Shire End West, Lyme Regis
Low Cost Improvements Sustainable Materials Lifestyle Changes Retrofit
This victorian property has been extensively retrofitted, with sustainable materials.
Amity, Lyme Regis
Sustainable Materials Solar PV with Battery Heat Pump
Well insulated 2008 house with AS heat pump, solar panels on West facing .roof; 100% renewable electrical supplier; car charging point.
Watercleaves, Bridport
Low Cost Improvements Sustainable Materials Solar PV with Battery Open by Appointment all year round
John and Debbie turned their former nursery school 2 acre site into a community resource. John’s particular skill is finding second-hand materials and repurposing them in creative ways, while Debbie has a gift for designing and planting cosy natural spaces for human activities and wildlife diversity.
Sailcloth House, Bridport
Sustainable Materials Solar PV with Battery Heat Pump Open by Appointment all year round
Near Passive-house with timber frame. Air-tight building with made of structurally insulated panels, filled with wood fibre insulation. Air Source Heat pump. 14 PV panels and a battery to store excess electricity. Triple glazed windows., MVHR ventilation..
17 St Martinsfield, Martinstown
Low Cost Improvements Heat Pump Solar PV with Battery Sustainable Materials Retrofit Open by Appointment all year round
1950's brick built ex-council house with cavity wall insulation, high spec windows, solar panels, battery, air source heat pump, organic garden of vegetables and flower, wild flower meadow and 7 water butts. Recycled materials in conservatory and porch and built-in cupboards
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.
Weymouth Passivhaus
One of the only homes in Dorset built and certified to Passivhaus standard. The house is so well insulated that the heating is almost never turned on. The owner was the architect for the project.
Gleanings, Milborne St Andrew
Sustainable Materials Lifestyle Changes Open by Appointment all year round
2016 House constructed from load-bearing straw bales and timber-beamed frame. The foundations are gravel-filled car tyres. Near-passive house standard, with non=-powered ventilation system.. Clay finih with clay paint inside, lime render with graphene containing paint.
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. A 14kw PV array has been sited on the East/ West facing barn roofs (almost invisible) and two Sonnen Battery 10s provide 22kWh of battery storage. This year we fitted a ground source heat pump to heat water and provide heating for the house..
Threshold Cohousing Gillingham
Low Cost Improvements Solar PV with Battery Sustainable Materials Lifestyle Changes
This cohousing community boasts shared hot water & heating from a biomass boiler, a biodigester for sewage which in turn cleans the water for use on the vegetable plots & PV Panels. They are actively looking for further systems to improve sustainability and future resilience.
Greatfield House Shaftesbury
Heat Pump Sustainable Materials
From Summer of 2020, we’ve taken this hodge podge house back to a shell, and then made it into a home, with eco decisions at the heart of the project, including new utilities and heating, and various types of insulation, along with major structural work.
51 Coppice Street, Shaftesbury
Low Cost Improvements Solar PV with Battery Sustainable Materials Lifestyle Changes
This 1930s centre-terraced, former council house was extended and refitted 5 years ago to provide for the needs of two active retirees - balancing considerations of practicality, energy-efficiency and sustainability.
Bonny Braes, Langton Matravers
Solar PV with Battery Sustainable Materials
Solar panels, iboost for hot water, rainwater harvesting, rewilding
Farndreg Swanage
Low Cost Improvements Heat Pump Solar PV with Battery Sustainable Materials Open by Appointment all year round
This 1970's bungalow has had extensive insulation to improve the house, solar panels and an air source heat pump. They have also done a lot in the garden to encourage nature.