8 Benson Place, North Oxford

Energy-saving improvements

  • 'Big' insulation works
    'Big' insulation works
  • Glazing
    Glazing
  • Lighting systems and electrical appliances
    Lighting systems and electrical appliances
  • High spec heating
    High spec heating
  • Renewables: heat
    Renewables: heat
  • Renewables: electricity
    Renewables: electricity
  • Lifestyle change
    Lifestyle change

Location

8 Benson Place
Oxford
OX2 6QH

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Opening times

Saturday 12th September: 10am - 12pm
Sunday 13th September: Not open

This event has now finished.

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1960s end of terrace: www.oxfordgreenhouse.co.uk

  • High levels of insulation in the walls, roof and floor;
  • New brick wall to create second cavity for insulation;
  • High levels of airtightness;
  • Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR);
  • Triple glazed windows;
  • Solar PV;
  • Solar thermal;
  • Thermal store;
  • Wood burning boiler stove;
  • Under floor heating;
  • LED lighting;
  • Low flow plumbing;
  • Air source heat pump.

For illustrations of the project see https://pushingyoursketchingboundaries.com/2020/07/16/oxford-green-house/
by Isabel Carmona @isacarand

Additional information

MVHR C00 Isometric (PDF, 243kB)

Location

8 Benson Place
Oxford
OX2 6QH

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Opening times

Saturday 12th September: 10am - 12pm
Sunday 13th September: Not open

This event has now finished.

Just turn up

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