Museum Represents a museum WC No EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Dumfries HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess No Activities <div>The Green Homes Network, a new Scottish Government initiative managed by the Energy Saving Trust, was launched last year. The network provides individuals with the unique opportunity to visit a local home that has a renewables system installed. On Saturday 29 September homes across Dumfriesshire will open their doors to visitors.</div><div>Visitors can find out first-hand how different renewables systems run in real homes and hear about actual costs and savings.</div><div>Full details of all homes are available at greenhomesopenday.org.uk or call your local Energy Saving Scotland advice centre on 0800 512 012 to find out more.</div><div>www.greenhomesopenday.org.uk</div> OpeningTime1 12.00-16.30 OpeningDate1 29/9/2012 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 12387 Refreshments No Street The street address 24 Ardwall Road Postcode DG1 3AQ Parking No DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Green Homes Network: 24 Ardwall Road Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived dumfriesandgalloway Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1056 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.07141,-3.598907; Description An account of the resource <div><strong>House type:</strong> semi-detached house, 1911</div><div><strong>Energy efficiency and renewable measures:</strong> Solar water heating, Solid wall insulation, loft insulation, wood burning stove, A-rated appliances, Energy saving lighting, recycling, composting. Bedrooms: 3 Occupants: 2</div><div><strong>Key features:</strong> A semi-detached home built in 1911 with solar water heating system, loft insulation and a wood burning stove.</div><div> </div><div>For retired couple Brian and Marjorie York switching to a renewable heating system was all part of their plan to become more green-minded, “we wanted to do our bit for the environment, and reduce our energy use” explains Brian. The motivation to switch to a renewable system was also financial, “we wanted to be less reliant on the mains gas supply. The energy companies keep increasing their prices, and we wanted to try everything we could to reduce our bills.”</div>