The National Self Build & Renovation Show: Helping you build your dream.
Produced by the National Self Build & Renovation Centre (NSBRC), the UK’s award-winning Self Build and Home Improvements Visitor Centre, their October Show offers two full days of master-classes, case studies, seminars and an unrivalled line up of experts on hand to share their advice. In fact, our very own CEO Samantha Mant will be on the panel at 2pm on Saturday talking about Sustainable Water & Energy Management! It is a brilliant event if you are seeking a plot to build a brand-new house, renovating a tired property or thinking about extending your existing home.
This ‘must-attend’ event is the perfect opportunity for you to be inspired, gather information and talk to genuine experts who will be delighted to help answer your questions and offer advice. If you are considering (or just starting) a new build, renovating a tired property or simply looking to create new space then there will be talks, tours and advice tailored to you.
Show highlights will include discussions around how we can we mitigate against rising energy bills, and other increasing costs, in our homes.A range of experts explore the technologies and methods available to us, including;improving insulation,air source heat pumps,solar panels,electric vehicles& more.
The Show runs from Friday 13th to Saturday 14th October with FREE advance tickets here.
The National Self Build & Renovation Show is easy to get to with the NSBRC located on Junction 16 of the M4 and parking is plentiful and FREE!
The National Self Build & Renovation Centre, Lydiard Fields, Great Western Way, Swindon, SN5 8UB
The Halcyan Team look forward to welcoming you to the show!
Are you tired of receiving high energy bills every month? Do you want to reduce your carbon footprint and contribute to a healthier planet? Retrofitting your home can help you achieve both of these goals. Retrofitting is the process of upgrading existing homes with energy-efficient features to save energy and reduce waste. In this blog post, we will guide you on how to retrofit your home to save energy.
How Energy Efficient is Your Home?
Before retrofitting your home, it is crucial to conduct a home energy audit to identify areas where you can make improvements. An energy audit will help you understand your home’s energy consumption and how to make it more energy-efficient. You can hire a professional energy auditor or conduct a DIY audit using a home energy audit kit.
Install Insulation
One of the most important steps you can take to improve the energy efficiency of your home is to install insulation. Properly installed insulation helps keep warm air in during the winter and cool air in during the summer, reducing the amount of energy needed to heat and cool your home. It also helps reduce noise levels and makes it easier to maintain a comfortable temperature throughout the year. When installing insulation, be sure to use materials that are rated for the climate where you live.
Old windows can be a major source of heat loss in a home, so replacing them with new, energy-efficient windows can help reduce energy costs significantly. Look for windows that are rated for high efficiency, such as those with double or triple glazing to ensure heat is reflected back into the room instead of escaping outside.
Average cost: Depending on the size of your home, you can pay anything up to £16,800 for uPVC windows and thousands more for timber and composite frames.
Install a Water Conditioner
It isn’t widely known that the hardness of your water may actually be costing you a great deal more than you realise. When hard water is allowed to course its way through your home, it leaves behind limescale buildup in your appliances and plumbing. Over time, this significantly reduces the efficiency of boilers, kettles, washing machines and any other appliance that uses water. Not only does it use a lot more energy, limescale is also the cause of appliance breakdowns and in some cases, this damage is irreparable.
The Halcyan Water Conditioner is a simple solution which will not only reduce your energy bills, but will protect your existing appliances and remove limescale from your home. The single cost of installing a Halcyan can give you around £500 savings on your annual energy bills!
Average cost £770 + fitting
Install a Smart Thermostat
Smart thermostats allow you to control your heating and cooling system remotely from anywhere using an app on your smartphone or tablet device. They also learn from your usage patterns over time so they can automatically adjust temperatures when you’re away or asleep—helping you save even more money on utilities without sacrificing comfort levels in your home. Smart thermostats are easy to install and can be controlled from anywhere with an internet connection, making them a great way to save energy without having to make any major changes around the house.
Retrofitting your home requires an initial investment, but the long-term benefits are significant. From reducing your bills to improving your home’s carbon footprint, it’s a great idea to see where you can make improvements. By taking these steps, you can enjoy modern, planet-friendly features that will help reduce overall energy consumption while keeping it comfortable all year round—saving you money on utilities in the process!
If you’d like to find out more about the Halcyan Water Conditioner, you can explore our Knowledge Centre and find out how it works here. You can call our expert team on 0345 504 0656 for more information on whether you have hard water and how you can benefit from installing a Halcyan.
Why choose Halcyan?
Halcyan Water Conditioners is a British company based in Bristol and our alloy-based solution to hard water is unique to the UK. While there are many ways to retrofit your home to save on energy and bills, our alloy-based Water Conditioner is an eco-friendly, people-friendly solution to hard water too! If you’ve had enough of rising energy bills, get in touch with us to see how our Halcyan Water Conditioner can help. With our 30 Year Warranty and our 12 Month Money Back Performance Guarantee, you can be sure that you’ll enjoy the benefits of your investment for many years to come!
The National Self Build & Renovation Show: Helping you build your dream.
Produced by the National Self Build & Renovation Centre (NSBRC), the UK’s award-winning Self Build and Home Improvements Visitor Centre, their May Show offers two full days of master-classes, case studies, seminars and an unrivalled line up of experts on hand to share their advice. In fact, our very own CEO Samantha Mant will be on the panel at 1pm on Saturday talking about energy and money saving products! It is a brilliant event if you are seeking a plot to build a brand-new house, renovating a tired property or thinking about extending your existing home.
Back by popular demand, the Sustainability Theatre is sure to be a highlight of the show. Talks in this space will cover how we can we mitigate against rising energy costs, and other increasing costs, in our homes? Experts will explore the technologies available to us, including; insulation, air source heat pumps, solar panels and environmentally friendly hard water treatment.
NSBRC shows always have a timetable packed full of informative and impartial talks, to help inspire your homebuilding plans. Alongside 200+ exhibitors within the NSBRC’s unique ‘Trade Village’, the ‘Professional Services Hub’ is the place to go for independent, expert advice from a range of specialists. You’ll find a number of Architects and Designers, as well as experts on Planning, Project Management, Site Safety, Landscaping and more.
The ‘Build It Theatre’ is the place to go to hear the key, fundamental self build topics being discussed including; finding land, budgeting, planning, VAT reclaim and the latest on building regulations.
Our top 3 tips for making the most of your visit to the National Self Build & Renovation Show:
Bring your plans, drawingsand sketches – it will help the experts and exhibitors give you the best advice, tailored to your project.
Arrive early! There is a packed programme of talks, demos, case studies and tours. Doors open at 9am each day, with the first talks starting at 10am. You’ll also want plenty of time to browse the exhibitor displays.
Don’t be shy to ask questions. Many experienced representatives will be on hand to answer your questions and offer support based on their experience.
Show highlights include:
Guided educational tours of the NSBRC’s fantastic life-size exhibits*
Panel debates answering your questions live
FREE Self Build Course taster sessions
1:1 Expert Advice*
*Booked on the day at the Booking Desk. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.
Zenova IP is a thermal insulating paint which embeds the most modern insulating technology in a thermos-like ultra-thin layer. By applying it to your property you can save energy by increasing the thermal technology insulation level in both commercial and residential buildings. It can be applied to any substrate, is easy to apply and provides a good decorative finish making it the perfect solution for retrofits or new builds.
It can be applied both internally and externally. When applied internally it also assists in preventing temperature fluctuations within the spaces it is applied, ensuring an even spread of heat radiation within the room, and when applied externally it has been independently tested and validated to deflect, absorb, and dissipate up to 75% of heat caused by solar radiation, thereby reducing the inside temperature by up to 45%. for those hot summer months
Gapogroup is the global leader in high performance insulation tape for building envelope solutions. Improving building performance at install and ultimately people’s lives – that’s what drives our team.
We manufacture a wide range of tapes which are the first answer to the ‘Performance Gap’ where rigid Insulation is being installed. With our inclusion in the updated Part L 2023 of the Building Regulations, we are the simplest way to save energy and achieve our Net Zero targets, helping building owners and design teams optimise performance and maximise property returns.
Is your home future proof? Are you concerned about increased energy prices? Are you worried about your home’s carbon emissions? You could install one of our top quality ground mounted solar trackers yourself, slash your bills, and if you move, don’t worry – you can take it with you!
Bee Solar Technology Limited manufactures and distributes Heliomotion Solar Tracking systems globally. This Finnish designed, made in England, dual axis solar tracking system consists of up to 6 high quality solar panels, held on a steel column, with an aluminium frame :mounted above a drive unit. It rotates and tilts from sunrise to sunset to constantly face the sun, maximising potential output in comparison with a static roof or ground based system. In the UK, on average, this will give you an extra 40 – 45% of power output. Two colour options are available – silver or green.
We also supply solar panels, inverters, solar immersion diverters, ground anchors for mounting, together with battery storage, so you can sort your entire solar pv requirements with a single supplier. You can download all our data sheets, assembly guide, spacing recommendations etc from our comprehensive website.
Mixergy are the market leaders in smart and connected hot water tanks. They help you live
better, save money, and reduce your impact on the environment.
Their award-winning tank gives you all the hot water you need, when you need it, with their
patented top-down heating technology. Compared to conventional tanks, you can save up
to 40% on your hot water bills and heat your water 10x faster.
You stay in complete control with the Mixergy app or simple gauge, and it can connect it to
any heat source, from gas boilers to solar and heatpumps.
Our top team expertly train our large and trusted Installer Network, so you can rely on the
very best to install and maintain your smart tank.
BLOCK OFF YOUR CHIMNEY WITH THE CHIMELLA CHIMNEY UMBRELLA
The Chimney Umbrella catches all falling debris, rain or hail stones and holds within its unique canopy structure until you choose to dispense. The canopy may also be sponged clean if required.
ENERGY SAVINGS ON YOUR HEATING BILLS
The Chimney Umbrella could be the single most cost effective step you will take in driving down your energy bills. RESEARCH has shown that the average chimney will draw out 80 cubic meters of air every hour. This can lead to a staggering 700,800 cubic meters of air, per chimney, every year being sucked out of your home.
If you have a large Chimney such as a large Victorian or Inglenook Fireplace the draw can be as high as 590 cubic meters an hour.
Using a Chimney Umbrella to block off the chimney flue will significantly reduce the air flow through the chimney and can save you over 0.583 tonnes of carbon per year, per chimney. This converts into an energy saving of 3066 kilo watt hours per annum, per chimney, or CASH SAVING of up to £200 per chimney per year.
SAFE TO USE AND INSTALL
The CHIMELLA handle is constantly on view to indicate that the chimney flue is efficiently blocked off. In the rare event of someone lighting a fire while the Chimney Umbrella is still inserted, the canopy has been designed to harmlessly burn away and safely re open the chimney flue, allowing smoke and fumes to be drawn up and out of your home.
Living in the seaside city of Brighton, inventor of Waterblade, Nigel Bamford became aware of the scarcity of water not just worldwide but here in the UK. Since 1960 the amount of water people use in the UK has increased by 66%.
We are now consuming 141 litres of water per day. If present levels of consumption continue not just for us but worldwide, two-thirds of the global population will live in areas of water stress by 2025.
Water is hidden in all that we see: in our cars, our clothing, even in our sandwiches.
We can easily reduce our water footprints. We can buy water efficient white goods, turn off the tap while we brush our teeth and fix leaks, but how can we make a significant reduction in water consumption and the energy used getting it to us?
Inspired by the Dyson Air Blade, which was improved by spreading the air flow out, Nigel created the water saving device Waterblade to save significant amounts of water. With the help of Innovate UK, the EU and the Green Growth Platform he developed it to fit easily to most taps.
It uses the surface tension of the water to spread a small flow into a sheet making it efficient for washing and rinsing but using dramatically less water. It uses between 1.9 and 2.7 litres per minute, compared to a normal tap which uses 10 to 20 litres per minute.
The Waterblade has been fitted in some of the UK’s most recognisable buildings (HSBC Canary Wharf, Birmingham Bull Ring Shopping Centre, The Leadenhall Building also known as the Cheese Grater) and many more worldwide.
The product itself has developed in sophistication. It is now electro-chrome plated and incorporates state of the art flow control, meaning it is totally ‘plug and play’. All you need to do is change the nozzle on your tap, and the flow is optimised for all mains pressures.
Waterblade has won the top UK innovation and water industry awards both in the UK and overseas and is now used by companies such as Sainsbury’s, HSBC, Microsoft, Unilever and many others.
Surestop stopcocks are an innovative way for controlling mains water in the home with a simple switch operation for shutting off mains water. If the stopcock is to be in an accessible location, but users desire one which is simpler to use and easy to install, the Surestop Stopcock is the ideal choice for domestic installations. Made from ABS MDPE stainless steel, with a push-fit connection suitable for 15mm copper or plastic piping, it features an easy to use switch for controlling the mains water, so it can instantly be turned on or off when required. The Surestop 15mm stopcock is powered by water pressure alone so no electricity supply or batteries are required.
EndoTherm is an award winning energy saving additive for central heating systems, independently proven to save up to 15% on space heating energy consumption. Verified by the Energy Saving Trust as an effective energy saving product it has now been installed into 150,000+ buildings over 10 years.
Supported by research programmes at Chester and Liverpool John Moores Universities, the additive changes the properties of the bulk fluid in a commercial or domestic heating system to make the water more efficient and improve its heat transfer capabilities. Its quick and easy to install via a dosing pot, magnetic filter or radiator, EndoTherm will circulate quickly around the system starting to improve efficiency immediately.
EndoTherm is compatible with inhibitor and freeze protection chemistries and poses no corrosive risk to any materials/components within a heating system. Leading brand boiler manufacturers have confirmed the use of EndoTherm does not invalidate warranties.
With a vast library of case studies from domestic properties to large commercial portfolio rollouts, EndoTherm’s ability to improve efficiency in any wet heating system, at a relatively low cost, is something anyone looking to save energy can benefit from!
We know these are really testing times for everyone but we really want to show our appreciation and support for those people on the frontline.
So we are very pleased to offer a 15% discount to all holders of a Blue Light card or similar photo ID, from any of the emergency services.
You’re protecting us, and we’d love for a Halcyan unit to protect you and yours.
To claim your discount, please email us a photo of your photo ID, and we’ll ping you back your one-off discount code, which you can apply in our webshop, or just call us and we can help you over the phone.
