My Green Builder
The My Green Builder database is a list of installers, suppliers, advisors and general builders who have carried out energy efficiency retrofit work on some of the houses in the Superhome Network. The entries below represent the opinions of the homeowners and this database has been designed to help you to find tradespeople who can help you to make improvements in your own home.
| Name and Address | Installed components | Overall Rating | Comments |
Aldas LtdTrelay FarmBude EX23 0NJ London |
Air leakage testing | 5 | Very thorough air pressure test to identify leaks. |
GNU LtdLower RdPontesbury SY5 0YH London |
Air Drier | 4 | A bit pricey but liked the look. |
VentaxiaFleming WayCrawley RH10 9YX London |
Local heat recovery ventilation units | 3 | Excellent if a bit noisy unit but poor after sales service. |
Efficient LightUnit 5, 49 Sisna parkEstover, Plymouth PL6 7AE London |
Low energy lamps | 5 | Excellent source for low energy lamps; very knowledgeable. |
MegamanMegaman House, 1 Quadrant ParkWelwyn Garden City AL7 1FS London |
Low energy lamps | 5 | Specialises in Low energy lamps; excellent LED lamps and very good range of compact fluorescents. Obtain from B& Q or Efficient Lighting web site. |
Rationel Windows7 Avonbury Business park, Howes LaneBicester, Oxon OX26 2UA London |
Windows | 4 | Strangely vague about U values - but the windows are excellent |
Brian CristianLondon |
Window Draught Sealer | 5 | Excellent joiner carpenter with all the kit for the job. |
D.Duke & Sons Ltd |
External Wall Insulation | 1 | Did not turn up when promised; vastly over ran time; did not detail system correctly; left mess everywhere; took 2 months before promised workmanship certificate arrived. |
George Raduta |
Internal Insulation, Heat recovery units, windows | 5 | Great builder (when did you last hear that?) |
Russell Smith, Parity Projects78 Carshalton GroveSutton SM1 4NB London |
N/A | 5 | Excellent advice and project management too |
Disclaimer
The My Green Builder database is created from information given by Superhomers. It represents their opinions and experiences of actual work carried out and can only been seen as a guide. The opinions of Superhomers cannot be assumed to be those of the Sustainable Energy Academy itself.
When commissioning any work on your property it is always advisable to obtain a number of quotes for the work. Ask for references and where possible ask to see previous examples of competed projects.
The Sustainable Energy Academy, The National Energy Foundation, any other partners in the Old Home Superhome project and the Superhomers themselves take no responsibility whatsoever for work undertaken by any of these companies and cannot be held accountable in any way if that work falls short of what you would expect.