Over the years, the Ecovillage has been on the cutting edge of low-carbon technological advances, from the earliest days of Weatherwise Solar – which today has grown to be the only European manufacturer of thermal solar panels – to our
Wind Farm which is a net exporter of electricity, to the Living Machine which uses plants and natural methods to process waste water from the Park, and low-carbon builds and systems. Here you can find out more about our innovative technologies.
The story of setting up AES Solar
A Journey of Innovation and Advocacy AES Solar was first established by Lyle Schnadt as Weatherwise Homes in 1979. In 1990 I took on that small heating company which had a side-line in solar













