifestyle Changes

Almost all the open homes have efficient LED lighting, double or triple glazing, and solar PV panels. The categories below show the features of our greener homes in addition to these. By 'retrofit' we mean work on an existing house to make it more efficient, better insulated, drier etc. Find a home on the map, or the list below, and click on the name (in blue) for more details.

Outline of Dorset and BCP was derived from the Ordnance Survey - Boundary Line product and prepared by Barry Cornelius of www.rowmaps.com into a GeoJSON format.
Shire End West, Lyme Regis

Low Cost Improvements Sustainable Materials Lifestyle Changes Retrofit

A Victorian Listed building extensively eco- retrofitted with sustainable materials.

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18 South Lawns, Bridport

Solar PV with Battery Lifestyle Changes Retrofit Solar Hot Water Open by Appointment all year round Low Cost Improvements

A seventies house with extensive interior and exterior insulation; PV panels charge a battery and the car, and heat water, and a solar thermal panel also heats the water. Extensive rainwater harvesting.

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The Barn, Charlton Down

Heat Pump Sustainable Materials Lifestyle Changes Open by Appointment all year round

A highly insulated converted barn, the build included repurposing materials onsite. It boasts passivhaus triple glazing, Mechanical ventilation and Heat Recovery. Also Underfloor Heating from a ground source heat pump.

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67 Chafeys Ave, Weymouth

Solar PV with Battery Lifestyle Changes Retrofit Solar Hot Water Open by Appointment all year round

How do you turn a sixties bungalow with an EPC D into a highly efficient , nearly net zero home with an EPC of A? Here's how!

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Weavers, Sturminster Newton

Low Cost Improvements Solar PV with Battery Lifestyle Changes Retrofit Open by Appointment all year round

70s building with extensive insulation, different materials for each wall allowing comparison. PV panels with Tesla battery.

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Hawkers Farm, Stour Provost

Heat Pump Solar PV with Battery Sustainable Materials Lifestyle Changes Retrofit Open by Appointment all year round

The use of traditional and renewable materials and ensuring that the 500 year old building would be as energy efficient as possible were the principles behind the restoration.

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Shaftesbury Homegrown, Shaftesbury

Lifestyle Changes

Shaftesbury's Community Farm attracts volunteers who enjoy one another's company as they use sustainable approaches to growing fruit and a range of salads and vegetables, as well as keeping chickens (for eggs) and bees (mainly for pollination).

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23 Walls View Road, Wareham

Solar PV with Battery Lifestyle Changes Retrofit Heat Pump

Retrofitted bungalow with PV panels and batteries, ventilation system, rainwater recovery and a keen recycler.

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33 Trent Drive Wareham

Retrofit Lifestyle Changes Heat Pump

An existing house, retrofitted to zero carbon.

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South View, Langton Matravers

Solar PV with Battery Lifestyle Changes Solar Hot Water Open by Appointment all year round

Solar PV with a diverter to heat water and charge the EV, Solar thermal tubes, air-air-heat pumps; wildlife friendly and organic garden. garden d

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Knap Swanage

Solar PV with Battery Lifestyle Changes

Come along and enjoy our bee friendly garden and see our new living roof(s) on the shed and summer house. We also hope to show a range of bee keeping and honey extraction equipment. And if you have time, you can enjoy a slice of honey cake and a cup of tea. 

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6 Crane Street, Cranborne

Solar PV with Battery Lifestyle Changes Heat Pump Retrofit

In-roof PV Panels with Battery, Air source Heat pump. The owners have undertaken a pretty extensive thermal upgrade to the house.

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