community energy update april 2013

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For further support

Visitwww.cse.org.uk/communitiesor email [email protected] .

And for the best tools and guides, go to

TheSource:www.cse.org.uk/thesource.

Bristol & Somerset Community Energy Forum 2013

Come and join us at the Bristol and Somerset Community Energy Forum on Saturday 11 May at the Genesis Centre in

Taunton. The event will feature talks and workshops from CSE staff and guest speakers covering a range of topics to

educate and inspire your energy project. See www.communityenergyforum.eventbrite.co.uk for more details and

to book a place. If you have any queries email [email protected].

April2013

From the Centre

for Sustainable Energy

Community

Energy

Update

1 | The latest CSE news ...

And this is what we did ...

Open Homes support

Over the next year, CSE and Bristol Green Doors,

with funding from DECC, will be providing support

and funding for green open homes events through

the National Open Homes Network.

The project will help community groups across the

country who want to showcase energy efficient

homes in their area. It will include funding for

groups planning open homes days, development of

an online platform, and a range of resources and

support to help groups to take plans forward and

learn from others who are doing the same thing.

Details at www.cse.org.uk/projects/view/1211.

Photo from Hattie Hartmans blog at www.AJFootprint.com. Follow @HattieHartman on Twitter

We love the Genesis Centre, an award winningsustainable building in the heart of Somerset College

Nearly 350people follow us on Twitter. Wereatwww.twitter.com/@cse_communities


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Free training with Barefoot coaching

Community groups are invited to take part in four free

training courses in Taunton in May and June. The topics

covered are:

Influencing change in your community

Managing your community groups money Generating income for your group

Project planning

The flyer sent out with this newsletter contains more

details, or email [email protected]

2 | Local news...

Interested in monitoring and evaluation

methods for your projects?

The Environmental Change Institute at the University of

Oxford is interested in holding a workshop in the area in

the coming months to discuss monitoring and evaluation

of community group activity and outline the resources

available to help. If youd be interested in taking part inthis then please contact us at [email protected]

[email protected].

Lets Go Solar: more

time to apply ...

Households in Bristol are invited to

apply for an offer that means solar

thermal panels could be reduced in cost by around 50%,

with the scheme now extended until the end of June.

Furthermore if you recommend a friend or neighbour

who then signs up and installs you can earn 20. For

more details see www.ashleyvale.org.uk or e-mail

[email protected].

Minister visits CSE and Bristol

Energy Network

In a recent visit to Bristol, Edward Davey, Secretary of

State for Energy and Climate Change, met with CSE and

Bristol City Council staff as well as a number of

representatives of the local energy sector including Jake

Barnes of Bristol Energy Network.

Mr Davey took part in a small roundtable discussion

about various local energy projects and broader plans to

shape Bristols energy future, and Jake was impressed

with Mr Daveys support and enthusiasm for community

energy strategy. He had the opportunity to highlight

some important achievements and goals of the network.

Read more about the Secretary of States visit at

www.cse.org.uk/news/view/1727 and at

www.bristolenergynetwork.org/content/network-

participates-ministerial-visit.

The latest on the Community Energy

Strategy for Bristol

Have you been involved in the Community Energy

Strategy for Bristol? Two open workshops have been heldso far, and the strategy is currently being written

collaboratively through an online wiki at

https://sites.google.com/site/benwiki4/home. The aim

is for community groups and organisations in Bristols

community energy sector to work together to develop

the strategy, identify synergies, and progress the five core

themes. The strategy will be launched during Big Green

Week from 15-23 June.

Secretary of State Edward Davey,and CSEs Simon Roberts

Why not check out the new improved Ecojam

website for all things local, green and ethical

in Bristol |www.ecojam.org


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New fund for research

The Chesshire Lehmann Fund has been established withthe primary objective of supporting young academics and

community groups wishing to undertake research into

the relationship between fuel poverty and energy

efficiency. There are two funding streams. The first is up

to a maximum of 5,000 for academic research, and the

second up to 2,000 for a researcher or academic

institution to assist a community group with evaluation.

See www.chesshire-lehmann.co.uk .

Resource of the month

Some of our original PlanLoCaLresources have been updated

including this introductory

exercise for thinking about energy use in your community

and what opportunities there might be to reduce energy

use and generate renewable energy:

Setting the scene: discussing the energy use of our

community | www.planlocal.org.uk/planlocal-

community-renewables/download_file/2

Note that some links to online documents included in the

printedversion of our PlanLoCaL resources may nolonger work. This is because DECC has relocated its

online resources to www.gov.uk/decc

Have you checked out our full range of resources at

www.planlocal.org.uk?

Grants available in South Gloucestershire

South Gloucestershire Council is offering small grants for

voluntary organisations to develop local projects and

activities to enhance and improve the local area. Up to

3,000 is available and applications open on Monday 29

April for six weeks. Go to http://tinyurl.com/brvlnlv for

more details.

3 | And useful links ...

Green Architecture Day

If youre interested in eco-building design and

construction why not head along to the annual Green

Architecture Day on Saturday 27 April in Brighton.

Hosted by Brighton Permaculture Trust, the event

features designers, practitioners and professionals whowill showcase cutting edge sustainable building

techniques for aspiring self builders. Details and bookings

from www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk/gad.

3 St Peters Court

Bedminster Parade

Bristol

BS3 4AQ

The Centre for Sustainable

Energy (CSE) is a national charity

that helps people change the way

they think and act on energy

0117 934 1400

www.cse.org.uk

Charity 298740

Founded 1979

Locality support with neighbourhood

planning

Locality is providing support and grants to help hundreds

of areas across the country create neighbourhood plans,

with a 9.5m fund available. The Supporting

Communities in Neighbourhood Planning programme

will officially launch on 1 May 2013. Groups will be able

to bid for up to 7,000 to support their plan. See

http://mycommunityrights.org.uk/neighbourhood-

planning for more details of how to apply.

Video of the month

This new video from Community Energy Scotland

showcases some Scottish community renewable energy

installations and gives the stories behind the projects as

told by the groups involved. Worth a watch if youre

considering community owned renewables:www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QtvyrQHJQE

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