On Saturday 17th May, Montgomery School, the first ‘truly’ zero carbon passivhaus school in Europe, will host the Energy Fair, with energy experts on hand to give advice, suppliers exhibiting their products and a series of talks. All to help you find low carbon alternatives, save energy and cut costs in your home.
You can drop in to the school hall any time between 10:30am and 4pm to see exhibits from renewable energy installers and ‘green’ suppliers as well as more basic stuff like LED light bulbs and loft insulation. There will also be independent advice from experts providing the most practical energy solutions for your home and explaining how ECO and the Green Deal can help you finance them.
We’re also delighted to announce the line-up of speakers in the conference room next door:
- 11am Exeter City Council’s Passivhaus social housing programme
Emma Osmundsen, Housing Development Manager, Exeter City Council - 12pm Ben Bradshaw (MP) opens the Big Community Energy Weekend
Followed by ECOE’s launch and progress report on our Solar PV1 project - 1pm Renewables for your home
Gabriel Wondrauch, Managing Director of the award winning Sungift Energy - 2pm Funding and financing options for energy efficiency and renewables in the home: Understanding the Green Deal and ECO
Alastair Mumford, Ready for Retrofit - 3pm Energy saving in the home
Geoff Stow, independent energy efficiency advisor
There will be tours of the school at 11.30am, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm where Chris Rea from NBS, the designers of Montgomery School show you all of the eco-features of the school.
A café serving healthy food and cakes will provide refreshments, so no need to head into Exeter for lunch.
Children’s Activities
There will be fun activities for children while you look round the exhibits.
10:30am-12pm Love Local Food running a fun workshop on the amount of energy needed to transform food in processes such as buttermaking, grain grinding hand powered smoothie making. ***TBC please enquire in advance***
12pm-4pm The lovely people from Exeter Scrap Store will be running an open workshop for kids to make art and craft using a fabulous collection of stuff from their shop in Belmont Park.
Installers, suppliers and advisors at the Energy Fair
Sustrans, a leading charity enabling people to choose healthier, cleaner and cheaper journeys.
Ready for Retrofit, Warmer Green Homes, Regen SW: Helping refurbishment of south-west homes.
Geoff Stow, AECB (Association for Environment Conscious Building).Advice on saving energy in the home and on environmental self build projects.
CosyHome Company – Elegant, effective and inexpensive insulation solutions for your period home.
Ride On – Cycling for all. A charity promoting the benefits of cycling for everybody. Refurbished bikes for sale, Doctor-bike repairs available and mini workshops How to check your bike.
Co-Cars – the go as you pay car club. Providing freedom from owning a car whilst enjoying the accessibility and benefits of car travel.
Fair Energy – Renewable heating solutions. We are Exeter’s leading renewable heating specialists with expertise in the design and installation of carbon neutral technologies, including biomass boilers and solar thermal systems.
Insulated Homes – The Insulated systems specialist, providing a lightweight insulated system that combines amazing insulation properties with a maintenance free guarantee on external decoration and repair. Tel: 01647 24599
Mike Wye and Associates: Suppliers of natural building and decorating supplies. Providers of knowledgeable advice on dampness, insulation, using lime, decoration etc.
ExeTRA – A group run by private tenants for private tenants in Exeter that provides signposting and support to give a voice to private tenants enabling them to get a fairer deal through campaigning for change.
Pico Energy Ltd, a Devon based engineering consultancy specialising in the design and installation of micro hydropower systems. Also solar, wind and biomass systems.
GroCycle: UK’s first urban mushroom farm. Growing oyster mushrooms from Exeter’s waste coffee grounds. Grow your own kits: oyster mushrooms in just 14 days.
NPS, delivering a comprehensive and flexible range of property services, from new build to refurbishment to meet the needs of public and private sector clients across the UK. Tours of Montgomery Primary School available.
SunGift Energy, award-winning experts in the design and installation of bespoke renewable energy systems in Exeter and throughout the UK.
Devonshire Windows – clearly different. A family business offering bespoke glazing solutions.
