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Video Case Studies – NEW August 2011

The following link to our videos on our CAFSGreenBuild You Tube channel

The kind people at Newton Rigg show us their biomass district heating scheme

Matthew Crosher gives us a tour of the Gilbert, Gilkes and Gordon turbine factory and a hydro installation at Docker Nook

Geoff Owen from Envirolink talks about grid connection at the Docker Nook hydro

Matthew Nielsen shows us round his low carbon new build development

Simon Astill takes us through Roland Hill’s low carbon social housing retrofit property

Bill Mitchell talks about the low carbon refurbishment at Gamblesby VillageHall

Geoff Owen from Envirolink explains about connecting your project to the grid

Older Case Study documents

Renewables

Beck Mickle Hydro Ltd – Hydro-electric generation

Derwentwater Youth Hostel – Hydro Electric Installation

Geowarmth Heat – heat pumps

Methane capture at Hespin Wood

Sundog Energy – Solar energy solutions

Sustainable fuel & transport - Fuels of the future

Turbine Services – Electricity generation

Retrofitting Existing Buildings

Clay & Lime Tour – Clay and lime building materials

Domestic Solar Thermal Hot Water System – Bampton near Penrith

Domestic Solar Hot Water System – Greystoke, Cumbria

Wall Transform Ltd – Insulated render solutions

Little Salkeld Watermill - Sustainable flour milling

Second Nature – Sustainable insulation solutions

Green Building Design

Ad.hoc Associates – Architecture and Sustainability

Cockermouth School Eco Centre - Profile of eco efficient building

Environment Agency Building – Green office design

Eden Architecture – Environmental design

Footprint – Building design

JS Engineering Design - Structural engineers

O’Neil & Petrie Limited – Architects

Local Suppliers

CREA – Seminars & presentations

Cumbria Energy Efficiency Advice Centre – Energy efficiency advice

Cumbria Woodlands – Economic and sustainable use of Cumbria’s forest resources

Dalefoot Composts Ltd – Award winning composts

Danny Frost Furniture – Furniture Maker

Eco-op Ltd – pollution clean up

Eden Rivers Trust - responsible stewardship of the river system

Lakeland Oak Ltd – traditional carpentry

For further information, please also see our recent Factsheets, as these incorporate local case studies

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