We are counting down the days until our Sustainable and Traditional Buildings Fair, taking place on Saturday 11^th May 2024, here at the Tywi Centre! From 10 am, experts, suppliers, and contractors will come together to provide essential insights and solutions for making homes more sustainable.

Concerned about the cost? No worries! The fair will be a free ticketed event, aiming to cut through the confusion surrounding home improvements and guide attendees through the journey of adapting their homes for a greener future.

Thanks to the generous funding from the UK Government’s Levelling Up Fund and Carmarthenshire County Council, the Sustainable and Traditional Buildings Fair promises to be a celebration of our great nation’s rich heritage and a commitment to a sustainable lifestyle. From energy-saving innovations to family-friendly entertainment provided by Circus Eruption, the Fair will have something for the whole family!

There will be experts on hand with a great range of knowledge about traditional building repair and maintenance, energy efficiency, ecological building materials, training and education and listed buildings.

Bydd arbenigwyr wrth law gydag ystod eang o wybodaeth am atgyweirio a chynnal a chadw adeiladau traddodiadol, effeithlonrwydd ynni, deunyddiau adeiladu ecolegol, hyfforddiant ac addysg ac adeiladau rhestredig.

Programme of Talks

10:00am : Tour of the Orchard and Cider Making Store with Cider tasting with the Dinefwr Orchardeers

10:30am   Derek Barber- Exploring Monolithic and Cavity Porotherm: Building the Future Block by Block

11:30am   Alex Langlands- Historic Buildings, heritage crafts and the narratives of place.

12:00pm : Tour of the Orchard and Cider Making Store with Cider tasting with the Dinefwr Orchardeers

12:30pm   Rowland Keable: Building with Earth – a sustainable past, present and future. 

1:30pm    Mike Dennis- Building Legacies: Lessons of sustainability from Notre Dame de Paris.

2:00pm : Tour of the Orchard and Cider Making Store with Cider tasting with the Dinefwr Orchardeers

2:30pm    Phil Roberts -Developing a Green Building:  New Felindre Cancer Hospital Design

3:30pm   Nigel Gervis- Energy Efficiency- the whole house approach

ALL DAY

• Pop up Café from Y Sied Goffi
• Cwrw Mobile Bar
• Circus Eruption Circus skills workshops
• An immersive showcase of advice and live demonstrations, including stonemasonry, lime plastering, traditional hand-forged metalwork, thatching, traditional carpentry, stained glass and leadwork. Fair attendees can also look forward to gaining insights into Sustainable Construction and Energy Generation from prominent specialist companies ( full detail here https://www.tywicentre.org.uk/what-we-do/training-and-education/sustainable-and-traditional-buildings-fair-2024/).

EVENING

The Heritage Trust Network are running an event into the evening. It is a ticketed event but they are offering Free tickets to anyone involved in delivering the Fair during the day. You can find full details of the event by following the link below and the code for your free ticket is  TywiStalls

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/constructive-conversations-tickets-871763206217?aff=oddtdtcreator

CAMPING

Basic camping facilities are available at the campsite next door to the Tywi Centre. The cost is £16 per pitch. If you would like to camp- just let me know and I can book you a spot.

CYMRAEG

Isod mae rhaglen y sgyrsiau a’r teithiau (cliciwch ar y dolenni am fanylion)

• 10:00am : Taith o amgylch y Berllan a Storfa Gwneud Seidr gyda blasu Seidr gyda pherllannau Dinefwr
• 10:30am Derek Barber (Weinerberger) Archwilio ‘Monolithic a Cavity Porotherm’: Adeiladu’r Dyfodol- Bloc wrth Floc
• 11:30 am Alex Langlands, (Archeolegydd, hanesydd, Cyflwynydd Teledu a darlithydd)– Adeiladau hanesyddol, crefftau treftadaeth a naratifau lle
• 12:00am : Taith o amgylch y Berllan a Storfa Gwneud Seidr gyda blasu Seidr gyda pherllannau Dinefwr
• 12:30pm Rowland Keable:  Adeiladu gyda phridd – gorffennol, presennol a dyfodol cynaliadwy.
• 1:30pm Mike Dennis- Saer Coed Traddodiadol Cymynroddion Adeiladu: Gwersi cynaliadwyedd gan Notre Dame de Paris.
• 2:00pm : Taith o amgylch y Berllan a Storfa Gwneud Seidr gyda blasu Seidr gyda pherllannau Dinefwr
• 2:30pm Phil Roberts -Ymgynghorydd Dylunio a Datblygu- Datblygu Adeilad Gwyrdd: Dyluniad Ysbyty Canser Felindre Newydd
• 3:30pm Nigel Gervis- Cyd-sylfaenydd a Chyfarwyddwr Technegol Tŷ Mawr Lime Ltd – Effeithlonrwydd Ynni- ymagwedd Tŷ  cyfan

TRWY’R DYDD

• Pop up Café o Y Sied Goffi
• Bar Symudol Cwrw
• Echdoriad Syrcas Gweithdai sgiliau syrcas
• Arddangosiad trochi o gyngor ac arddangosiadau byw, gan gynnwys gwaith saer maen, plastro calch, gwaith metel traddodiadol wedi’i ffugio â llaw, toi, gwaith coed traddodiadol, gwydr lliw a gwaith plwm. Gall mynychwyr y Ffair hefyd edrych ymlaen at gael mewnwelediad i Adeiladu Cynaliadwy a Chynhyrchu Ynni gan gwmnïau arbenigol amlwg.

NOSON

Mae Rhwydwaith yr Ymddiriedolaeth Treftadaeth yn cynnal digwyddiad gyda’r nos. Mae’n ddigwyddiad â thocynnau ond maen nhw’n cynnig tocynnau am ddim i unrhyw un sy’n ymwneud â’r Ffair yn ystod y dydd. Gallwch ddod o hyd i fanylion llawn y digwyddiad trwy ddilyn y ddolen isod a’r cod ar gyfer eich tocyn rhad ac am ddim yw TywiStalls https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/constructive-conversations-tickets-871763206217?aff=oddtdtcreator

GWERSYLLA

Mae cyfleusterau gwersylla sylfaenol ar gael yn y maes gwersylla drws nesaf i Ganolfan Tywi. Y gost yw £16 y llain. Os hoffech chi wersylla – rhowch wybod i mi a gallaf archebu lle i chi.