VELUX will be featuring at Grand Design's Live 2010 1^st - 9^th May at London Excel.  Grand Designs Live has been a hugely popular exhibition attracting 100,000 visitors in previous years.  Grand Designs has been a hugely popular show with the ambitious self builders and aspirating renovators since 1999.  Since then Grand Designs concept has become a brand itself with a monthly magazine release and even its own architectural modeling software.  The show often feature eco builds and celebrates new builds which showcase economical and ecological building materials and techniques.  The focus on energy saving, position VELUX as an extremely relevant official sponsor of the Grand Build, as there roof window range are specially designed for energy efficient home insulation.  The VELUX team will be based at the largest stand at the event, offering bookable free consultation sessions with daylight & design experts.  They will also be offering advice on how to reduce your carbon footprint and how to incorporatesolar energy in your home.

With energy saving at home becoming ever more important to consumers, VELUX Solar Hot Water systems are becoming an increasing popular and practical solution for people wanting to know how to reduce electricity bills.  On average a solar hot water system can provide a home with 70% of its hot water requirements.  The VELUX solar collectors are sold to match the roof window range so they can be easily integrated on most roofs.  The full VELUX range has been launched on Ken's Yard, with an easy to use automated checkout procedure to guide shoppers to choose the right size flashing and blinds, making the process quick and simple.

Down at Ken's Yard we are all fans of Grand Designs, and can't help watch the show and fantasize over our own dream build.  It would be interesting to know if the Channel 4 show has really had an impact on the amount of people undertaking their own self build and renovation projects, or whether the show's dramatic portraits of building site trials and tribulations are enough to put off even the most optimistic aspiring self builder.