Find out where your home is leaking heat.
Thank you so much to past and present hosts of homes, talk participants, thermal camera hosts, and other volunteers, who work so hard to make our work inspiring and informative.
If you would like to volunteer please contact volunteering@cambridgecarbonfootprint.org
We also want to thank our funders, sponsors and all of you who make donations, whose financial support enables the whole Open Eco Homes project
Through their Zero Carbon Communities fund, South Cambs DC has helped support more staff time for OEH, to enable further development and wider impact.
Our supportive City Council have helped fund Open Eco Homes over many years as part of their wider vision for the city to be net zero carbon by 2030. See their Climate Change Strategy.
The Cambridge is an independent, mutual society which has been integral to the community since 1850. We provide funding for people buying their own homes and are a trusted home for people in a position to save.
Thanks to generous individuals and organisations who share our vision of a better quality of life for all across Cambridgeshire, we are able to award millions of pounds each year to non-profit organisations at the heart of our community.
Keystone Architecture and Design are a small, progressive architecture company spread across Worcester, Cambridge, Cardiff and Rome. Annie, their Cambridgeshire Architect is a Certified Passivehaus designer. They are sustainability focussed, and will deliver high performance buildings that suit clients’ needs, whether that’s an eco-retrofit on a historic building using natural building materials, a high-tech new-build maximising the use of renewable technologies, or anything in between. They take a client-centred approach ensuring that each design is tailored to the project specific context and requirements to achieve the aspirations set out at the start.
An architectural practice based in Cambridge, founded on an ambition to produce environmentally responsible architecture with many of our projects recognised as exemplars of sustainable design. See Marmalade Lane 5 Years on for their award-winning north Cambridge cohousing scheme.
Architect and Retrofit Coordinator. I am taking no new business but am the architect for the Hills Road retrofit 2024.
They emphasis is on sustainability in all types of work from green buildings, including new buildings and recycling buildings for a carbon neutral future, to historic building and conservation work. “Designing for the future means considering our impact on the environment every time we build new buildings or alter and extend existing ones”.
GV Harrison – The Roof Window Experts
Cambidgeshire’s leading Certified VELUX Installer. With their expceptional high-level knowledge about all things VELUX they are able to advise customers on products most suited to them, with a focus on energy efficiency and sustainability. VELUX are at the forefront of designing and manufacturing environmentally friendly products that are built to last.
Cambridge Retrofit Hub is a One Stop Shop which looks after all the key stages of a home energy retrofit, from retrofit design through to project completion.
Providing architectural design services, from concept to constuction, including retrofit advice and 3D visualisation, in and around Cambridge. See Family Focused Design – Cromwell Road for this architectural designer’s delightful retrofit of their family home.
Rixon architecture specialise in retrofit and low energy design. As certified passive house designers and retrofit coordinators we have a wealth of experience to guide our clients through their retrofit project.
Inclume is a creative architectural studio that delivers bespoke, crafted design projects, often in highly contextually sensitive sites such as conservation areas, which enables them to effectively deliver projects from start to finish. Inclume’s designs embody an interest in natural light, material quality, sustainability and crafted finishes, a perspective that they believe produces architecture that is contemporary yet contextually sympathetic towards its surroundings.
Having worked in the industry for over two decades Ian has developed an understanding and skill set for Architectural Photography, appreciating that architecture and photography are deeply dependent on one another. As a qualified Architect, Ian is on a journey to capture and share a perspective of the built environment, documenting and exploring his architectural curiosities.
Archangel has worked for more than 20 years to design and deliver excellent buildings. As a team, we work collaboratively from our studio near Cambridge, and believe the best buildings are created from a close partnership between client and architect.
We’re always happy to hear from potential new sponsors and funders who’d like to support Open Eco Homes. We offer contact with thousands of local people interested in low-energy homes, plus publicity and opportunities to participate. Please contact our Home Energy Officer, Fran Sutton: fran@cambridgecarbonfootprint.org
