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.
January's Most Popular Articles...
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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… [16 views in Jan]
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Liaise with Community Stakeholders: Any community project needs good liaison between the various different individuals, organisations and groups which are typically involved – and… [14 views in Jan]
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Insulation Facts & Trivia: Everyone knows that insulating your home is one of the single most useful things you can do to help you start saving energy. Between lagging your pipes,… [10 views in Jan]
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Set Up a Community Swap Shop: For any community looking to move to a lower carbon, more sustainable lifestyle, reducing waste has an obvious appeal. While recycling and composting… [6 views in Jan]
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Work With Local Shops to Conserve Energy: Local shops often provide a range of services to a local community that go way beyond simply selling goods. As many people have pointed… [6 views in Jan]
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How Can I Extract the Heat in Flues?: The principle of heat recovery is very straightforward – passing hot combustion gases over a heat exchanger of some kind to extract as much… [4 views in Jan]
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