On Saturday 8th November 2025, SusWoT held our second energy fair in Westbury-on-Trym Village Hall for local residents interested in having a warmer home, lower energy bills and feeling good about being greener.
For those worried that it will cost an arm and a leg to improve their home, or that the work will turn their house into a building site or just don’t know where to start, the fairs offered the opportunity to talk both to experts and to local people who have made some improvements and want to share their experience of work they have done. There was something for everyone, whatever stage you are at in improving your home – from easy DIY to hi-tech installations like solar panels and air source heat pumps and everything in between.
Exhibitors covered DIY, loft and external insulation, windows, infrared heaters, mechanical ventilation with heat recovery (MVHR), solar panels, batteries and air source heat pumps. As every home is different, even supposedly identical houses in the same street, a range of energy assessors were on hand who can survey homes and advise on the best solutions.
In the “I Did It” presentations, local residents shared DIY projects in which they have reduced energy consumption.
The 2025 fair was a follow up to the very successful event on 16th November 2024 where around 250 local people came to see what could work for their homes.
The events are supported by Retrofit West – funded by West of England Mayoral Combined Authority through the Green Recovery Fund – to promote improved home energy efficiency across the region.
