Three Eco Homes Open This Weekend

As part of the Nottinghamshire and Debyshire Eco Open Homes event, taking place throughout May, three homes are throwing opening their doors this weekend; and there's something to suit every budget:

NEST is a terraced house in Nottingham with lots of cheap, simple eco features including draughtproofing measures and container vegetable gardening. If you want a warm, cosy home on a budget this is the place to visit!

If you have some cash to splash but also like the idea of reusing materials visit Thornhill Eco House, a purpose built timber frame eco home whose owners have made use of recycled and local timber. Other features include warmcell insulation, recycled slates and a south facing conservatory. Passive Solar design means the house is heated using solar hot water and just one woodstove. It has solar photovoltaic panels for electricity. Rainwater is collected for use in the house and garden and a reed bed is used for grey water recycling.

Finally, just up the road from Thornhill, you can see a compost loo, vegetable gardens, wildlfe areas and internal solid wall insulation on a older building, lived in by Bamford Quaker Community. 

It's not too late to find out more about some of the homes that have already opened earlier in the month. Elm Avenue has its own website and Tony from Malthouse Lane was on Radio Derby last week talking about his house (starts 1hr 12mins into the programme).