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.
August's Most Popular Articles...
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Set Up a Local Energy Forum: Setting up an energy forum is a good way to stimulate informed and constructive debate about how issues of energy efficiency and sustainability impact the… [16 views in Aug]
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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… [14 views in Aug]
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The Facts About Light Bulbs: With everyone advising you to replace your existing light bulbs with low energy ones – and supermarkets regularly offering to sell them to you at mega-cut… [10 views in Aug]
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Community Composting Projects: For any community looking at trying to move towards a lower carbon, more sustainable way of life, setting up a compost scheme can be a valuable step… [10 views in Aug]
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Grey Water Recycling Systems: With greater extremes in our weather patterns predicted as a result of climate change and Britain’s annual water demand already growing, the prospect of… [8 views in Aug]
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Turning Homes Into Mini Power Stations: Case Study: Although everyone understands the enormous potential benefits of generating electricity from sunlight, no matter how big a… [6 views in Aug]
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