Event Programme & Seminars
The Cornwall Home Show is the best place to find new and exciting ideas for the home and garden all under one roof. Please see below for exhibition opening times and seminar information:
Show Times:
Saturday 30th April 2011: 0900hrs - 1730hrs
Sunday 1st May 2011: 1000hrs - 1630hrs
Entry only £3 per person
(entry is free for under 14's accompanied by an adult)
(free parking is available at Kingsley Village)
Free seminars for paid attendees are running at 1100hrs, 1200hrs, 1300hrs and 1400hrs & 1500hrs each day. Full details of each seminar below.
Saturday Sunday
Generate Electricity from the Sun 1100hrs 1500hrs
Interior Design Inspirational Ideas 1200hrs 1400hrs
Heat Pumps for your Home 1300hrs 1100hrs
Creating a Stylish Garden 1400hrs 1200hrs
10 Steps to No Heating Bills 1500hrs 1300hrs
Generate Electricity From the Sun with Capture Energy
Nathan Billings, Technical Director of Cornish based Capture Energy Ltd, will deliver a talk centered around generating your own electricity within your home. The use of photovoltaic panels to generate electricity is becoming more widespread and this presentation will allow you to see whether they may be right for you. Capture will cover all of the important issues such as the Feed in Tariff incentives, what type of panels there are and how do they differ, is your site suitable and what does an installation look like.
If you know nothing about this technology or already have done some research come and learn more about how you can generate electricity from the sun.
Interior Design: Inspirational Ideas with Interior Dynamics
For many people Interior Design can be a little daunting. With some key ideas and expert guidance this needn’t be the case!
During this seminar Interior Dynamics will offer expert advice for living rooms, dining rooms and bedrooms. With the wealth of fabulous fabrics, furniture, lighting and accessories available and the resurgence of wall-coverings in so many wonderful styles, great schemes can be achieved for your home or holiday let.
It’s important that schemes for the home reflect the personality of its occupants, find out more about how this can be accomplished by attending this inspiring seminar.
Heat Pumps: Delivering low cost, low carbon heating & hot water with Source Energy
Based in Cornwall, Source Energy is a renewable energy company that specialises in heat pump technology.
The aim of our seminar is to provide clear advice to help you understand the benefits of installing your own heat pump, and to help you decide if a heat pump is right for your home. Source Energy will explain heat pumps in simple terms drawing upon our vast knowledge and experience gained from 6 years of supply and installing this technology.
We will review existing installations demonstrating how heat pump technology was installed in both new and existing buildings. We will also present the exciting opportunity to earn a tax free income whilst keeping warm, via the new government Renewable Incentive Scheme that launches in July 2011.
Creating a Stylish Garden the Easy Way with The Third Nature
The Third Nature Cornwall’s contemporary garden furniture specialists will help you learn more about how to give your garden an artistic, considered look without spending thousands on landscaping and furniture.
The Third Nature will show you how you can use just two or three pieces, combined with simple planting ideas, to create an outdoor space that is not only practical but also looks as if it has flown off the pages of 'House and Garden’. Yes, goodbye plastic moulded tables and hello smooth Cornish style!
Just because we’re down here doesn’t mean we can’t combine our relaxed Cornish feel with that Chelsea Show edginess……….. Find out more at the Cornwall Home Show 2011.
10 Steps to No Heating Bills with Ecohouse
How happy would you be moving into your new home in the month of November knowing it had no central heating?
A couple in Mylor Bridge, whose stunning creekside home has been designed and built by Cornwall based company Ecohouse, were very excited at the prospect.
And even through our particularly cold winter this year, they have been delighted with the outstanding performance of their home in terms of its energy efficiency.
The house has been built to a very high standard, including large amounts of insulation, airtight construction and optimum solar gain. Its only heating requirement is a small woodburner for the coldest evenings.
In this seminar, Ten Steps to No Heating Bills, Ecohouse director Robin van der Bij explains how to design a new home with absolute minimal space heating needs.
For more information about the Mylor Bridge home and other projects visit www.ecohouse.co.uk