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Programme of Events - 14th September to 21st
September 2010
Produced as part of Green Build Festival in Partnership with Cumbria Action for Sustainability
Tuesday 14th September 2010 – Langdale Estate Boiler Visit
15:00 – 16:00, The Langdale Estate, Great Langdale, Nr Ambleside, LA22 9JD
Langdale Estate converted the heating of their hotel and swimming pool during the winter of 2008/09 from LPG to a boiler fired by woodchip. This is a great example of how a hotel can significantly reduce their heating bills, cut carbon emissions and help create local jobs. Come and see for yourself how the technology is working.
For more information and to book, click here.
Thursday 16th September 2010 – Biomass Breakfast, North Lakes
08:00 – 09:00, Lakeland Sheep and Wool Centre, Cockermouth, CA13 0QX
Come along to our short breakfast event, have a bacon sandwich and a cuppa and learn a bit more about MCS accreditation, Envirolink, solar energy and woodfuel within the building trade.
For more information and to book, click here.
Friday 17th September 2010 – Biomass Breakfast, South Lakes
08:00 – 09:00, The Builder’s Supply Co. Kendal, Mintsfeet Road South, Mintsfeet Industrial Estate, Kendal LA9 6ND
Come along to our short breakfast event, have a bacon sandwich and a cuppa and learn a bit more about MCS accreditation, Envirolink, solar energy and woodfuel within the building trade.
For more information and to book, click here.
Sunday 19th September 2010 – Domestic Wood Fuel Heating
12:30 – 17:00, the Eden Valley
Transport will be provided from Cumbria Rural Enterprise’s (CREA) car park at Redhills, just to the west of Penrith. The tour starts promptly at 12.30. Directions to CREA can be found at the following link; www.crea.co.uk/location_map_penrith.htm Their address is Redhills, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 ODT. We will then make our way to visit:
Johnny Ball – Johnny Ball runs a furniture-making business and Lakeland Logs, a firewood business from his home just outside Penrith. He heats his home with a log-fired boiler backed up with an oil-fired boiler.
Simon Haskins – Simon will be showing us the heating and hot water system at a detached, two-storey stone cottage just outside Glassonby, Penrith, which was historically heated with an external Grant oil boiler and free burning multifuel stoves. The new system is a 25kW gasification boiler that exclusively burns logs and stores the heat in a 1400 litre external accumulator.
Winston Collinge – Winston runs Cumbria Green Fuels, a wood fuel supplier based at Ainstable. Join his tour of a pellet boiler and solar thermal system at the Crown House at Ruckcroft, and the heating system at the Heather Glen Hotel at Ainstable.
For more information and to book, click here.
Monday 20th September 2010 - Leighton Moss and Arnside AONB
14:00 – 16:00. Meet at AONB Offices at 14:00 - The Old Station Building, Arnside, LA5 0HG
Arnside and Silverdale AONB heat their offices with a domestic wood pellet boiler. Leighton Moss Nature Reserve heat their visitor centre, offices and accommodation with a 75kw woodchip boiler. Come along and listen to their information and advice on installing and running these heating systems.
For more information and to book, click here.
Tuesday 21st September 2010 – Farmers and Landowners Event
15:00 – 16:30. Wallthwaite Farmhouse, Troutbeck, Penrith CA11 0SX
Sally and Rob heat their 5-bedroom home and office at a farmscale near Troutbeck with a 40kw batch log boiler. Come and hear about their experience of installing and running this boiler.
For more information and to book, click here.
These visits are brought to you as part of Green Build Festival, which Cumbria Woodlands is pleased to be part of. This is part of a programme of assistance to raise the profile of wood for heat within the County, and is now set to run for the next year thanks to the generous support from the European Social Fund, the Forestry Commission, Lake District National Park and Cumbria County Council.
Bookings and enquiries: To book a place on any of these events, go to www.cumbriagreenbuild.org.uk or contact 01768 210276.
Please note - All events are FREE, but places are limited and so must be reserved. Early booking is essential.
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