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Appleby Magna Thermal Imaging Project
Appleby Environment
Appleby Magna Parish Council
• Rural village, c. 500 houses
• Mix of housing types inc: - historic buildings - modern executive homes - social housing
• Socially mixed: - farmers, ex-miners - commuters - retired
Appleby Magna??
Working Together
Longstanding community group
Working on a range of issues
30+ supporters Enthusiastic
volunteers
Systems for managing tenders, contracts, budgets
Reassurance of ‘community interest’
Allayed privacy concerns
Appleby EnvironmentAppleby Magna Parish Council
New Approach
We all know energy saving is important
There is lots of information out there
But most of us don’t make the changes needed
Thermal imaging of our community New, visually
engaging approach
Significance of us all making changes
Simple solutions not high pressure sales
Individual Problem? Shared Problem?
Martin Hosier of TS Thermal Survey
“This has been a really unusual project.
It is interesting to compare buildings of all types and ages within one community”
What we Wanted to Achieve
Make energy saving a community issue
Make people feel their individual actions added up to something bigger
Provide people with information & options on their own property
Analyse results at community level No-one named and shamed Motivated to take action
Explaining Our Approach
Before survey Leaflets door to
door Parish News &
village website Local press
Before exhibition Repeat
Thermal Images of a Whole VillageExhibition 5th MarchAppleby Magna Church Hall
The Benefits of Publicity
Everyone knew imaging was happening & why
Positive response Only 1 person asked not to be included Many invited us onto their land to get a
better image High turnout for event Village talking point before the event
The Imaging Process
Engaged contractors TS Thermal Survey Ltd
Pictures taken over four evenings in January
We provided list of houses, location, access etc
Images linked to spreadsheet of addresses
Specialist software used to provide rating for houses (A-G) This allowed us to produce graphs of results
by housing type/road etc
Preparation
Significant effort up-front so we could use the images as we wanted
Analysis of Images
Had to learn to ‘read’ images
Combined this with local knowledge Age of
properties Property types Personal
contacts
Similar Age, Different Developer
1960s vs Victorian
Engaging People via the Exhibition Display panels
overview of findings
Rolling presentation of all images (487)
Opportunity to view image of own property
Talk to the Surveyor
Green Achievements
Generated interest in ‘mundane’ topic of insulation by using thermal imaging
Demonstrated new houses not always better than old houses can look similar, act differently ‘simple’ solutions like closing curtains make a
difference Changed people’s attitudes towards their
home’s insulation Comments like ‘I didn’t realise my cavity
walls were still letting out heat’
Community Achievements
Major talking point in the village 157 people attended the Exhibition Stands from RCC, NWLDC, National Forest
extended interest and information Tea & biscuits kept people talking! Sent out over 70 images after event
Recruited supporters to Appleby Environment More active support for our other projects on
transport and local food
How we Achieved It
Our volunteers and supporters backed by Parish Council
Twelve volunteers worked directly on the project over 160 hours,
worth £1,120
Communities Cutting Carbon fund grant of £4,250 covered 73% of
costs This allowed us to
engage professional contractors making the detailed analysis possible
Volunteers and Supporters
Communities Cutting Carbon grant
Legacy
We have Made images available to
householders Put our analysis on our website Negotiated discounts for people
who want more detailed reports Circulated information on what can
be done Shown the potential for the
community to reduce its carbon footprint
What Next?
We have raised awareness and interest and provided information ... But we need to keep up the momentum
By the time we had the exhibition it was already Spring and now we are having a warm Autumn ...
We are considering events such as ‘Open Eco-houses’, Identifying sources of low cost materials; DIY-helpers etc., Targeted leaflets etc.
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