Chippenham Green Open Homes

What is Green Open Homes Chippenham?

Green Open Homes Chippenham is an opportunity to ask a Chippenham home owner about an energy saving improvement they’ve made, and see if it might work for you.

People who have made energy saving improvements open up their homes for free in-person visits to share their experiences. Visiting a home is a great way to find out about the reality of getting solar panels, insulation, triple glazing, or a heat pump without talking to a salesman.

You can have a good look at the technology, ask the home owner how easy or difficult their improvements were, and find out how much they’re really saving on their energy bills as a result.

Please request bookings 24 hours in advance – thank you!

The ‘Email to Request Visit’ buttons will open your email app on the device you’re using to view our website. If this doesn’t work for you please use the contact form at the bottom of the page.

1930s Semi-detached – Langley Road

Energy Saving Improvements

A 1930s Semi-detached home with loft and cavity wall insulation.
Octopus installed Air Source Heat Pump for heating and hot water.
Enphase micro inverter flat roof solar system. AC battery.
Mechanical Ventilation and Heat recovery upstairs.
Zappi EV charger,
electric bikes.
Home Assistant for solar prediction and energy monitoring.
Water butts and rain garden.
Eco garden
Room built with SIP panels.
Induction hob and a chimney sheep!

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Visiting Times

Saturday 15th November

9-30am to 10-30am | 11am to 12pm |1pm to 2pm | 2-30pm to 3-30pm | 4pm to 5pm

Email to Request visit

Your host will email you back to confirm your visit.

South West – Chippenham

Energy Saving Improvements

- 3.6kW of solar panels on SE-facing roof
- Air source heat pump. (Mitsubishi Ecodan)
- Self-installed loft insulation
- Microbead cavity wall insulation.
- Updated windows for improved thermal performance.
- DIY improvements to garage insulation.
- Capturing rainwater for gardening or emergencies.
- Electric cargo bike often charged from solar.
- Demand-shifting via timer plugs and delayed-start appliances.

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Visiting Times

Saturday 15th November 9am to 10am | 10-30am to 11-30am |1pm to 2pm | 2-30pm to 3-30pm | 4pm to 5pm

Sunday 16th November 9am to 10am | 10-30am to 11-30am |1pm to 2pm | 2-30pm to 3-30pm | 4pm to 5pm

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Your host will email you back to confirm your visit.

Wood Lane – Chippenham

Energy Saving Improvements

The property is half 1680, half 1975 and it has been DIY-renovated over the past 12 years.

From 2019 on, the focus has been to upgrade the household to cost-effectively get its carbon footprint to below zero. The home includes a Ground Source Heat Pump.

A highly recommended visit!

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Visiting Times

Saturday 15th November

9am to 10am | 10-30am to 11-30am |1pm to 2pm | 2-30pm to 3-30pm | 4pm to 5pm

Sunday 16th November

9am to 10am | 10-30am to 11-30am |1pm to 2pm | 2-30pm to 3-30pm | 4pm to 5pm

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Your host will email you back to confirm your visit.

Conniston Road – Chippenham

Energy Saving Improvements

This three bedroomed detached house has solar panels, battery storage and an Air Source Heat Pump. The heat pump installation went very well, and now the weather is getting colder, we are beginning to see how well it works. We use Octopus Cosy tariff, which gives 2 periods of 3 hours each day at half price, so we are learning to plan when to switch on appliances and get the most out of it. Rainwater is collected in four water butts for the small garden.

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Visiting Times

Saturday 15th November – 10-30am to 8pm

Sunday 16th November – 12-30pm to 8pm

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South West – Chippenham

Energy Saving Improvements

We installed south facing solar on our mid 80’s house in July 2016. It is a 3kw system and we had a 2.7Kw battery installed at the same time. We were an early adopter for battery storage and it has now been running for more than nine years.

In May this year we have had an Air to Water Heat Pump fitted (Grant Heat Pump) so we have not experienced a full winter. In the first three months (June, July and August) and taking our generation and feed in tariff into account our energy costs have been zero with a small profit.

Removing gas from our house has hopefully reduced our carbon foot print and reduced our costs.

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Visiting Times

Saturday 15th November 2-30pm to 4pm

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Pewsham – Chippenham

Energy Saving Improvements

Ours is a detached house on the Pewsham estate, built in 1985. The loft is insulated and has had cavity wall insulation since it was built. There is double glazing throughout. All lightbulbs are LED and, since we had a heat pump installed last December, it has been fully electric. We had the house assessed for an EPC, before the heat pump was installed, and it was given an A rating.

Features:

Solar PV system (6kW – 10 panels on each of east-facing and west-facing roofs)

Tesla battery (capacity 13.5 kWh)

Eddi (solar power diverter to direct surplus energy to the hot water tank)

Daikin air source heat pump

Zappi EV charger

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Visiting Times

Saturday 15th: 10.00-1300, 14.00-17.00

Sunday 16th: 14.00-17.00

Email to Request visit

Your host will email you back to confirm your visit.

Having a problem with the ‘Email to Request visit’ buttons?

The ‘Email to Request Visit’ buttons use your own email app on the device you’re viewing this website with. If they don’t work for you please use the contact form to the right or below telling us which house you’d like to view, and we’ll put you in contact with the home owner.

If you would like to open your home to visitors for Chippenham Green Open Homes 2025 please email us with a photograph or two, a list of energy saving improvements you’d like to highlight, and suggested visit dates and times.

Note that Zero Chippenham are not in a position to endorse any of the information shared by homeowners with visitors to their homes. We recommend people do their own thorough research before carrying out any home improvements.

If you would like further information on Home Energy and Retrofit please visit our Home Energy page.