Lewes Renewables Matthew Bird Sustainability and Energy Officer Lewes District Council.

Lewes RenewablesLewes RenewablesMatthew Bird

Sustainability and Energy Officer

Lewes District Council

““Climate Change is not an Climate Change is not an environmental issue. It is environmental issue. It is thethe issue!”issue!” Tony Turner, Carbon Sense.

The ContextThe Context Kyoto Protocol Energy White Paper Home Energy Conservation Act Regional Targets Nottingham Declaration LDC Energy Policy Climate Change Strategy Community Leadership

More adverse than More adverse than beneficial impacts on beneficial impacts on biological and biological and socioeconomic socioeconomic systems systems are projected.are projected.

Impacts of Global Impacts of Global WarmingWarming

Past and Future Climate Past and Future Climate Impacts in the South- Impacts in the South- EastEast

10 Warmest years have occurred in the last 14

Floods of 2000

2003 Air pollution highs

Winter rainfall will be 30-35% higher

Summer rainfall will be 50-65% lower

Higher insurance costs.

Higher Flooding risks and storm surges.

Why a Renewable Grants Why a Renewable Grants Scheme?Scheme?Climate Change

Hard to Treat Homes

Primer for Renewable Technologies

Security of supply

Heat and Sun

Scheme DesignScheme Design

£25,000 per year.

To cover a range of renewables excluding PV.

Flexibility of design.

Quality Installers.

Easy to use.

Integrated with Insulation schemes.

Keep Warm in Winter

Lewes Lewes RenewablesRenewables

Grants are in addition to those already available from Clear Skies.

Technology Grant available

Small Wind Turbines £200 per kW

Solar Water Heating Systems £400 each

Ground Source Heat Pumps (GSHP’s)£800 each

Biomass fired boilers £400 each Pellet stoves or room-heaters

£300 each Wood burning stoves(not available for mixed fuel appliances)

£100 each / £200 for Clean Air Act approved appliances

PromotionPromotion

Advertising - District Link, press, radio etc.

Roadshows - Farmer’s Markets, outdoor events, bolting onto anything that is going on.

Climate change issues.

Installer self generation.

Imagination!

The Future - The Future - problems and problems and possibilitiespossibilities

?? Wobbly, resources, planners!

Match-funding - trying to engage utilities.

Working with developers.

Rural, solid wall insulation.

New technologies, e.g. Windsave.

Clear government direction - future of Clear-Skies?

Fossil fuel prices.

Nuclear?