Tomorrow at 6.30pm...

Join Nick and Nadia tomorrow evening for more on the Green Homes Grant, and learn why your home is loosing heat.

As part of our four week "Green Your Home" course, we're hearing from guest speaker Nick Parsons - lecturer at the Centre for Alternative Technology.

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How to Green Your Home

From insulation to thermal imaging, solar PV to solar thermal, our 4-week short course offers a deep insight into what you need to consider if you're looking at improving the energy efficiency of your home. If you're looking for practical solutions, and action you can take now, join us every Wednesday evening for our online sessions and have your questions answered by experts in the field and people who have gone through the process themselves.

Please note that places are limited, you must book online to attend.

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Have your questions answered by our expert guest speakers

James Traynor

James is Managing Director of ECD Architects and author of ‘EnerPHit - A Step by Step Guide to Low-Energy Retrofit’. He is a Certified Passivhaus Designer with over 15 years’ experience in low-energy design. James obtained an MSc in Advanced Energy & Environmental Studies at the Centre for Alternative Technology and is a graduate of the University of Liverpool school of Architecture. He has a particular interest in Post-Occupancy Evaluation as a means of improving building handover issues and addressing the gap between predicted and actual performance. In recent years James has been involved in a number of pioneering projects which address the future of building refurbishment in the UK. He has created partnerships between industry and academia to improve wider learning, and is passionately committed to creating attractive, affordable and sustainable environments that meet the long term needs of the building user. James lives in South London and is married to Kate with two children (Josh & Adam). In his ‘spare’ time he is also Chair of his local TMO (Tenant Management Organisation).  

Nick Parsons

After 10 years of running a community sector energy project in Sheffield Nick became a freelance sustainable building consultant and trainer in 2010. He provides advice, training and consultancy in renewable energy and sustainable building, with a particular emphasis on energy-efficient refurbishment of older buildings. He also carries out 'Green' building work, concentrating particularly on complicated insulation and air-tightness. Nick is a lecturer of a wide range of sustainable building courses for Derbyshire Eco Centre and the Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales.  

Harry Paticas

Harry is an architect and co-director of Arboreal Architecture & founder of RAFT (Retrofit Action For Tomorrow). Harry is a certified Passivhaus Designer and member of the 15-40 low energy architecture collective. Arboreal is an RIBA Chartered Practice committed to integrating rich architectural experience with high-performance fabric and services. Their research project “32 ways in which buildings should be more like trees” explores ways in which architecture can learn from the ecology of forests. Furthermore, Harry has completed his own "full-house retrofit" in his South East London, giving him amazing insight into the practicalities, dos-and-don'ts, through first-hand experience.  

Nadia Smith

Nadia is Young Communtiy Energy Chamption 2019, and Power Players 2019 award winner, who is passionate about renewable energy and clean technologies. She has experience in government policy and createing pioneering networks, to realise the value of renewables and enable sustainability-driven business models. She has worked on energy in buildings, sustainable finance, and community energy with a focus on solar PV, energy storage, and electric vehicles. In her spare time, she has helped set up Dream Renewables - a practial training course for school leavers in Dzita, Ghana, in addition to a positive eco-news channel, Rising Earth News, and is also the youngest ever director of South East London Community Energy.

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