Eco Open Houses Brighton & Hove
15-16 and 22-23 June

This year Eco Open Houses is bigger than ever, running over two weekends in June, delivered as part of the European ECOFab 2 and Green Deal Pioneering Place projects.

Unfortunately, 148 Hartington Road and 140 Balfour Road have had to close throughout the 2013 event and will not be open on the days advertised in the printed brochure. We apologise for any inconvenience.

In February of this year the government launched a new way to pay for energy efficiency measures called the Green Deal. Since then we’ve been busy teaming up with the Pioneering Places project to showcase the Green Deal in Brighton & Hove. Assessments have been carried out and measures have been installed as part of the project and six of these houses can be visited during Eco Open Houses. These houses are identified in the brochure by a green house number and their features are highlighted with the Green Deal Pioneering Places logo. These houses highlight that significant savings can be made from fairly modest investment.

What is Eco Open Houses?

Whether you are a home owner or tenant wanting to find out what you can do in your home to save money and feel healthier and warmer, a builder looking for better ways to build for your clients or just simply curious, come and be inspired by visiting an eco-home near you!

Some Eco Open Houses are old houses that have been retrofitted and improved, some have just been built. What they feature in common is being cheaper to run and requiring less mains energy to keep them warm.

It doesn't necessarily take expensive renovation to cut bills: behaviour changes and small alterations can make a big difference. Discover practical steps to reduce energy use, water use and carbon emissions in our own homes from the experiences of Eco Open Householders. Funding options to help you renovate your home are described in Ways to pay.

After the event you may be interested in finding out more about what you could do to your house. Have a look at the Eco Renovate Your Home course and some of the possible funding options outlined in Links.

Eco Open Houses brochure and case studies

The printed brochure, with maps and house details as on this website, is available free at selected sites around Brighton and Hove, or as a downloadable pdf (7MB). More detailed case studies for some of the houses are available for download here on each house's page - others will be added as completed. They will also be available as printouts at respective houses on their open days.