Win a complete eco-makeover of your home
Friday, 09 October 2009 16:38
At 10 past 10 on the 10th of the 10th the 10:10 Campaign will join with the Great British Refurb Campaign to launch a competition to win a major eco-makeover of someone’s home and create the house of the future.
One lucky prizewinner's house will be turned into the Home of the Future, with a full-on energy makeover courtesy of community regeneration experts Keepmoat. The winning home will be completely upgraded into an intelligent space that is warmer, more comfortable, less expensive to run – and a whole lot better for the climate too. The winning house will be the envy of the whole street.
The winning home will get a combination of the latest energy-efficiency measures, donated by Knauf Insulation, combined with micro-generating capacity such solar panels provided by the UK's leading solar energy company, Solarcentury. The winner's home will have its energy use, energy bills and carbon emissions all halved. Good news for the people living in the house, and a good contribution to reducing the 27 per cent of the UK carbon emissions that come from our housing stock.
Commenting on the competition Kevin McCloud said, “We're not beyond a little financial inducement or the razzamatazz of a good old-fashioned competition. Which is why 10:10 has teamed up with its sister campaign, the Great British Refurb (www.greatbritishrefurb.co.uk) to launch this chance to win a low-carbon makeover to your home. It's another example of everybody benefiting. You get a draught-free, comfortable, healthy home; you save hundreds of pounds a year in heating costs; you improve the value of where you live; and you give the environment a break by not heating the planet with your boiler.”
Daniel Vockins, Campaign Manager at 10:10 added, “We're delighted to be able to team up with the Great British Refurb Campaign to offer one lucky 10:10 household the chance to showcase the kinds of things we can all do to our homes to make them more climate friendly. The Home of the Future competition reflects our philosophy of celebrating exciting, positive solutions to climate change - the kind of things that make life easier for ordinary people instead of harder.”
You can enter your home for this chance to win a eco-makeover here.
