Sustainable Homes & You

The SUSTAINABLE HOMES and YOU event is a community workshop on sustainable homes and how to lower your energy costs and carbon footprint. Presentations, Q&A discussions, and panel sessions on topics such as solar and batteries, electric vehicles, heat pumps, and energy reduction.

Programme

(subject to change)

9:30 Introduction (Simon Hudson)

9:45 Residents panel

• Your neighbours talk about their experiences

10:15 Solar panels and batteries (Sam Featherstone)

• What to know before you buy
• The kit, and where to put it
• Costs, savings and payback time.
• Understanding tariffs
• Planning when to buy, when to use, when to export: Time Shifting & Demand Side Response

10:45 Coffee & conversation

11:00 Reducing your home’s energy use (Simon Hudson)

• Insulation & energy loss
• Heat pumps
• Smart homes

11:30 Electric Vehicles (Gil van der Sluis)

• Upsides, downsides and differences
• Costs & savings

12:00 Myth Busting (Simon Hudson)

• Lies, damn lies and entrenched interests

12:30 Q&A Panel Session

13:00 Close and next steps

Post-event “Come see for yourself” experiences.

• Optional home visits
• EV experiences