Big Green Home Show 2010

If you’re planning a green build or renovation, don’t miss the UK’s brightest eco exhibition, the Big Green Home Show in October this year. Whether you want to green-up your existing home, or design and build your own brand-new eco-friendly house, taking the eco option can save you pounds, as well as saving the planet.

Whether you’re an eco enthusiast who wants to improve your home to lessen your impact on the environment and build an eco home from scratch, or you’re a homeowner who wants to use eco technology to save money on energy bills, you need as much independent advice as possible. The best place to get it?  The Big Green Home Show, the UK’s only show dedicated to helping people create an eco-friendly home, hosted by self build and renovations specialists, BuildStore, at its National Self Build & Renovation Centre in Swindon.

Creating a genuine eco home, that meets planning and building control standards, is comfortable as well as efficient and economical to run, requires careful planning and a ‘whole-house’ approach; it’s more than putting a giant compost heap in the garden, or fixing a few solar panels to your roof. With expert advice, seminars, and hundreds of exhibitors, the third annual Big Green Home Show, will give you all the information and advice you need about the products and services available to help you separate the facts from the ‘green-wash’.

With the introduction of Feed-in-Tariffs, new building regulations through the Code for Sustainable Homes, and planned Renewable Heat Incentives in 2011, the green building agenda marches on, and its important to keep up with the latest changes if you’re planning to build in the next couple of years.

If you’re feeling inspired to help the environment, or you simply want to cut down your energy bills, the Big Green Home Show can cut through the jargon, and help you understand how you can make eco work for you, your budget, and your home. You can also get help to arrange the funding for your eco project, with a team of specialist mortgages advisors, and you can get access to exclusive prices and deals on your eco products and materials, by signing up for a free TradeCard in the Centre too.

Building on the success of the past two shows, and the ever–increasing interest in all things eco, sustainable and energy efficient, the three-day event will feature even more exhibitors, products, and expert advice, as well as the unique ‘walking seminars’ by green experts. The Show includes; hands-on demonstrations, one-to-one consultations with leading industry experts and professionals, topical and informative presentations and seminars, and an opportunity to see and learn about the latest ‘green’ products and systems, including  living roofs, solar panels, biomass boilers, heat pumps, and insulation. Exhibitors include Burdens Environmental, Worcester Bosch, Velux, Ecomerchant, Villavent, SolarSense, and British Eco.

The real value of the Show is in the huge amount of freely available expert advice on offer; make best use of it, and it could save you huge amounts of money in consultations with eco-advisers and specialists, and mistakes in specifying the wrong products. The ‘Ask the Experts’ area will be packed with architects, eco consultants , planners, CAD designers, project managers, energy and water specialists, self-build advisors, finance specialists and materials experts, so whatever your query or problem, you can get an answer. You can also get more information in the five seminar theatres, covering all aspects of eco building and retrofitting.

Tim Doherty, of the National Self Build & Renovation Centre, explains: “Most self builders not only want a home that has their own stamp on it and their blood, sweat and tears in it, but also want their energy bills to be as pleasing to look at as the home itself. If you are committed to a home that is more economical to run, there is a wealth of products, new technology, systems and services, to help you build green. The issue is understanding how it all works and what it is involved in making your new home energy-efficient.

“Self builders and home improvers have always been at the forefront when it comes to using innovative products and new technologies, and this is no different with energy-efficient and renewable technologies and systems in the home. At the Big Green Home Show, you’ll find expert advice and guidance on the essential eco elements you’ll want to consider and understand, from insulation and eco building systems to green interior products and the funding options for your green home.”

For comprehensive and impartial advice on green self build, renovation and home improvement, visit the Big Green Home Show (29th – 31st October 2010) at the National Self Build & Renovation Centre in Swindon, just off Junction 16 of the M4. To book free tickets or for more information, visit the website at www.biggreenhomeshow.co.uk  or call 0845 223 4455. Tickets on the door: £10 per adult or £15 per couple.