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As part of Oxford Open doors
www.oxfordopendoors.org.uk and
Heritage Open Days
www.heritageopendays.org

The event aims to empower and inspire members of the public to make environmental changes to their own homes through seeing what practical steps other people have taken in their homes. It is about people learning from the experience of others and making positive changes to reduce their environmental footprint.

The Ecovation Open Days will: • Offering people the opportunity to      see what Low- and Zero-Carbon      technologies could be applied to    homes in Oxfordshire, and gain       practical advice from house owners • Increasing the network of Eco-      renovators in Oxfordshire • Increasing the profile of home      eco-renovations, to demonstrate    what is possible for individual home      owners, to stimulate demand in      Oxfordshire

The houses will demonstrate:  • environmental renovation • insulation methods • renewable energy • reduced energy bills • water savings • waste water recycling • rainwater harvesting • green roofs • natural and recycled materials

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Extracts from the Executive Summary of Home Truths - a low carbon strategy to reduce UK House emissions by 80% by 2050, by Brenda Boardman, University of Oxford's Environmental Change Institute:

‘The scientific consensus is that for the UK to play its part in helping the world avoid a rise of more than 2°C, we must reduce our carbon emissions by 80 per cent by 2050. The household sector represents 27 per cent of our total emissions and achieving deep cuts here is an imperative.'

‘Of the homes we will inhabit in 2050, around 80 per cent are already standing today and these have to be the main focus for carbon-reduction policies.'

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DETAILS

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The Solar Electric Victorian Terrace 164 Howard Street, Ox4 3BG Oxford Sat 12th 10am - 5pm Sun 13th 10am - 5pm A 1.82 kW solar photovoltaic roof, retrofitted to a classic Victorian terraced property. The system produces 1500 kWh of green electricity per year, making the house a net exporter of electricity. Directions: Bus to Iffley Road, get off at 'The Coop' super market Walk from Coop shop along Howard Street - house is on the right. View google map
36 Harpes Road, Sunnymead, Oxford OX2 7QL Sat 12th 10am - noon A 1890s terrace house with evacuated tube solar panel, condensing boiler fitted in 2005, Thermal Sempatap on walls and ridged radiator foil for insulation. Directions: Buses from Central Oxford to Squitchey Lane, Banbury Road off Banbury Road to end of Hernes Road - Harpes Road goes down to the right. View google map
Beehive, Manzil Way, Cowley Road, Oxford. OX4 1YH Thu 10th 10am - 3pm Straw bale building garden workshop, lime plastered walls, recycled tyres used for foundations – rammed with hardcore, double glazing, painted with organic paint. Directions: Bus Nr. 1 and 5 from City Centre and Railway station. From city centre by car go to Cowley Road 'Tesco' car park on left (Union Street), then walk to Manzil Way (3 Minutes). View google map
West Oxford Community Centre Botley Road OX2 0BT Thu 10th  9am - 4pm Fri 11th   9am - 4pm First Community Centre in the country to install Solar panels as alternative energy solution on roof - part of ‘The Big Green Challenge’ for Low Carbon West Oxford. Directions: Buses 4a, 4b, 4c, 400 and 51 to Botley Road - Stop outside the Centre View google map
60 Cranham Street, Oxford OX2 6DD Sat 12th noon-5pm Sun 13th noon-5pm Conversion of the Globe Pub into four houses. Low energy specifications with high insulation, triple glazing, photovoltaic panels / thermal hot water panels & underfloor heating throughout. Directions: Walking distance from City centre. No. 17 stagecoach bus from city centre to Cranham street - bus stop at property. tTake Walton Street from city centre, left into Cranham Street after approx. half a mile - property is 2 blocks down on the right. View google map
Oxford University Press (OUP), Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP Friday 11th  12.15 - 1pm A talk on solar hot water  at work: OUP has 36 square meters of evacuated tube collectors, providing hot water for the main kitchen and theshowers in the fitness centre. Come to this lunchtime talk to find out how they did it, how much energy they have saved, and how you can do something similar. Please register in advance for this event - email: jo@climatex.org or phone: 01865 275 856.  Directions: Walk from Oxford City Centre (16min) or take bus 17A from George Street towards JR Hospital Bus stop in front of OUP. Please use the Great Clarendon Street entrance of the building! View google map
17 Havelock Road, Oxford OX4 3EP Thu 10th 5.30 - 7.30pm  Sat 12th 11am - 5pm Regular brick-built 1920s semi-detached home, recently renovated to significantly reduce carbon emissions, whilst retaining aconventional appearance and using mainstream products and technologies. Directions: Bus 1 or 5 from Cty Centre - as far as Clive Road. East Oxford Florence Park - Havelock Road is next turning on right after the Clive Road bus stop. View google map
70 St. Leonard’s Road. Headington, Oxford OX3 8AB Thu 10th   10 - 5pm Sat 12th   10 - 5pm 1958 semi-detached house renovated to achieve 59% reduction in CO2 emissions. It is fully insulated and has rainwater harvesting, solar thermal hot water and heating, organic paints & exterior ecopaving. Directions: Buses 8,9,7c from city centre alight at Headington shops - buses also from Thornhill Park and Ride. From London Road Headington shops) turn down Windmill Road (at traffic lights) - St. Leonards Road is first left. View google map
Annie (green boat) Oxford Canal, Wolvercote Sat 12th noon - 4pm Sun 13th noon - 4pm Using reclaimed materials woods, paints, etc. Also includes compost toilet, full solar energy, ‘green house’, heating / cooking / hot water run on solid fuel. Engine runs on biofuel and cooking oil. Directions: Oxford City Centre - from Magdalan Street Stop C4 (on Magdalen Street) - Take Oxford Bus Company Bus 6 towards Lower Wolvercote, get off at Upper Wolvercote, Wolvercote School (W-Bound) (on Mere Road) Walk from W-bound along 'First Turn' towards 'Wolvercote Green' and Plough Pub - it's South of Wolvercote lock and a 1 minute walk from 'Plough Pub'. Across the bridge. View google map
7 Egerton Road, Oxford, OX4 4JF Thu 10th  5 - 8pm  Sun 13th  12.30 - 5pm Eco-renovation of a 1930s Semi. Extensively insulated with high- performance triple and double glazed windows, wood- burning stove, and use of eco-friendly, reclaimed or re-used materials. Organic / wild garden and native trees. Directions: stage coach No. 3 and oxford bus company No. 4 buses from Oxford city centre 2.5 miles South of Oxford city centre View google map
Green room, The Old Music Hall, 106-108 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1JE Fri 11th 11am - 3pm Space for Old Music Hall office staff, built of straw and with no metal, no concrete, and zero carbon. Building managed by 'Ethical Property'. Directions: Bus Nr. 5 from Rail station or Nr. 5 or 1 from Green Street - cycling racks are at the back of building (via Marston Street) Next to G+D's on Cowley Road View google map
219 London Road, Headington Oxford OX3 9JA Thu 10th 2 - 5pm Sat 12th 2 - 5pm A 1920s ecohouse with much reduced fossil fuel consumption - mainly due to external insulation and wood burning stove. Directions: Very close to Headington bus stops ('Headington shops') Nr. 7,8,9 View google map
9 Dudley Court, Rogers Street Oxford OX2 7LX Fri 11th  2pm - 5pm  Sat12th   10am - noon A 1970 2-bedroom flat with loft insulation, wooden double glazing, efficient appliances, natural resources (cork, bamboo), practical tips. Directions: Oxford train stations and buses to Summertown (alight at BBC radio station). Next turn off to left - at junction of Rogers Street and Middle Way. View google map
39 Radcliffe Road, Oxford OX4 4BX Sat 12th  noon - 5pm, Sun 13th  10am - 1pm Two houses, one aim: cutting CO2 - one new eco house, and the existing house re-fitted the same way, with external wall insulation, recycled windows triple glazed, super insulated loft & heat recovery. Directions: Bus 3/4 from City Centre stop opposite Peugeot garage Radcliffe Road is nearest Turning to Peugeot garage. View google map
55 Netherwoods Road, Risinghurst OX3 8HF Sun 13th noon - 4pm A 1930s detached house, with new semi-eco side extension, demonstrating the eco-decisions and the compromises. Directions: No 9 bus towards Risinghurst, 2nd Kiln Lane stop view google map
Locations of Eco- homes in Oxford (1-15) Go to beginning of page Go back up to Oxford details & Directions OXFORDSHIRE
Well House, Reading Road, Wallingford OX10 9HG Thu 10th 6 - 8pm Sat 12th 3 - 8pm  Sun 13th  4 - 6pm Edwardian arts and crafts cum neo-tudor house in own grounds. Very low carbon producing heating and hot water system, featuring one of Oxfordshire's first auto feed wood-pellet boilers (output to 25kw) plus integrated solar panel on roof. Directions: Sadly no public transport. Located on A329 between Wallingford and Moulsford - 2 miles off Winterbrook roundabout. It's a 10-15 min, mostly flat bike ride from Cholsey station. View google map
31 Station Road, Wallingford, OX10 OJX Fri 11th  5 - 8pm  Sun 13th 11am - 5pm Solar hot water system, wood burner, small (300 litre) rainwater harvesting system, extra insulation in the loft. Directions: 10 minutes walk from town centre, which is served by buses from Reading and Oxford (X39 and X40). From town centre walk west along High Street until it turns into Station Rd. - hundred meters on the left past 'Esso' garage. View google map
Hill Farm, Little Wittenham, OX14 4QZ Sun 13th 10am - 4pm  The Northmoor Trust Building Complex is a model of sustainable building. Incorporating converted barns, an award-winning timber framed eco- building, water, waste and heating eco-system/ features and a large solar array. Directions: No public transport, sorry. 10 miles south of Oxford - next to Wittenham Clumps More directions: http://www.northmoortrust.co.uk/home... And 'why not cycle? See Sustrans  (http://www.sustrans.org.uk/map...) for more details on cycle paths from Didcot to Little Wittenham. View google map
65 Hunters Field, Stanford in the Vale SN7 8ND Sun 13th  noon - 4pm Extended 1960s house with high insulation, low air leakage, solar hot water & wood stove / hot water heater - not gas or oil. Directions: Bus 66 from Oxford Park End Street towards Swindon. Change in Faringdon opposite Medical Centre to Bus 67 towards Wantage. Get off in Stanford in the Vale. Building is opposite Village Hall + Car park View google map
Church Cottages, Chapel Hill, Wootton by Woodstock OX20 1DT Thu 10th - 4 - 9pm A 17th century cottage with woodpellet boiler, in-wall heating system, breatheable eco-insulation (clayplaster, reed board, cotton-hemp, lime screed) and other ecomaterials (low E windows, ecopaint, sustainable oak floors, water/ energy saving appliances). Directions: S3 from Oxford to 'Judd's garage' + 15 minutes walk. 2 miles north of Woodstock, off the A44 signpost - 'Wootton' View google map
Fairview, Bessels Lea, Blewbury, Didcot OX11 9NW Sat 12th 10am - 4pm Sun 13th 10am - 4pm 'Fairview' is a modest 1920s bungalow which is in the process of becoming an eco-home. A variety of energy and water saving measures are already in place, including a wood burner, solar hot water, low energy lightening and rainwater harvesting. Directions: Connects with Didcot Parkway mainline station. Bus stop in same road. Cyclists use sustrans route 44 to East Hagbourne and follow lane to Blewbury about 2 miles Bessels Lea Road is off the main road from Blewbury to East Hagbourne an Didcot View google map
18 Fernham Road, Faringdon, SN7 7JY Sat 12th 10am - 4pm Solar panels (water heating), photovoltaic panel, condensing boiler, cavity wall insulation, insulated loft, low-energy lighting throughout. The PV panel powers the pump for the solar water panel. Directions: From Oxford Park End Street Bus 66 towards Swindon. Bus stop on Coxwell Road. Opposite entrance to to Secondary School. View google map
7 Leamington Drive, Faringdon, SN7 7JZ Sat 12th 10am-4pm Designed for passive solar gain with solar tubes (water heating), green roof, triple glazing, underfloor heating, woodburning stoves, condensing boiler, cavity wall insulation, insulated loft, & eco-extension built to AECB. Directions: From Oxford Park End Street Bus 66 towards Swindon. Get off Faringdon Station Road. 18 Miles West of Oxford. View google map
Corner Cottage, School Lane, Lower Brailes, near Banbury, OX15 5HP Sat 12th 10am - 1pm Solar hot water, a wood burning stove with a back boiler, and a 3.36kW solar PV system. We also have small PV systems for shed and greenhouse lights, and a permaculture designed garden. Directions: Bus 50A from Banbury towards Stratford-upon- Avon, get off at Lower Brailes School Lane is located off High Street to the left View google map

Locations beyond Oxford (16-24)

 
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