How Ewan Frost-Pennington Is Turning His 800-Year-Old Home Into A Carbon Neutral Property

About this episode

Ewan Frost-Pennington discusses transforming his ancestral home into a carbon neutral property and changing perceptions about heat pumps.

Renewable energy expert Ewan Frost-Pennington believes that like vultures – the star attraction at his Lake District home, Muncaster Castle – heat pumps are often painted under a bad light. Keep an open mind says Ewan as he tells Carole Annett how he convinced his parents to radically change their traditional thinking on heat and energy to transform the comfort levels, and coffers, of his ancestral home. Sponsored by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero .

People in this episode

Host: Carole Annett

Guest: Ewan Frost-Pennington

Topics covered

• renewable energy
• carbon neutrality
• heat pumps
• energy efficiency
• historic homes

Keywords

• renewable energy
• carbon neutral
• heat pumps
• energy transformation
• Muncaster Castle

Sponsors

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Lake District, Muncaster Castle

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