Bridget Newbery | Community Projects Manager | [email protected]| 0117 9341413 (direct) 9341400 (switchboard) Centre for Sustainable Energy | 3 St Peter’s Court | Bedmi nster Parade | Bristol BS3 4AQ | www.cse.org.ukCSE Community Energy Update – July-August 2011 Warm Streets Communities continues The Warm Streets Communities project continues to offer groups the chance to get £10 per referral for households to receive subsidised home insulation. Groups involved in the project can also get help from CSE for a range of other activities. If you want support through the project, which is funded by Scottish and Southern Energy, or if you want to find out about joining the scheme, you can contact Paul Winney: [email protected]Wedmore Renewable Energy Evening The Wedmore Green Group in Somerset held a great Renewable Energy Evening in July, attended by about 50 local people. The evening was held in the local school and the group ran through a number of ideas for local renewable energy projects– both small- and large-scale. There’s more details about the project, and a range of the group’s other initiatives, on their website: www.wedmoregreengroup.co.uk Sustainable Communities Act–what’s happening in your area?Thismap of the South West shows (in green) the councils that have so far used the Sustainable Communities Act (orange shows planned activity). Local Works are keen to meet people and groups that have used or been involved in the Act since it became law in 2007. If tha t’s you, email Ai at: [email protected]or call on: 020 7278 4443 ext. 4. Feedback will help Local Works to improve how local people are involved in the Act in the future. Training for community energy groups CSE is rolling out a series of talks, workshops and train ing events for members of community energy groups in Avon and Somerset. The first few of these have been fully booked , but there are still spaces for future events. Look on the CSE website(‘information for communities’ pages) for more information about the programme, and also about the workshops planned for September on legal structures, as well as a joint Bristol Energy Network event focusing on the Green Deal. Are you considering solar photovoltaic (PV) energy? CSE has just published a useful set of guidelines to help groups p lanning solar PV installations. They cover key questions to ask installers, and provide guidance and explanations on issues associated with installing a PV system, including: Finding a good installer; Design of the system; Structure and installation; Grid connection; Monitoring and display equipment; What could go wrong; and Sources of further information. To open the document as a downloadable pdf, click this link:www.cse.org.uk/downloa ds/file/Solar_PV_c hecklist_Ques tions_to_ask_ installers.pdf
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CSE Community Energy Update – July-August 2011
Warm Streets Communities continues
The Warm Streets Communities project continues to offer groups the chance to get £10 per
referral for households to receive subsidised home insulation. Groups involved in the project canalso get help from CSE for a range of other activities. If you want support through the project,
which is funded by Scottish and Southern Energy, or if you want to find out about joining the
The Energy Saving Trust adviceservice offers free, impartial energy
advice to ensure you stay warm in
winter, save money on your energy bills and reduce your carbon emissions. The friendly local
advice team can put you in touch with grant schemes in your area (for loft, cavity wall and solid
wall insulation) as well as providing up-to-date advice on the small scale renewable sector, such
as information on the Renewable Heat Premium Payments. To speak to the team about energy
efficiency or to register interest in the Renewable Heat Premium Payments, call: 0800 512 012.
Thousand flowers blooming
The Community Innovation for Sustainable Energy (CISE) research team at the University of
Sussex is conducting a survey on sustainable community energy in the UK. If you’re involved in
community activities or projects for energy saving, and have time to share your experiences
about NETWORKING and ENERGY/CARBON PERFORMANCE, they would be very pleased to hear
from you via this 15-20 minute survey: www.surveymonkey.com/s/sustainableCommunityEnergy Low Carbon Buildings: New buildings
The Carbon Trust have released a new film about the Low
Carbon Buildings Programme; Making low carbon buildings a
reality. Twenty-three projects were awarded funding fromthe Department of Energy and Climate Change to install
renewable energy systems and each site made a
commitment to reduce the overall carbon emissions of the
building below the regulatory minimum. The film runs
through case studies of new low-carbon buildings, and the
help they can offer developers. Find out more at: www.carbontrust.co.uk/buildings
Bristol Energy Co-op
This community-based group based in Bristol are developing a city-wide community energy
project. The first phase will be based on solar PV installations on community buildings, with ashare issue to raise capital to take advantage of the feed-in tariff for income. After that, the co-
operative plans to expand into areas such as domestic PV, energy efficiency measures and
renewable heat projects. For more info: www.bristolenergy.coop
Your updates
If there’s anything you want to share with other groups, or if you have events you would like to
be publicised on the CSE website events pages www.cse.org.uk/events, then send an email to: