Presented as part of Muswell Hill Sustainability Group's annual GREEN OPEN HOMES season (2-16 Nov), which includes free tours of 11 energy-efficient homes and three evening expert speaker meetings - all listed for information and booking on We Got Tickets ...

A 1.5 hour evening with a panel of experts across building, design, planning, installations, project management, architecture and insulation, offering an invaluable opportunity to pitch all your questions to a dream team of professionals ...

THE TALKS ...

1) MEITAL BEN DAYAN, director, architect, HBD Architects

2) DORINA APOSTU, Green Electro Heating: Solar, Heat Pump and Batteries installers

3) CHRIS KIERNAN, Green Open Homes host (Wood Vale): project manager on three refurbishments, including two full retrofits

4) STEWART MCILROY, director The Underfloor Insulation Company, and Green Open Homes host

5) ILIA BILLA, director Billa Construction Ltd, builders and contractors

6) DERMOT BARNES, Director of Sustainability at City St George’s, University of London

7) Q&A moderator: CARA JENKINSON, en10ergy and Muswell Hill Sustainability Group chair

ABOUT ...

MEITAL BEN DAYAN and HBD ARCHITECTURE ...

Meital Ben Dayan, RIBA, ARB, AA MSc, BArch (Hons), is an architect and director at HBD Architects Ltd, specialising in sustainable environmental design and responsible for the beautiful Bisham Gardens flat which is part of MHSG's Green Open Homes '26 tours.

DORINA APOSTU and GREEN ELECTRO HEATING ...

MSC-certified specialists in the installation of heat pumps, solar and batteries across London, and in their servicing and repairs.

CHRIS KIERNAN ...

Chris works in the education sector - for eight years as a lecturer in further education and for the last 35 years as a local government officer (education and social care). Chris refurbished his first house in 1983 with the help of his then partner (now wife) and several tradesmen. Since then he and his wife have bought and restored two more houses, managed a retrofit for their daughter in Wood Vale and are now doing their own (ten doors down and included in MHSG's Green Open Homes '26 tours).

STEWART MCILROY and THE UNDERFLOOR INSULATION COMPANY ...

Stewart McIlroy is one of the hosts of MHSG's Green Open Homes tours, and the director of The Underfloor Insulation Company; a North London company that specialises in underfloor insulation, using natural materials, for period Edwardian and Victorian houses with suspended timber floors.

ILIA BILLA and BILLA CONSTRUCTION ...

Ilia Billa is a contractor and the director of Billa Construction. They specialise in all aspects of general building, including extensions, lofts, bathrooms, gardening, carpentry and painting & decorating, and work hand-in-glove with architects and clients. Billa Construction are the contractors behind the stunning Clovelly Rd refurbishment, which features in MHSG's Green Open Homes '26 tours.

LIVESTREAMS AND CATCH-UPS ...

All talks will also be live-streamed for those that can't attend, and archived on the Muswell Hill Sustainability Group You Tube channel after the event.

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