Episode
Grand Designs: Bletchley: Self-Heating House
Overview
Energy conservationist Andrew plans to build a radical, self-heating home by storing the warmth of the summer sun into insulated earth banks. But will this gigantic thermal experiment work?
Details
- Series
- Grand Designs
- Season
- Season 21
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 2021-01-27
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Bletchley: Self-Heating House is Episode 4 in Season 21 of Grand Designs. It aired on 2021-01-27. The runtime is 45 min.
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