Upgrading Buildings: Yr Aelwyd, Blaenau Ffestiniog – Elfed Lewis

In north west Wales, we have some of the highest energy costs and some of the lowest salaries in the UK- not a great combination with the number of old, stone buildings we have here that are hard to heat!

It’s no wonder that one of the items on every area’s Community Climate Action Plan involves bringing homes and buildings up to higher standards of energy efficiency.

Elfed Lewis is an expert on retrofit, energy efficiency and Passivhaus. He’s currently working alongside Cwmni Bro Ffestiniog to upgrade Yr Aelwyd, the old Urdd building in Blaenau Ffestiniog. The aim is to be able to show people what’s possible – and to show them that it is possible to have warm, cosy homes that are cheap to run.

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