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There are hundreds of links here to low carbon and local energy projects up and down the country. If you're into R.S.S. feeds and the like, there's less Carbon on these than well scraped burnt toast!
Tuesday 14:26
Fuel poverty to surge in 2012The Government has projected that fuel poverty will surge in 2012 to affect 3.9 million households in England alone, up from 3.5 million in 2010. New research released today by the Association for the Conservation (ACE) of energy also finds that the government is cutting in half the budget to ...
Tuesday 14:26
Brighton Energy LaunchOn Wednesday night Brighton Energy Co-operative launched their pioneering project to generate community-owned green power in Brighton & Hove complete with share offer. MP Caroline Lucas was among those attending.
For full details see: http://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2012/05/brighton-energy-coop-launches-sign-up-now/
Tuesday 14:26
Committee on Climate Change go (slightly) localThe new report from the CCC on local government on ‘How local authorities can reduce emissions and manage climate risks' is now out and a must read (at least at summary level) for anyone engaging with their local council:
"There is currently no requirement for local authorities to take action on ...
Tuesday 14:26
LCCN Annual General MeetingOur AGM will take place this Friday, May 25th at 2pm (as per the previous newsletter). It will be at the Dragon Hall Community Centre, 17 Stukeley Street, London WC2B 5LT. This is very central - a short walk from Holborn tube station.
The main focus will ...
Tuesday 14:26
SCENEWho we are: SCENE is a sustainable community energy engagement and financing network. We occupy the engagement gap between investors and communities by building up knowledge, carrying out research, and creating cross-sector partnerships. We want to move community energy projects from being stand-alone, grant-dependent luxuries toward being well-informed, organised endeavours ...
Tuesday 14:26
Fuel poverty to surge in 2012The Government has projected that fuel poverty will surge in 2012 to affect 3.9 million households in England alone, up from 3.5 million in 2010. New research released today by the Association for the Conservation (ACE) of energy also finds that the government is cutting in half the budget to ...
Tuesday 14:26
Brighton Energy LaunchOn Wednesday night Brighton Energy Co-operative launched their pioneering project to generate community-owned green power in Brighton & Hove complete with share offer. MP Caroline Lucas was among those attending.
For full details see: http://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2012/05/brighton-energy-coop-launches-sign-up-now/
Tuesday 14:26
Committee on Climate Change go (slightly) localThe new report from the CCC on local government on ‘How local authorities can reduce emissions and manage climate risks' is now out and a must read (at least at summary level) for anyone engaging with their local council:
"There is currently no requirement for local authorities to take action on ...
Tuesday 14:26
LCCN Annual General MeetingOur AGM will take place this Friday, May 25th at 2pm (as per the previous newsletter). It will be at the Dragon Hall Community Centre, 17 Stukeley Street, London WC2B 5LT. This is very central - a short walk from Holborn tube station.
The main focus will ...
Tuesday 14:26
SCENEWho we are: SCENE is a sustainable community energy engagement and financing network. We occupy the engagement gap between investors and communities by building up knowledge, carrying out research, and creating cross-sector partnerships. We want to move community energy projects from being stand-alone, grant-dependent luxuries toward being well-informed, organised endeavours ...
17-05-2012 11:20
LCCN AGMOur AGM will take place on May 25th at 2pm at the Dragon Hall Community Centre, 17 Stukeley Street, London WC2B 5LT (a short walk from Holborn tube station). Attendance is open to anyone working locally on climate change and low carbon living.
You can book ...
17-05-2012 11:20
Spending on fuel poverty slashed as energy bills rocketOn the day that the Government's latest fuel poverty figures are published, a shocking new report from the Association for the Conservation of Energy has shown that funding to help fuel poor households is being slashed by almost a third. To make matters worse, national spending on making homes ...
17-05-2012 11:20
LCCN AGMOur AGM will take place on May 25th at 2pm at the Dragon Hall Community Centre, 17 Stukeley Street, London WC2B 5LT (a short walk from Holborn tube station). Attendance is open to anyone working locally on climate change and low carbon living.
You can book ...
17-05-2012 11:20
Spending on fuel poverty slashed as energy bills rocketOn the day that the Government's latest fuel poverty figures are published, a shocking new report from the Association for the Conservation of Energy has shown that funding to help fuel poor households is being slashed by almost a third. To make matters worse, national spending on making homes ...
15-05-2012 13:25
LCCN – planning our futureOur AGM will take place on May 25th at 2pm at the Dragon Hall Community Centre, 17 Stukeley Street, London WC2B 5LT (a short walk from Holborn tube station). Attendance is open to anyone working locally on climate change and low carbon living.
You can book on-line here: http://lccnagm2012.eventbrite.com
The ...
15-05-2012 13:25
Member surveyOur survey will close soon, so that we can share / discuss the results at the AGM. We've had a good response but we'd like more! The better the results from the survey, the better our support is likely to be and the more influence we can have nationally.
If you ...
15-05-2012 13:25
Communication, Energy Efficiency and the Green DealA new report from think tank Green Alliance and its Green Living Consortium suggest that government energy policies around the Green Deal risk failure without a national communications strategy.
"Neither sermons nor silence: the case for national communications on energy" shows why the government's current communications plans for energy schemes such ...
15-05-2012 13:25
Green Deal in trouble?While Greg Barker was as enthusiastic as ever at the launch of the above report, it is clear that the Green Deal still has problems to be solved. Building.co.uk - the website for the magazine has an ‘exclusive' article on "Cameron in urgent bid to save Green Deal" ...
15-05-2012 13:25
LCCN – planning our futureOur AGM will take place on May 25th at 2pm at the Dragon Hall Community Centre, 17 Stukeley Street, London WC2B 5LT (a short walk from Holborn tube station). Attendance is open to anyone working locally on climate change and low carbon living.
You can book on-line here: http://lccnagm2012.eventbrite.com
The ...
15-05-2012 13:25
Member surveyOur survey will close soon, so that we can share / discuss the results at the AGM. We've had a good response but we'd like more! The better the results from the survey, the better our support is likely to be and the more influence we can have nationally.
If you ...
15-05-2012 13:25
Communication, Energy Efficiency and the Green DealA new report from think tank Green Alliance and its Green Living Consortium suggest that government energy policies around the Green Deal risk failure without a national communications strategy.
"Neither sermons nor silence: the case for national communications on energy" shows why the government's current communications plans for energy schemes such ...
15-05-2012 13:25
Green Deal in trouble?While Greg Barker was as enthusiastic as ever at the launch of the above report, it is clear that the Green Deal still has problems to be solved. Building.co.uk - the website for the magazine has an ‘exclusive' article on "Cameron in urgent bid to save Green Deal" ...
15-05-2012 13:25
Cooperation and Partnerships for climate actionLCCN is finishing our report on how local joint action between voluntary organisations, councils, private sector and academics is developing and could go further. We're still keen to have a few more short examples and case studies.
If you've been working in partnership with organisations outside your sector and have a ...
15-05-2012 13:25
AGMOur AGM is set, as per last week, for May 25th - just under three weeks! It will be in London at 2pm and we'd love to see you there. Full details next week.
If you would like to attend the AGM please register by clicking the link below:
http://lccnagm2012.eventbrite.com
08-05-2012 14:26
Cooperation and Partnerships for climate actionLCCN is finishing our report on how local joint action between voluntary organisations, councils, private sector and academics is developing and could go further. We're still keen to have a few more short examples and case studies.
If you've been working in partnership with organisations outside your sector and have a ...
08-05-2012 14:26
AGMOur AGM is set, as per last week, for May 25th - just under three weeks! It will be in London at 2pm and we'd love to see you there. Full details next week.
If you would like to attend the AGM please register by clicking the link below:
http://lccnagm2012.eventbrite.com
08-05-2012 11:20
Annual survey – still time!The LCCN annual survey is now on-line for you to fill in. Thanks to all those of you who've completed it so far. It's our third so we will have valuable evidence about how local action has changed and developed over the last two years. So PLEASE take 10 ...
08-05-2012 11:20
Climate Jobs Caravan starts its travelsThe Climate Jobs Caravan is being organised by the Million Climate Jobs Campaign. Two vehicles will take part in a 2,500 mile trip that will take the arguments for Climate Jobs to towns and cities up and down the country. There will be a range of public meetings and associated ...
08-05-2012 11:20
Annual survey – still time!The LCCN annual survey is now on-line for you to fill in. Thanks to all those of you who've completed it so far. It's our third so we will have valuable evidence about how local action has changed and developed over the last two years. So PLEASE take 10 ...
08-05-2012 11:20
Climate Jobs Caravan starts its travelsThe Climate Jobs Caravan is being organised by the Million Climate Jobs Campaign. Two vehicles will take part in a 2,500 mile trip that will take the arguments for Climate Jobs to towns and cities up and down the country. There will be a range of public meetings and associated ...
01-05-2012 14:28
Annual survey time!The LCCN annual survey is now on-line for you to fill in. It's our third so we will have valuable evidence about how local action has changed and developed over the last two years. So PLEASE take 10 minutes to complete this. It's been a year of change and we ...
01-05-2012 14:28
Annual General MeetingWe are now fixed on this for May 25th in London at 2pm (venue tbc). This will include a brief report on the year, a review of the Management Group and elections to that group (see below) and presentation of the annual accounts.
But the main focus will be on our ...
01-05-2012 14:28
Community FITS consultationThere has been a lot of discussion around this process and some thorny issues have arisen where different organisations have differing core principles. We are a very diverse movement. This means that the Communities and Climate Action Alliance will not be agreeing a single response. But two useful ...
01-05-2012 14:28
Annual survey time!The LCCN annual survey is now on-line for you to fill in. It's our third so we will have valuable evidence about how local action has changed and developed over the last two years. So PLEASE take 10 minutes to complete this. It's been a year of change and we ...
01-05-2012 14:28
Annual General MeetingWe are now fixed on this for May 25th in London at 2pm (venue tbc). This will include a brief report on the year, a review of the Management Group and elections to that group (see below) and presentation of the annual accounts.
But the main focus will be on our ...
01-05-2012 14:28
Community FITS consultationThere has been a lot of discussion around this process and some thorny issues have arisen where different organisations have differing core principles. We are a very diverse movement. This means that the Communities and Climate Action Alliance will not be agreeing a single response. But two useful ...
25-04-2012 15:27
Winds of change? Install a wind turbine and build stronger communities. Lending with social impact - campaign ends 30th April 2012.The Converging World (TCW) invests in renewable energy and uses the profits from the sale of electricity for social and environmental projects in India and the UK. Our 3MW wind farm in Tamil Nadu, India, has already avoided nearly 20,000 tonnes of CO2 and delivered more than 20 million kWh ...
25-04-2012 15:27
Winds of change? Install a wind turbine and build stronger communities. Lending with social impact - campaign ends 30th April 2012.The Converging World (TCW) invests in renewable energy and uses the profits from the sale of electricity for social and environmental projects in India and the UK. Our 3MW wind farm in Tamil Nadu, India, has already avoided nearly 20,000 tonnes of CO2 and delivered more than 20 million kWh ...
24-04-2012 15:31
David Cameron speech – April 26th - Urgent action required please!Last week we mentioned that David Cameron will be making his first major ‘green' speech since becoming PM on 26th April. That's just 2 days time. This is now the focus of a major lobbying initiative and at a time when anti-green lobbying is string, it's vital that ...
24-04-2012 15:31
And the Queen’s speech!On 9 May Elizabeth Windsor will make her Queen's Speech. She'll announce that her Government is introducing a new Bill to transform Britain's energy production. Friend of the Earth see this as a once in a generation opportunity to secure clean British energy.
To grab the Energy Secretary's attention on ...
24-04-2012 15:31
Attention Local CouncilsLCCN is looking at joining in an EU funded project with civil society and local council bodies across Europe. The project wants to create dialogue between citizens and institutions, in order to exchange good practices and to share work on the development of local Sustainable Energy Action Plans (SEAPs). ...
24-04-2012 15:31
Renewable Energy Made in Britain?This excellent new report from uk Renewable Energy Association shows how the industry is growing.
Its on their site here but there is also an excellent summary article on philip Pearson's'blog (Philip is TUC climate specialist) at - http://touchstoneblog.org.uk/2012/04/renewables-sector-growth-far-outpaces-economy/
24-04-2012 15:31
David Cameron speech – April 26th - Urgent action required please!Last week we mentioned that David Cameron will be making his first major ‘green' speech since becoming PM on 26th April. That's just 2 days time. This is now the focus of a major lobbying initiative and at a time when anti-green lobbying is string, it's vital that ...
24-04-2012 15:31
And the Queen’s speech!On 9 May Elizabeth Windsor will make her Queen's Speech. She'll announce that her Government is introducing a new Bill to transform Britain's energy production. Friend of the Earth see this as a once in a generation opportunity to secure clean British energy.
To grab the Energy Secretary's attention on ...
24-04-2012 15:31
Attention Local CouncilsLCCN is looking at joining in an EU funded project with civil society and local council bodies across Europe. The project wants to create dialogue between citizens and institutions, in order to exchange good practices and to share work on the development of local Sustainable Energy Action Plans (SEAPs). ...
24-04-2012 15:31
Renewable Energy Made in Britain?This excellent new report from uk Renewable Energy Association shows how the industry is growing.
Its on their site here but there is also an excellent summary article on philip Pearson's'blog (Philip is TUC climate specialist) at - http://touchstoneblog.org.uk/2012/04/renewables-sector-growth-far-outpaces-economy/
17-04-2012 13:25
Mixed messages…Anyone who still holds a lingering belief in the greenest government ever will have had a hard week. Not only has Greg Barker sent confusing signals about limiting wind power but Eric Pickles appears to be leading moves to derail plans for the Green Deal - see Damian Carrington's Guardian ...
17-04-2012 13:25
The ‘Energy Bill Revolution’ – can you help?LCCN has joined the Energy Bill Revolution alliance for warm homes and lower bills. Launched in February, the Energy Bill Revolution campaign is calling on the Government to use the money it gets from carbon taxes to make UK homes super-energy efficient. This is the only permanent solution to drive ...
17-04-2012 13:25
UK to host global meeting on ‘clean energy’Energy Ministers from 23 of the world's leading economies will meet at Lancaster House in London from April 25-27.
http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/news/cem3/cem3.aspx
The Prime Minister will speak making what will be his first significant speech on green issues since he was elected...
Watch the media for more.
17-04-2012 13:25
Food and ClimateThe Stop Climate Chaos alliance, of which we are a member, are taking part in a new campaign developed by some of the UK's major development and environment organisations over the past months This joint campaign will be on the scale of the Make Poverty History campaign, and will provide ...
17-04-2012 13:25
Mixed messages…Anyone who still holds a lingering belief in the greenest government ever will have had a hard week. Not only has Greg Barker sent confusing signals about limiting wind power but Eric Pickles appears to be leading moves to derail plans for the Green Deal - see Damian Carrington's Guardian ...
17-04-2012 13:25
The ‘Energy Bill Revolution’ – can you help?LCCN has joined the Energy Bill Revolution alliance for warm homes and lower bills. Launched in February, the Energy Bill Revolution campaign is calling on the Government to use the money it gets from carbon taxes to make UK homes super-energy efficient. This is the only permanent solution to drive ...
17-04-2012 13:25
UK to host global meeting on ‘clean energy’Energy Ministers from 23 of the world's leading economies will meet at Lancaster House in London from April 25-27.
http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/news/cem3/cem3.aspx
The Prime Minister will speak making what will be his first significant speech on green issues since he was elected...
Watch the media for more.
17-04-2012 13:25
Food and ClimateThe Stop Climate Chaos alliance, of which we are a member, are taking part in a new campaign developed by some of the UK's major development and environment organisations over the past months This joint campaign will be on the scale of the Make Poverty History campaign, and will provide ...
17-04-2012 13:25
MicrogeniusWhat?
www.microgenius.org.uk will be the UK's funding website for community shares in sustainable energy.
It aims to be the place where cooperatives or community interest companies issuing community shares in sustainable energy projects, and people wanting to invest, find one another.
Microgenius will offer community groups FSA-approved promotion of offers ...
17-04-2012 13:25
Feed-in Tariff Consultation - Coalition Joint ResponseThe FITs consultatipon is coming to a close. The Feed-in tariff coalition led the campaign for a feed-in tariff in the 2008 Energy Act and comprises representatives from NGOs, the renewables industry, business groups, and unions.
Their joint response to the government's consultation on the Comprehensive review of Feed-in Tariffs ...
17-04-2012 13:25
The Carbon Trust’s footprinting exhibition – in picturesThe Carbon Trust has launched an exhibition, which runs at the Future Gallery in London, to celebrate some of the companies that are pioneering and shaping the future of carbon footprinting and reduction.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2012/apr/04/carbon-trust-footprinting-in-pictures
17-04-2012 13:25
Jim Hansen’s ‘global carbon tax’Jim Hansen is one of the most influential figures in climate science and this Tuesday he will use a speech at the Edinburgh science festival to call for a global levy on fossil fuels, which he sees as the strongest tool for forcing energy firms and consumers to switch quickly ...
17-04-2012 13:25
National Heat MapThe National Heat Map was commissioned by the Department of Energy and Climate Change and created by The Centre for Sustainable Energy. The purpose of the Map is to support planning and deployment of local low-carbon energy projects in England. It aims to achieve this by providing publicly accessible high-resolution ...
12-04-2012 14:27
MicrogeniusWhat?
www.microgenius.org.uk will be the UK's funding website for community shares in sustainable energy.
It aims to be the place where cooperatives or community interest companies issuing community shares in sustainable energy projects, and people wanting to invest, find one another.
Microgenius will offer community groups FSA-approved promotion of offers ...
12-04-2012 14:27
Feed-in Tariff Consultation - Coalition Joint ResponseThe FITs consultatipon is coming to a close. The Feed-in tariff coalition led the campaign for a feed-in tariff in the 2008 Energy Act and comprises representatives from NGOs, the renewables industry, business groups, and unions.
Their joint response to the government's consultation on the Comprehensive review of Feed-in Tariffs ...
12-04-2012 14:27
The Carbon Trust’s footprinting exhibition – in picturesThe Carbon Trust has launched an exhibition, which runs at the Future Gallery in London, to celebrate some of the companies that are pioneering and shaping the future of carbon footprinting and reduction.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2012/apr/04/carbon-trust-footprinting-in-pictures
12-04-2012 14:27
Jim Hansen’s ‘global carbon tax’Jim Hansen is one of the most influential figures in climate science and this Tuesday he will use a speech at the Edinburgh science festival to call for a global levy on fossil fuels, which he sees as the strongest tool for forcing energy firms and consumers to switch quickly ...
12-04-2012 14:27
National Heat MapThe National Heat Map was commissioned by the Department of Energy and Climate Change and created by The Centre for Sustainable Energy. The purpose of the Map is to support planning and deployment of local low-carbon energy projects in England. It aims to achieve this by providing publicly accessible high-resolution ...
12-04-2012 13:25
MicrogeniusWhat?
www.microgenius.org.uk will be the UK's funding website for community shares in sustainable energy.
It aims to be the place where cooperatives or community interest companies issuing community shares in sustainable energy projects, and people wanting to invest, find one another.
Microgenius will offer community groups FSA-approved promotion of offers plus online tools ...
12-04-2012 13:25
CHANGE AGENTS UKWho we are: CHANGE AGENTS UK are a national charity working to place graduates and young people on sustainability projects within businesses, institutions and communities to help shape them for a low carbon and sustainable future.
What we’re doing: Energy Action 4 Rutland is a current project, recently winning ...
12-04-2012 13:25
MicrogeniusWhat?
www.microgenius.org.uk will be the UK's funding website for community shares in sustainable energy.
It aims to be the place where cooperatives or community interest companies issuing community shares in sustainable energy projects, and people wanting to invest, find one another.
Microgenius will offer community groups FSA-approved promotion of offers plus online tools ...
12-04-2012 13:25
CHANGE AGENTS UKWho we are: CHANGE AGENTS UK are a national charity working to place graduates and young people on sustainability projects within businesses, institutions and communities to help shape them for a low carbon and sustainable future.
What we’re doing: Energy Action 4 Rutland is a current project, recently winning ...
03-04-2012 14:30
Community Energy Wales establishedLCCN welcomes this new organisation.
Community Energy Wales has been set up by organisations including the Sharenergy Cooperative, Green Valleys, Amel Awan Tawe, DTA Wales and the Robert Owen Community Banking Fund.
A recent Visit by Greg Barker, Energy Minister, to Llangattock Green Valleys saw the Minister visit a range of community ...
03-04-2012 14:30
Ashton Hayes LEAF project workAshton Hayes Leaf project worked with EnergeticUK, University of Chester and the New Economics Foundation. We showed how energy savings of up to 70% could be made by retrofitting energy efficiency to homes, even in a conservation area.
The range of measures are from LED lighting to triple glazing and ...
03-04-2012 14:30
New approaches to the Green DealBehaviour Change UK have launched a new report on communities and the Green Deal.
The useful report can be viewed by clicking here
IPPR (Institute for Public Policy research) have also published a useful summary of their discussions on the GD to view please click here
03-04-2012 14:30
Solar Power in BrixtonThe Brixton Energy Co-operative recently launched a large PV programme on a housing estate in SW6, close to Loughborough Junction station and got good media coverage.
See:
http://brixtonenergy.co.uk/
and
http://www.itv.com/news/london/update/2012-04-01/new-solar-project-in-brixton/
03-04-2012 14:30
Conference PhotosSeveral photos from the LCCN conference in January have been posted on Flickr.
To view the photos please click the link below:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76265126@N04/
03-04-2012 14:30
Community Energy Wales establishedLCCN welcomes this new organisation.
Community Energy Wales has been set up by organisations including the Sharenergy Cooperative, Green Valleys, Amel Awan Tawe, DTA Wales and the Robert Owen Community Banking Fund.
A recent Visit by Greg Barker, Energy Minister, to Llangattock Green Valleys saw the Minister visit a range of community ...
03-04-2012 14:30
Ashton Hayes LEAF project workAshton Hayes Leaf project worked with EnergeticUK, University of Chester and the New Economics Foundation. We showed how energy savings of up to 70% could be made by retrofitting energy efficiency to homes, even in a conservation area.
The range of measures are from LED lighting to triple glazing and ...
03-04-2012 14:30
New approaches to the Green DealBehaviour Change UK have launched a new report on communities and the Green Deal.
The useful report can be viewed by clicking here
IPPR (Institute for Public Policy research) have also published a useful summary of their discussions on the GD to view please click here
03-04-2012 14:30
Solar Power in BrixtonThe Brixton Energy Co-operative recently launched a large PV programme on a housing estate in SW6, close to Loughborough Junction station and got good media coverage.
See:
http://brixtonenergy.co.uk/
and
http://www.itv.com/news/london/update/2012-04-01/new-solar-project-in-brixton/
03-04-2012 14:30
Conference PhotosSeveral photos from the LCCN conference in January have been posted on Flickr.
To view the photos please click the link below:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76265126@N04/
29-03-2012 10:20
Hyde Farm Energy: A vision of the Hyde Farm where our homes don’t cost the earth to keep warm!We would like to present you the results of what is possible in Hyde Farm, to have our own renewable heating supply! We have invited Matthijs Hisschemoller from Holland to tell about the EU project that can link us with many more groups in Europe who are working on community ...
29-03-2012 10:20
Hyde Farm Energy: A vision of the Hyde Farm where our homes don’t cost the earth to keep warm!We would like to present you the results of what is possible in Hyde Farm, to have our own renewable heating supply! We have invited Matthijs Hisschemoller from Holland to tell about the EU project that can link us with many more groups in Europe who are working on community ...
29-03-2012 10:20
New DECC Low Carbon Heat Plans launchedA second phase of the Renewable Heat Premium Payment (RHPP) scheme, which gives money off renewable technologies like biomass boilers, air and ground source heat pumps and solar thermal panels, will be launched on 2nd April this year.
The new money will include an £8m competition for communities to apply for ...
29-03-2012 10:20
Solar FITs – it ain’t over until it’s over….Last week the Supreme Court rejected the DECC appeal over premature cuts to the feed-in tariff scheme for solar PV. The UK solar industry was of course delighted, though all this means at one level is that all systems installed between December 12, 2011 and March 3, 2012 will receive ...
29-03-2012 10:20
LEAF Project Case Study “Tackling the terrace: multi-property solid wall insulation”"Tackling the terrace: multi-property solid wall insulation" project managed by Bristol Green Doors CIC
Location: Bristol
Description: This project involves installation of external wall insulation on the rear and side walls at a micro-terrace in North Bristol. The micro-terrace comprises of 3 owner-occupied properties and a fourth house divided into 3 privately ...
27-03-2012 13:27
New DECC Low Carbon Heat Plans launchedA second phase of the Renewable Heat Premium Payment (RHPP) scheme, which gives money off renewable technologies like biomass boilers, air and ground source heat pumps and solar thermal panels, will be launched on 2nd April this year.
The new money will include an £8m competition for communities to apply for ...
27-03-2012 13:27
Solar FITs – it ain’t over until it’s over….Last week the Supreme Court rejected the DECC appeal over premature cuts to the feed-in tariff scheme for solar PV. The UK solar industry was of course delighted, though all this means at one level is that all systems installed between December 12, 2011 and March 3, 2012 will receive ...
27-03-2012 13:27
LEAF Project Case Study “Tackling the terrace: multi-property solid wall insulation”"Tackling the terrace: multi-property solid wall insulation" project managed by Bristol Green Doors CIC
Location: Bristol
Description: This project involves installation of external wall insulation on the rear and side walls at a micro-terrace in North Bristol. The micro-terrace comprises of 3 owner-occupied properties and a fourth house divided into 3 privately ...
27-03-2012 12:25
Coleshill Low Carbon Village ProjectWho we are: In the Low Carbon Villages (LCV) project, the National Trust worked with its energy partner, npower, in two rural communities to tackle the disillusionment and helplessness that many people feel about climate change.
What we're doing: The project first began in Wallington in the winter of 2007/2008, with ...
27-03-2012 12:25
Coleshill Low Carbon Village ProjectWho we are: In the Low Carbon Villages (LCV) project, the National Trust worked with its energy partner, npower, in two rural communities to tackle the disillusionment and helplessness that many people feel about climate change.
What we're doing: The project first began in Wallington in the winter of 2007/2008, with ...
20-03-2012 13:30
Watching the Green DealThanks to all those of you who've fed into our survey on the Green Deal. There are clearly a range of approaches, but it's also clear that as this develops, and larger agencies start to roll out programmes, community organisations may have to work hard to benefit from this, other ...
20-03-2012 13:30
National news – and new privatised infrastructure…The main issue just be the recent speech by the Prime Minister where any ideas about being the ‘greenest government ever' have finally bitten the dust with talk of new (and privatised) toll roads, new airport investment, new nuclear suggest that any consideration of environmental limits, carbon budgets etc. has ...
20-03-2012 13:30
LEAF action – share your storiesIt's becoming clear that a lot of interesting work is being stimulated by the DECC LEAF programme as 237 projects seek to finish their work in the next weeks. A reporting template has gone out as DECC seek to find out more. A (lengthy) final report form has gone out ...
20-03-2012 13:30
End the Big Six Energy FixNew figures calculated by Consumer Focus have shown the four big energy firms that have so far reported their profits made a staggering £168 per second in profits last year. This is why we're now calling on you to email the Chancellor and demand the Government imposes a new levy ...
20-03-2012 13:30
Community Energy eventThe CISE (Community Innovation for Sustainable Energy) project recently hosted an event to assess the impact of recent policy developments on the community energy sector. LCCN were among those involved.
A report is now available here.
20-03-2012 13:30
Watching the Green DealThanks to all those of you who've fed into our survey on the Green Deal. There are clearly a range of approaches, but it's also clear that as this develops, and larger agencies start to roll out programmes, community organisations may have to work hard to benefit from this, other ...
20-03-2012 13:30
National news – and new privatised infrastructure…The main issue just be the recent speech by the Prime Minister where any ideas about being the ‘greenest government ever' have finally bitten the dust with talk of new (and privatised) toll roads, new airport investment, new nuclear suggest that any consideration of environmental limits, carbon budgets etc. has ...
20-03-2012 13:30
LEAF action – share your storiesIt's becoming clear that a lot of interesting work is being stimulated by the DECC LEAF programme as 237 projects seek to finish their work in the next weeks. A reporting template has gone out as DECC seek to find out more. A (lengthy) final report form has gone out ...
20-03-2012 13:30
End the Big Six Energy FixNew figures calculated by Consumer Focus have shown the four big energy firms that have so far reported their profits made a staggering £168 per second in profits last year. This is why we're now calling on you to email the Chancellor and demand the Government imposes a new levy ...
20-03-2012 13:30
Community Energy eventThe CISE (Community Innovation for Sustainable Energy) project recently hosted an event to assess the impact of recent policy developments on the community energy sector. LCCN were among those involved.
A report is now available here.
