Extensive Advice on Working as a Community to Save Energy

How to Work with Your Community to Save Energy...

Everyone wants to save energy and working together as a community can be a great way to reduce everyone's fuel bills and energy use, but it's not always easy to know how best to go about it. Although there are plenty of options - solar power, wind generation, insulation, energy saving devices and the like - there hasn't been a "one-stop" UK resource to offer impartial advice on saving energy as a community.

June's Most Popular Articles...

Exporting Electricity to the Grid: For many people contemplating producing their own electricity supply by micro-generation, part of the attraction is the possibility of exporting… [18 views in Jun]
Wood Burning and Environmental Impact: Facts: The early 21st Century has seen the sort of time-warp that Dr Who himself would be proud of, as more and more homes have gone back… [12 views in Jun]
What You Might Not Know About Energy and Poo!: As a new scheme opens to supply 200 Oxfordshire households with gas made from what they recently flushed from their own toilets, a… [4 views in Jun]
Coppiced Willow for Energy: Growing willow for energy is nothing new for the UK – it’s has been done for very nearly the last 40 years – but with today’s mounting interest in both… [4 views in Jun]
Five Ways to Save Energy in the Kitchen: According to some estimates, the kitchen accounts for some 20 per cent or more of the energy used in our homes – making it a great place to… [2 views in Jun]
What Type of Tree is Suitable For Short Rotation Coppice?: For short rotation coppicing (SRC) there are two main types of trees that stand out – willows and poplars – and… [2 views in Jun]

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Energy Sources: What is Micro-Generation?, Combined Heat and Power (CHP), Coppiced...

Energy Tips: Five Ways to Save Energy in the Kitchen, Top Tips for Lower Impact...

Facts & Trivia: Understanding Fuel Cells, Composting: What You Might Not Know, The...

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Quick Quizzes: Quiz: How Much of an Energy Expert Are You?, What Sort of an Energy...

Resource Efficiency: Community Composting Projects, Reducing Community...

Saving Energy: Five 'Must-Have' Devices Guaranteed to Help Save Energy, Saving...

Self Help Ideas: Work With Local Shops to Conserve Energy, Involve Local Schools in...

Latest Comments

Adam
Re: Community Transport Sharing Projects
We are a Scottish manufacturer of zero-carbon emission vehicles, the range this year will include freight, waste, people…

22 May 2019
Steve-2149
Re: Exporting Electricity to the Grid
Who will pay for exporting back to the grid, my current supplier says no. I am looking at a renewable generator, not wind…

26 March 2019
Tracy c
Re: Coppiced Willow for Energy
Hi guys I am doing a project about this so ye

7 November 2018
Misssie
Re: Set Up a Community Swap Shop
@Shoba - have you thought about starting a Facbook page requesting items?

8 March 2018
Shoba
Re: Set Up a Community Swap Shop
Hi can you please let me know how to run this workshop. I mean i see people throwing things they dont need in the Bin instead of…

7 March 2018
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Re: Insulating Water Pipes and Tanks
Hi dear, As you may know it is very hot in these countries and I am looking to manufacturing Roof top water storage tanks.…

9 August 2017