News
Energy Solutions begins work on an Ebico Trust-funded project
29 Feb 2011
With funding from the Ebico Trust, Energy Solutions is running a 12-month project to increase the level of data available about fuel poverty in Brent specifically. This is being run in conjunction with our existing work that aims to remove people from living in fuel poverty by signposting to domestic energy efficiency schemes, resolving their fuel debt issues and provision of advice on home energy efficiency and debt management.
The Ebico project has two aims:
1) To reach out to more residents likely to be fuel poor.
2) To collect data about the properties of people living in fuel poverty enabling us to better understand the relationship between property size/condition and household income in determining fuel poverty.
Ebico Ltd is the UK's only not-for-profit energy supplier aiming to offer a better, fairer deal for domestic energy to British households.
Brent's Climate Change and Social Media Project hailed a great success
10 Jan 2011
Brent's Climate Change and Social Media Project has come to a successful conclusion with the majority of the 180 residents who took part in the study reporting 15% savings in household energy consumption over the period of the study.
Brent Council asked a sample of its residents to volunteer to monitor the energy consumption in their homes over a six month period. Participants were given small energy monitoring devices and were encouraged to create and maintain a lively citizen-driven dialogue on energy saving by using social media applications such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Blogger. The simple monitoring exercise raised awareness about household energy consumption and made it relatively easy for residents to save at least 10% off their energy bills between the period of May to November 2010, with many of the 180 who took part reporting savings of over 15%.
Energy Solutions helped to develop the project working in partnership with Brent Council. We also provided support to the volunteers throughout the study by posting regular energy efficiency advice topics on blogs, tweets and videocasts using a variety of social media applications.
Energy Solutions to pilot Whole School Approach in Brent
04 Jan 2010
Energy Solutions has secured funding from Brent Council to run a pilot of its innovative Whole School Approach programme in Brent. The Whole School Approach is an energy saving educational programme aimed at involving the whole school community including pupils, teachers, site managers, bursars and Head teachers to help reduce the carbon footprint of a school. Initially 5 schools in Brent will be selected to participate in the pilot which will last for 1 year. If the pilot is deemed successful there are plans for a wider roll out in years 2 and 3 to include more schools in the borough. For more details visit our Whole School Approach page.
Energy Solutions Short listed for 2009 SUSTAINABLE HOUSING AWARDS
01 Oct 2009
Energy Solutions in partnership with Barnet Homes and Apollo Housing have been short listed for the 2009 Sustainable Housing Awards.
We have been short listed under the Low Energy Social Housing Project of the Year for the Barnet Eco Home project. Energy Solutions provide the assessment and specification for the low energy refurbishment of a 1920s solid wall terraced house typical of Barnet Homes housing stock.
Organised by Inside Housing Magazine, the Sustainable Housing Awards celebrate projects and organisations at the vanguard of housing sustainability best practice. Last year’s awards were presented by keen environmentalist Alistair McGowan and attracted almost 500 people. The 2009 awards are expected to be just as well attended, with a cross section of senior industry figures including representatives of government departments, chief executives of leading social housing providers and representatives of the main trade and professional bodies.
The awards ceremony takes place on Friday 23 October at London’s Hilton Hotel where the winners will be announced.
For more information visit Inside Housing
Energy Solutions progresses in Retrofit for the Future Awards
16 July 2009
Energy Solutions has been successful in progressing to Phase 1 of the Technology Strategy Board's Retrofit for the Future Competition.
Retrofit for the future is a government initiative aimed at stimulating innovation in the Retrofitting of UK social housing stock in order to meet future targets in CO2 reduction. The key area of focus is on the development of ambitious, cost effective carbon and energy reductions solutions with potential for widespread applicability in low rise, social housing. The competition will fund at least 50 demonstrator whole house solutions that improve the entire energy performance and carbon emissions from a property.
Energy Solutions has successfully progressed to Phase 1 of the project which grants full funding for an in depth design/feasibility study of a whole house retrofit solution. On completion of Phase 1, projects will be assessed again for selection to proceed to Phase 2 (the build phase) where by successful projects will be granted 100% funding for implementation of their proposals.
For more information on the competition please visit
http://www.innovateuk.org/deliveringinnovation/forthcomingcompetitions.ashx