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HECA Network News
UK HECA
Chair: Oliver Myers
0207 9746370
oliver.myers@camden.gov.uk
UK HECA Secretariat:
Scottish HECA Officers’ Network (SHON) Helen Atkins
Chair: Stephen Cunningham 0116 299 5133 NETWORK NEWS
01506 773744 helen.atkins@ukheca.org.uk
stephen.cunningham@westlothian.gov.uk
Secretariat: Scott Restrick
0141 226 3064
scott.r@eas.org.uk Pelamis wins funding
North East Domestic Energy Forum
Chair: Steve Kent
0191 433 3003
stevekent@gateshead.gov.uk
National Home Energy
Vice Chair: Ian Bloomfield
01388 761 596
Conference 007
i.bloomfield@wearvalley.gov.uk
Secretariat: Wendi Wheeler Programme
01642 777 970
nedef_secretariat@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk
Northern Ireland HECA
Advisory Panel East Pennine HECA Forum
Representative: Noel Rice Home Energy Officers’ Network York & Humber
02890 240 588 (HEON) - North West Chair: Paul Maplethorpe
noel.rice@nihe.gov.uk Chair: 01709 336570
Brian Sexton paul.maplethorpe@rotherham.gov.uk
0161 242 5803/5805 Vice -Chair: Jane Mears
b.sexton@notes.manchester.gov.uk 01482 396278
Secretariat/Vice-Chair: jane.mears@eastriding.gov.uk
Alison Hartley Secretariat: Alison Wilson
0161 242 5810 01302 736091
a.hartley@notes.manchester.gov.uk alison.wilson@doncaster.gov.uk
West Midlands East Midlands HECA Forum
HECA Forum Chair: Denise Marsdon
Chair: Graham Jones 01933 231853
01584 813 377 dmarsdon@
graham.jones@ wellingborough.gov.uk Home Energy Officers’
southshropshire.gov.uk Network (HEON) - Eastern
Welsh HECA Forum Vice-Chair: Vice-Chair:
Alison McCafferty Chair: Bruce Pittingale
Chair: Nia Prys-Williams Neil Morton
0121 3036 148 0116 299 5129 07918 601 931
01352 703766 neil.morton@ alison.mccafferty@ heone.chair@ukheca.org.uk
nia_prys-williams@flintshire.gov.uk birmingham.gov.uk leicester.gov.uk Representative: Steve Adelizzi
Vice-Chair: Steve Martin Secretariat: Secretariat: 01279 655261
01443 864645 Ellie Cooper Ros Badley steve.adelizzi@eastherts.gov.uk
martins@caerphilly.gov.uk 0121 262 6402 0116 299 5126
ellie.cooper Secretariat: John Davis
Secretariat: Hannah Willis @hestia-europe.com emheca@ 01733 262 431
01633 223009 leicester.gov.uk john.e.davis@btinternet.com
hannah@sewenergy.org.uk
London HECA Forum South East HECA Forum
photo copyright Ocean Power Delivery
South West HECA Forum Chair: Kathy Alcock
Disclaimer: The views Chair: Ian Lane
Chair: Colin Anderson 0207 525 4016 01892 554 275
expressed within
01752 307176 ian.lane@southwark.gov.uk Kathy.alcock@
this publication are
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individual and not Vice-Chair: Jeremy Hopkins
necessarily shared Vice Chair: Erica Pretty 020 7641 2583 Vice Chair: Zoe Leader
01903 737 690 HECA Network News is the quarterly news magazine of
by the editorial com- 01202 633 428 jhopkins@westminster.gov.uk
mittee, the UK Home e.pretty@poole.gov.uk zoe.leader@arun.gov.uk UK HECA - The UK Home Energy Conser vation Association
Secretariat: Sarah Hitchcock
Energy Conservation
Secretariat: Martin Eibl 0845 450 3375 Secretariat: Laura Russell Edition 16 - Spring 2007
Association (HECA), 020 7922 0266
HECA
01752 235 183 sarah@gleen.org.uk
Leicester City Council
or our sponsors.
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HECA Network News
IPCC Report released
On February 2nd, the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change (IPCC) adopted the Sum-
mary for Policymakers of the first volume of
HECA Climate Change 2007, their fourth assessment
report. Headlines were grabbed by the claim
that scientists are now 90% certain that the ob-
served rate of global warming is a direct result
HECA Network News
of human activity. The full report, the follow-up
is the quarterly news to their Third Assessment Report, issued in 00,
magazine of the UK is due to be released in May this year.
Home Energy Conser-
To download the summary, visit www.ipcc.ch
vation Association
The Pelamis wave energy converter undergoing sea trials in January 2007
Have you checked out
Past issues of HECA
(photo copyright Ocean Power Delivery)
Network News can be
downloaded from Better Priced Energy?
www.ukheca.org.uk A new service has been set up, by the Leic-
Pelamis rides wave of success! stershire / Northamptonshire Energy Efficiency
sea bed at EMEC’s tidal site. OpenHydro was the Advice Centre and Leicester City Council, for
In February this year, the Scottish Executive announced more than £4 million of first company to install a tidal turbine at EMEC householders to check if they are getting the
funding to enable the construction of the UK’s first wave farm in Orkney. during 006. best deal on their gas and electricity. The web
The project will be sited at EMEC, the European Marine Energy Centre, and Ocean Power Technology £0.598 million: The Pow- site compares prices for all power companies
will use four Pelamis wave energy converters with a combined output of 3MW, erBuoy is a buoy acting as a point absorber which serving the UK, unlike some of the better known
enough to power around ,000 homes. The wave farm will be the world’s larg- moves up and down a central ‘spar’ as the wave web sites, and it will also show from what source
est when it opens at the end of October. passes by. the electricity is produced.
The Pelamis P-750 Wave Energy Converter is the result of six years of extensive Aquamarine £0.275 million: Oyster devices are de- To check if you’re getting the best price, go to
testing, modelling and development by Ocean Power Delivery Ltd. The ma- signed to exploit the wave resource in near-shore www.betterpricedenergy.org.uk or call 0116
chine is a semi-submerged, articulated structure composed of cylindrical sec- locations. The near-shore environment is consid- 2995146. The service is available right across
tions linked by hinged joints. The wave-induced motion of these joints is resisted ered to be an optimal location for a device as the UK.
by hydraulic rams, which pump high-pressure oil through hydraulic motors, driv- the waves retain significant power compared to
ing electrical generators. Power from all the joints is fed down a single umbilical
cable to a junction on the sea bed. Each Pelamis machine is 50 metres long,
an offshore location but the damaging extreme
waves are limited by water depth. This location is Australia to Ban Bulbs
3 metres high and weighs 700 tonnes! considered to reduce the capital and operating Australian Environment Minister, Malcolm
In total, grants worth more than £3 million were announced for marine energy costs and hence maximise economic efficiency. Turnbull has announced that Australia will be
projects in Scottish waters. CleanTechCom £0.73 million: two metre di- phasing out incandescent light bulbs in favour
ameter siphon pipes which pass through the No of energy efficient compact fluorescent bulbs
Deputy First Minister Nicol Stephen revealed details of the nine projects that will
Churchill Barrier on land at the Northern tip of within the next three years - a world first by a
share the money, with the initial fund of £8 million increased by £5.5 million to
Lamb Holm island on Orkney. national government. Exemptions may apply
meet demand. Mr Stephen said the industry had the potential to create thou-
for special needs such as medical lighting.
sands of jobs and attract millions of pounds of investment. Wavegen £0.49 million: development and testing
of an advanced Wells turbine system which is ex- This switch would help Australia reduce its an-
Ministers also confirmed that the Executive has reached its target to have 18
pected to be utilized on a wave energy project nual carbon dioxide emissions by 800,000
per cent of Scotland’s electricity generated from renewable sources, years
Please send any news on the Western Isles, at Siadar, which is currently tonnes by 2012. “If the rest of the world ... fol-
ahead of schedule.
items, articles or pictures being developed with npower renewables. This lows our lead, this will reduce an amount of en-
that you would like to see Other successful bidders for a share of the Marine Energy Fund are: project will use Wavegen’s existing Oscillating ergy to the tune of five times as much energy
in HECA Network News to: Water Column (OWC) at the Limpet site, near as Australia consumes,” he said.
AWS Ocean Energy £.8 million: design, construction, installation, testing and
Helen Atkins at the demonstration of a 500kW Archimedes Wave Swing (“AWS”) wave energy con- Portnahaven on the island of Islay.
UK HECA Secretariat - verter at the European Wave Energy Centre. Tidal Generation £0.077 million: extraction of a Job Vacancies
helen.atkins@ukheca.org.uk ScotRenewables £1.796 million: the SRTT is a floating tidal stream energy con- core sample of seabed from the berth area Tidal
If you’re a job hunter or you’re looking to re-
Tel: 06 99 533 verter. The concept involves dual horizontal-axis rotors driving generators within Generation’s machine will occupy.
cruit in the field of energy conservation or sus-
2-4 Market Place South, sub-surface nacelles. For more information, including video footage of tainable energy, visit the UK HECA jobs page:
Leicester, LE1 5HB Open Hydro £1.214 million: 250kW Open-Centre Turbine to be installed on the Pelamis in action, visit: www.oceanpd.com www.ukheca.org.uk/jobs.php
HECA Network News
Will Pierce was interviewed by HTV Wales, A heat pump unit
during the recent cold, snowy weather.
Tenants, also interviewed, reported that
their homes were lovely and warm.
From left to right: Edwina Hart AM, Minister for Social Justice & Regeneration -
Sandy Mewies AM Delyn, Flintshire - Will Pierce, Energy Manager Flintshire
County Council - Nia Prys-Williams, Home Energy Conservation Officer -
Adam Chown, EAGA Partnership - Aaron Shotton, Leader Flintshire CC -
The drilling rig in place outside one of the dwellings Cllr Bernie Attridge, Executive Member for Housing and Consumer Affairs.
Flintshire installs ground proaching twenty years of age, were inefficient
and not up to current standards and therefore in
needs of elderly people who tend to be less mo-
bile and at home longer. There are also signifi-
Home information
source heat pumps need of replacement . cant environmental benefits as some 75% of the packs update
energy needed to heat the properties is obtained
Flintshire County Council’s scheme is one of the
Flintshire County Council has installed vertical free from the ground, making these systems sus- A number of milestones have been achieved
first in Wales, and the system incorporates ground
borehole Ground Source Heat Pump systems in tainable from an energy perspective, and with a towards 1 June when Home Information Packs
source heat pumps to the eight bungalows in the
eight of its Council owned sheltered accommo- significant reduction in carbon emissions. go live:
Sheltered Housing Complex at Is-y-Mynydd, Cil-
dation properties.
cain. Vertical bore holes have been drilled to a The installation of the heatpumps and associat- • Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs)
Cllr Bernie Attridge, Executive Member for Hous- depth of 75 metres. A loop of plastic pipe (ground ed drilling works cost £46,800. This figure includes are on course for roll-out on June and the
ing and Consumer services said, “With the costs loop) is placed in the bore holes and a water / Welsh Assembly Government funding of £5,00. key infrastructure is now in place.
of all fuels rising significantly over the last couple anti freeze mix, connected to a heat pump unit, is Whilst this is more expensive than a replacement
• The National Occupational Standard
of years and with no mains gas available to the then circulated around this circuit. The lowgrade oil boiler, each unit should have a life span three
(NOS) and three qualifications have been
village we needed to look into alternative eco- warmth absorbed from the ground by the ground times that of a conventional boiler with no ongo-
approved to enable those wishing to be-
nomic forms of heating that benefit our tenants loop is then heated by the refrigeration cycle to ing maintenance costs. The groundloop (outside
come Domestic Energy Assessors (DEAs)
and that are good for the environment. a suitable temperature to be circulated around pipework down the borehole) should last over 100
to get trained up and ready to produce
conventional radiators and to provide all the hot years, so the system is sustainable, and cost effec-
“This system provides affordable warmth for po- EPCs, from June.
water to the properties. tive over the life of the system.
tentially vulnerable people and is a positive move
• In addition, new standards for accredita-
towards the eradication of fuel poverty as direct- The warmth absorbed from the ground provides Adam Chown, of Eaga Wales, said, “Since HEES
tion have been established, and schemes
ed by the Welsh Assembly Government.” approximately 75% of the energy used to power was set up in 2000, we have installed energy ef-
which apply to accredit assessors will be
this system making the running costs comparable ficiency measures in more than 67,000 homes
The system was chosen as a pilot study because expected to meet them.
to, or slightly better than mains gas. This heating across Wales. We are obviously keen to reach as
of the rising cost of energy and the council’s re-
system, common in many parts of Europe, costs many vulnerable people as possible, which is why A leaflet promoting the opportunities and pro-
sponsibilities as landlords to try to minimise the
a little more to install than an oil fired system but we are delighted to be working closely with Flint- viding information about how to become a
effects of fuel poverty, which particularly affect
lasts up to three times longer, and requires no shire County Council to help provide renewable DEA has been produced.
elderly people who generally are on a limited in-
maintenance. energy measures.” The leaflet along with further information
come. Ground Source Heat Pumps typically cost
For more information, contact: on EPC and DEAs can be found at:
35 to 40 % less to run than an Oil fired installation. Ground source heat pumps work best when
Nia Price Williams, tel: 01352 703766 www.homeinformationpacks.gov.uk.
The former heating systems in Cilcain were ap- providing constant warmth which matches the
Nia_Prys-Williams@flintshire.gov.uk
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national home energy conference 007 17-18 MAy 2007 IN BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND
The theme for the 2007 conference, which will be the first to be held in Northern Ire-
land, is: Fuelling the debate: Energy Efficiency / Renewables / Nuclear Power.
The Conference has a new direction, with the focus being to encourage debate
on ways we can supply energy to our homes, whilst accepting responsibilities for a HECA
www.ukheca.org.uk/conference lower carbon future. Another first, will be arranging visits to see some of the excellent
projects and achievements that have been made in Northern Ireland.
fuelling the debate
UK HECA also accepts that travelling to and from conferences causes emissions. uk home energy
In order to help mitigate these effects, UK HECA have agreed a package with the conservation
Woodland Trust to help offset these emissions.
association
energy efficiency | renewables | nuclear power log on to www.ukheca.org.uk/conference to book your place.
For delegates booked onto
Package A we have also
arranged a pre-conference
PrOGRAMME DAy 1: THURSDAy 17 MAy 2007 PrOGRAMME DAy 2: FRIDAy 18 MAy 2007 we are supporting
the Woodland Trust
networking event, which will Chair: Professor John Chesshire Chair: Baroness Maddock
include a drinks reception,
to welcome you to Northern 8:30 Coffee & registration 9:00 Coffee & Exhibition Viewing
Ireland! 9:30 Oliver Myers - UK HECA Chair 9:30 Baroness Maddock
conference sponsors
This will be held on Wednesday
UK HECA Chair’s Welcome Chair’s Welcome SEMINArS
9:35 Paddy McIntyre - Chief Executive, Northern Ireland Housing Executive 9:40 Brian rowntree - NI Housing Executive Chair
6 May at 9:00pm in the Library Seminar 1: Intelligent Metering / EEC3
Welcome Address Keynote Address
Bar, (Mezzanine level). Seminar 2: NI Energy Saving Trust
9:45 Senior Government Official 0:00 richard Davies - Director, Marches Energy Agency
Keynote Address Title to be confirmed Advice Centre Pilot Showcase
0:00 Noel Williams - Head of EST Northern Ireland 0:0 Break Seminar 3: Low Carbon Building Programme
Energy Saving Trust Segmentation Tool 0:30 Site visits / Seminars Seminar 4: The HECA review
0:0 John Gilliland - Sustainable Development Commission 3:00 Lunch & Exhibition Viewing
0:40 Break and Exhibition Viewing 4:00 Catrin Maby - Director, Severn Wye Energy Agency
:5 Children’s Performance SErENADE (Sharing Expertise in Energy Advice Across Europe)
Title to be confirmed 4:0 Philip Sellwood
SITE VISITS
11:45 Patrick Waterfield - Energy Consultant Presentation title to be confirmed Visit 1: Tour of Belfast East to West
:05 Stephen Stretton - Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy (EFN) 4:40 Dr Passmore Visit 2: Oxford Island Nature Reserve
Contribution of nuclear energy to our future energy mix Presentation title to be confirmed Visit 3: Thermomax Solar Panel Factory
:30 Lunch & Exhibition Viewing 5:00 Q&A
13:30 Debate: Energy Efficiency / renewables / Nuclear Power 5:30 Finish
Chaired by Wendy Austin - BBC Northern Ireland Journalist / Broadcaster
4:30 Site visits / Seminars
7:00 Close
Evening Programme Day : Thursday 7 May 007
18:45 Drinks Reception
9:30 Conference Gala Dinner
:00 Irish Dancing
:5 HECA Awards Ceremony
:00 Live Band
00:00 Disco
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Trust ensures better awards for extreme cases of vulnerability. A typi- Northern Ireland
energy payments
cal circumstance might be where there is a ter-
minally ill member of a household. These awards
Housing Executive
The EDF Energy Trust is a charitable trust, estab-
will account for some of the individuals who fail to Solar Panel
lished in October 2003 and overseen by a board
maintain their energy payments on an ongoing
basis and the Trust understands that this is likely to
Programme
of independent trustees. Its aim is to help relieve
be the case.
and prevent poverty by educating the public on As Home Energy Conservation Author-
personal debt issues. During the first three years The sample statistics confirm recent reports com-
ity for Northern Ireland, the Housing Ex-
of operation, the Trust has awarded more than piled by EDF Energy which also suggest that more Pictured left to right:
ecutive has been involved in many pilot
£ million and assisted around 4,300 households than 70 per cent of customers who received a Brian Rowntree, Chairman of N.I. Housing Executive
Peter Hain MP, Secretary of State for N. Ireland (& Wales) projects to test the viability of renewa-
with awards targeted at relief of energy and oth- grant from the Trust more than a year before are
able to meet ongoing charges for energy. A tenant of the N.I. Housing Executive bles in reducing energy consumption.
er debts.
Following the success of these projects
As part of their continuing commitment to im- The following chart shows the impact of Trust houses fitted with their new solar panels
and, in particular, the use of solar ther-
proving the value of the individual grants pro- awards on individual customers who have been
mal panels, the Housing Executive has
gramme, the Trustees were keen to evaluate the both supported financially in times of particular
need and in their commitment to improving their been keen to find a way to mainstream
impact of grants on applicants. Having received
personal financial management. this technology.
a grant, how were individuals managing energy
needs and payments? And was additional work % Customers with debt outstanding vs Age of Grant Following the recent launch by Peter
% Customers with debt outstandingdays old vs age of grant
required to help beneficiaries develop sustain- No Debt Debt 0 - 60 days old Debt > 60 Hain, of the Environment and renewable
120%
able budgets to ease longer term commitments? Energy Fund to promote the use of re-
To answer such questions, the Trust commissioned 100% newables, the Housing Executive made
a number of money advice agencies to under- a successful bid and received £.8m
% Customers
21% 24%
30%
%Customers
take a pilot study on its behalf. 80%
which will enable the installation of solar
14% 6%
Seven voluntary sector agencies in the south of 8% thermal panels in over 600 NIHE homes
60%
England took part in the pilot study, all of which over two years. Since August 006, the
had extensive experience of submitting applica- 40% Housing Executive has already installed
70%
tions to the Trust on behalf of their clients. solar thermal panels in over 300 dwell-
65% 62%
ings in estates in Belfast, Dromore, Car-
20%
From these agencies, a total of 0 individuals
underwent in-depth face-to-face or telephone 0%
rickfergus, Magherafelt and Limavady.
interviews. 0-6 mths 6 - 12 mths > 12 mnths
Date of EDF Energy Trust award ess and for being asked if they required further By utilising the existing heating replace-
An analysis of the results revealed: Date of EDF Energy Trust Award
assistance. “It’s good that the Trust and advice ment programme and the Housing Ex-
• 78 per cent of those receiving an award were NB Statistics are based on a sample size of 3,77 worker still take an interest. Nice to have a check- ecutive’s two main heating contractors,
successfully managing their energy payments EDF Energy customers who have received an up”. administration costs have been kept to
since the award was made award from the Trust.
It is clear that the creation and work of such an a minimum ensuring that the maximum
• 79 per cent of those receiving awards felt that The Trust is clearly reaching people who, given energy trust, positively supported by a corporate number of panels can be installed.
the award had enabled them to make a fresh the chance, will show a firm commitment to pay- donor, can deliver significant improvement in the
ing their bills in the future. This is despite the fact It is anticipated that the panels will pro-
start abilities and commitment to pay for those seek-
their financial circumstances are often still under vide around 40 – 50% of the household’s
It is evident from this limited survey that the im- ing support.
pressure. annual hot water requirements. The re-
pact on managing budgets around energy pay- Many agencies and members of the public are
Comments received from individuals included: sultant reduction in oil and gas usage
ments improves as a consequence of the awards, also unaware of the options open to them for sup-
will not only reduce carbon emissions
beyond that of managing the overall household “The award made a big difference to me and has port and advice from charitable trusts, such as
but will also result in lower energy bills for
budget. It also suggests the awards are reaching helped me maintain more regular payment pat- energy efficiency services and the like. The Trust
terns” intends to address this further with a series of free tenants. Fuel poverty levels in Northern
the right people – that is, individuals or house-
holds that before receiving the award simply energy debt courses for advice workers in 2007. Ireland are among the highest in the UK
“Seems better now as direct debit payments have
couldn’t pay their energy bills and now wish to with many of the fuel poor resident in so-
been set up to control ongoing bills” For further details on the EDF Energy Trust, or
make a fresh start. Where there is little or no evi- cial housing. Therefore, the solar thermal
“Very pleased with support given through a par- how to apply for a grant through the individual
dence that an award will result in a sustainable grants programme, please visit the website at programme will have a positive impact
ticularly difficult time”
difference to an individual’s ongoing budget, the www.edfenergytrust.org.uk, on fuel poverty as well as air quality and
Most respondents indicated how happy they
Trust makes a limited number of ‘quality of life’ call the information line on 01733 421050 HECA targets.
were to be contacted for feedback on the proc-
or email: clairewatt@charisgrants.com - Maureen Kerr
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Sutherland Comparative
Heating Cost Tables
The Sutherland Comparative Domestic Heating Cost Tables have been
published regularly in various journals and magazines since 976 and have
gained a reputation as an independent and impartial source of fuel and
heating cost data. Since January 006, the tables have been published by
DPW Associates - a small Belfast-based consultancy with over 5 years expe-
rience in the fields of energy and IT.
The tables, which are published twice yearly, are intended to be used to
compare different domestic fuels and the costs of using them under simi-
lar conditions, throughout regions of UK and Ireland, using assumed heating
and hot water loads for different house types in each region. Information
Water Woman is provided on the cost of space and water heating of three sizes of house;
namely, two-bedroom terraced, three-bedroom semi-detached and four-
bedroom detached. The means of heating include solid fuel in its various
forms, through electricity in both peak and off-peak appliances, mains gas,
LPG and oil. Also covered is the cost of heating an individual room by all com-
Beeston Fields Junior School Energy Heroes with the Mayor of Broxtowe Borough Council, Cllr Doug Wilcockson
mon means ranging from open and closed solid fuel appliances, through
gas and electric heaters to fixed and portable LPG heaters.
School Energy Heroes energy saving facts provided by displays and in- Using our background in energy and IT, we have been able to maintain and
teractive experiments like the S Cube - an edu- develop not only the content of the Tables, but also the way in which they
Help Save The Planet cational toy containing a small wind turbine and are produced - we have moved to web-based access, streamlining produc-
solar panel. tion of the tables, enhancing ease of access – and of course reducing our
A partnership of local organisations including energy and environmental impact via absence of paper and mailing trans-
With the afternoon of activities completed, each
Broxtowe Borough Council, Global Action Plan - portation!
pupil was presented with their new Energy Hero
ecoteams and the Healthy Housing Service have regarding the content of the Tables, we have moved to a monthly sample
name, certificate, low energy light bulbs, pens,
been working together to create a new bred of rate for fuel/energy costs, which helps to even out seasonal swings in prices.
and stickers and sent out on their ultimate mission
Heroes - ENERGy HEROES! We have also introduced a new index, based on current Building regula-
to “Switch off, Recycle and Spread the Message”.
year 5/6 pupils in four Junior Schools in Broxtowe tions standards, which runs alongside the existing index (based on stand-
This is what some of the Heroes said:
Borough have taken part in an afternoon of events ards prevailing at the time the Tables began). The latter may thus be suitable
Peter McColl, aged 0 AKA - FUSION FORCE - “I
to transform them from school children into ener- Insulation Boy for the existing building stock while the new index is more representative of
gy warriors on a mission to save the planet. have learnt what could happen with global newbuild. We are also reviewing the underlying algorithms and assumptions
warming and what we can do to help save the used in producing the data and considering other fuels (eg biomass) and
Pupils had the opportunity to take part in a fun
earth” electricity tariffs. However, we do not wish to overly complicate the Tables,
Climate Change based drama, set in the year
Francesca Wood, aged 0 AKA - INFRA RED - which already contain a large amount of information and we also need to
06. The drama was especially commissioned for
“more people should cycle to cut carbon emis- provide continuity with previously published material to maintain a historical
the events and used time travel to highlight the
sions from cars” perspective (a rolling 5-year average of fuel costs is provided).
consequences of continuing to waste energy and
emphasised how even small actions like switching Staci Henshaw, aged AKA - WAVE WARRIOR - “If A key advantage when it comes to producing the Tables is that we are en-
off a light can help save the planet. Pupils also you do the washing put it outside to dry and not in tirely commercially independent. Our energy activities are focused mainly
took part in a solar car workshop learning about the tumble dryer” on reducing energy consumption in buildings, no matter what type of fuel or
renewable energy, building and then racing cars energy is used. We therefore have no interest in favouring, or appearing to
Events took place during Oct 06 at Sunnyside Pri- favour, any one fuel or energy type over another.
powered only by the sun.
mary School, Albany Junior School, Beeston Fields
After a talk featuring the Broxtowe Recycling Junior School and Eastwood Junior School, with The Sutherland Tables are provided on a subscription basis, with additional
team and Brock the Badger, the pupils were sent further events planned for the next school year. license fees for those wishing to use the content for training or promotional
on missions to complete an Energy themed work- purposes.
For further information about the Energy Heroes
book. Aided by Energy Man, Water Woman and Please visit our new website at www.sutherlandtables.co.uk for more infor-
project please contact Lee Morton, Energy Man-
Insulation Boy, children were encouraged to find
ger, Broxtowe Borough Council 0115 917 3065 Energy Man mation. We always welcome feedback from current and potential users of
the Tables regarding ongoing improvements to the service.
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