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: electricity
    Renewables: electricity
  • Lifestyle change
    Lifestyle change

Location

8 Benson Place
Oxford
OX2 6QH

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Opening times

Saturday 13th: 10am - 1pm
Sunday 14th: Not Open

Just turn up

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,
  • New: 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 13th: 10am - 1pm
Sunday 14th: Not Open

Just turn up

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