Earth Notes: Kingston's Efficient Homes Show BITESIZE (2025-09)
Updated 2025-09-15.Event: Kingston's Efficient Homes Show 2025 BITESIZE
Kingston's Efficient Homes Show BITESIZE - building a greener future, together!
- InStock
- FREE (Eventbrite ticket) valid at/until:
- Featuring: Various exhibitors and speakers
- Free
- Date:
- Location: The Guildhall
- High Street, KT1 1EU
- Kingston-upon-Thames
- UK
- Organiser: Kingston Council
Description
From the council: ...
Following the success of Kingston's third Efficient Homes Show earlier in the year, we are hosting a bitesize version at the Guildhall in Kingston Town.
It's free to attend!
It is aimed at:
- Homeowners, renters, landlords, business owners, estate agents and lettings agencies
- People looking for funding to help improve the energy efficiency of their home
- People looking to save on their energy bills
- People looking for training, employment support and jobs in the retrofit and other green economy industries
- People looking to help protect the environment.
Key times for the day:
- 11:30 AM: Doors open
- 11:30 - 11:35 AM: Opening remarks by Cllr Ian Manders, Portfolio Holder for Climate Action, Biodiversity and Planning Policy
- 11:35 - 12:15 PM: A Short Talk about my Low-Carbon Home by Michael de Podesta, the author of 'Protons for Breakfast'
- 12:30 - 03:00 PM: Short Talks led by Transition Town Kingston (TTK) Energy Group (EG). Covering solar energy, batteries at home, heat-waves, ventilation and insulation coordinated by Damon Hart-Davis, Chair, Transition Town Kingston
- 03:25 PM: Closing remarks
Short Talks
KEF (Kingston Environment Forum) has arranged for TTKEG (Transition Town Kingston Energy Group) to provide some short beginner-level talks of up to 30 minutes including Q&A, such as their experiences of new solar PV and heat pump systems, to .
| Start Time | Speaker | Topic and links | Audio / Previous |
|---|---|---|---|
| DHD | Home Batteries [PDF] [ODP] | audio | |
| AF | Our Solar PV System 'One Year On' [PDF] | audio | |
| Lightning talk 1 | |||
| Lightning talk 2 | |||
| Lightning talk 3 | |||
| PJM | Effectiveness of Various Energy Efficiency Measures in a Typical Kingston Home [PDF] | ||
| PM | Ventilation, Air Tightness and Insulation [PDF] | audio |
Speakers key: AF Alan Ferdman, DHD Damon Hart-Davis, LH Lucy Hayden, LL Lawrence Liao, MH Mark Handley, PJM Peter Mason, PM Patrick Manwell.
One-to-Ones
KEF/TTKEG will also be providing one-to-one support chats for the public. For those who do not yet have a clue where to start, and beyond!