Penney Poyzer attending conker tweetup

Penney Poyzer and husband Gil Schalom co-own the Nottingham ecohome. The first radical eco retrofit of a Victorian house in the UK.

Penney is an author, broadcaster, special adviser and lecturer covering a broad spectrum of green issues. Gil is a green architect and NHER SAP assessor specialising in low carbon design for both new build and retrofit - including listed buildings.

They started ‘recycling’ their house 10 years ago and their pioneering project has been acknowledged as the  UK’s benchmark for domestic low carbon retrofit. The house has gone from an energy rating of G to an A. They live their with their daughter Jasmine aged 3 and Puzzle their cat.