Stroud is playing host this weekend to a 22-home event, where eco-renovations will be shared with the public. (1)
In Stroud, the Green Party has six district councillors and one county councillor. You can find more information on the event's website: www.stroudopenhomes.org.uk
The event has been organised by Transition Stroud's energy group. Philip Booth, Green Party district councillor in Stroud since 2006, is assisting in this year's event.
Booth said: "The weekend is a great opportunity to see measures like internal and external insulation, wood pellet boilers, air source heat pumps, gas condensing boilers, PV, rainwater harvesting and more."
"We are delighted to have the support of many people and groups, including Ecotricity who have sponsored this year's leaflet, and special thanks must go to all the homeowners who are so very kindly opening their homes to the public."
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Notes to Editors:
1) "The household sector represents 27 per cent of our total emissions and achieving deep cuts here is an imperative ... Of the homes we will inhabit in 2050, around 80 per cent are already standing today, and these have to be the main focus for carbon-reduction policies." - extract from the Executive Summary of "Home Truths - a low carbon strategy to reduce UK House emissions by 80% by 2050" by Brenda Boardman, University of Oxford's Environmental Change Institute.