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Smart Meters, Cleaner Greener Safer & DECC (forum post)
Dear all,
I have just been reminded that CGS programme applications close tomorrow! Sorry to be so badly behind the curve with this. Too many balls in the air as usual.
It would be great to have at least one PP- supported scheme in this round. Applications must relate to capital projects with community benefit, and a realistic budget for an individual application is generally around the £10-15k mark.
The web link is http://www.southwark.gov.uk/cleanergreenersafer .
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Harriet Harman's office has been in contact (blog post)
Harriet Harman's office has been in contact:
Dear Peckham Power
Your local Member of Parliament, Harriet Harman, has asked me to drop you a line on her behalf. She was told about your organisation by one of her constituents and thinks it sounds excellent.
She asked me to get in touch with her contact details.
If there is any support she can offer the organisation, please do not hesitate to get in touch at any time.
Very best wishes
Many thanks to the resident who notified Ms Harman about Peckham Power! We hope this will be the beginning of a mutually beneficial relationship.
Originally submitted by Jack on Mon, 16/03/2009 - 9:09pm.
Last update on Tue, 17/03/2009 - 9:15pm.
Proposal that Peckham Power should do IR Thermography (forum post)
The Energy Efficiency group had our second meeting on Thursday 12.03.09. At that meeting, Hal-Luke made a persuasive argument that Peckham Power should get involved in the business of Infrared Thermography. What is Infrared Thermography? It's the use of a camera which can see infrared radiation and hence can quickly determine where heat is leaking from a property. Here is a photo from WikiPedia showing a normal house in the background and a Passivhaus in the foreground:
Hal-Luke's idea is that Peckham Power should ask Southwark Council for the funds to buy an IR camera so that Southwark can commission Peckham Power to undertake IR surveys of social housing stock. The performance of housing stock which has been insulated (e.g. with cavity wall insulation or with solid-wall insulation) can be checked with the IR images and if the insulation proves to be faulty then claims can be made against the guarantees supplied with the installation. There is evidence that many insulation installations do not perform as well as they are supposed to (e.g. large gaps in cavity fills). With luck, the IR images will help to ensure that all the insulation installed in the borough performs well, hence reducing energy consumption and improving comfort for occupiers.
Is IR Thermography a suitable project for Peckham Power to take on? Are there lower hanging fruit (e.g. draft-proofing) that we should address first? Is IR Thermography sufficiently community orientated for Peckham Power? Voice your opinion in this forum thread!
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NUCLEAR POWER? "NEVER" "NEVER" NEVER"! (forum post)
Hear we go again with the 'Nuclear Power' argument...!
Read the rest of this postOriginally submitted by robert on Wed, 18/03/2009 - 1:09am.
Last update on Wed, 18/03/2009 - 9:08am.
Ecobuild Show (forum post)
Hi Jack
I know that you spent a lot of time at the ecobuild show. Any chance of your personal highlights?
Mine was a company that have some simple but ingenious products. Wallbarn (www.wallbarn.com)
They do a pregrown modular green roof system that anyone can lay in next to no time & some excellent decking support systems. Sometimes the simplist ideas are the best!
Also Fragile Earth (http://www.burdensenvironmental.com/consumables/environmentally-friendly-cleaning-products) for environmentally friendly cleaning products.
Read the rest of this postNotes from EST's Green Neighbourhoods workshop (blog post)
I've just returned from the Energy Saving Trust's Green Neighbourhoods workshop. Here are my notes. These notes are quite rough around the edges but they will hopefully shed some light on what happened at the workshop... if you'd like me to explain anything in more detail then please post a comment at the end of this post and I'll do my best to elaborate.
The workshop was held today (Friday 20.03.2009 1pm-5pm) in Westminster.
Overview of the EST's Green Neighbourhoods scheme
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The EST's Green Neighbourhoods scheme will aim to provide a grant plus a zero-interest loan plus other funding.
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The project is gearing up now. Pilots are running. Not sure when the project will be rolled out nationally.
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GN will aim to help up to 100 neighbourhoods. Total budget might be £5M? Maybe 15 households per neighbourhood; £4k per house. But don't know how much money will be available. Originally the fund was £10m but that has been cut by the government, partially because of the overlap between GN and the Community Energy Saving Programme (CESP) run by the Department for Energy and Climate Changes's (DECC).
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Aimed at able-to-pay owner-occupiers; not social housing (which is covered by DECC's CESP)
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Aimed at “hard to treat” homes where “hard to treat” means solid walled or off mains gas. The existing Carbon Emission Reduction Target (CERT) scheme is addressing the “easy to treat” homes so the EST's GN must address the hard to treat.
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Target is for a 60% reduction in CO2 per household. Measure over 2 years using smart meters (electricity, water, gas, oil will all be metered. Data is viewable by homeowners and is also sent to utilities). Homes which already have some measures installed will not be penalised, the 60% reduction is relative to stock average. (e.g. if a house already had some solid wall insulation installed then that would contribute to the 60% reduction). The aim is NOT for the full 60% reduction to come from just the EST funding.
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The £4k per house from the EST will be leveraged against other funding to reach £15k per house. Match funding. The homeowner will be expected to put in a large chunk of money.
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“Whole-house approach”
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Hoping to bring in CERT where possible for appropriate measures (e.g. loft insulation). GN wants to be a facilitator to help bring in other funding.
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The EST GN is a demo programme. It will not compete with CESP.
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65 people subscribed to today's workshop.
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Originally submitted by Jack on Fri, 20/03/2009 - 8:37pm.
Last update on Fri, 20/03/2009 - 8:38pm.
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Energy Efficiency Update: Smart Meters and IR Thermography (newsletter post)
Dear Peckham Power Energy Efficiency group,
The Newsletter that was sent last night become corrupted so I'm sending it again! Apologies!
I hope you're enjoying the sun! Just a quick update:
Firstly, if you haven't done so already then please do comment on the proposal that Peckham Power should ask Southwark Council for an infrared camera for surveying social housing stock. Is IR Thermography a suitable project for Peckham Power? Is it worthwhile? The debate is here:
Read the rest of this postCome to ClimateCamp G20 on April 1st! (forum post)
Hi folks,
Is anyone planning to go to the Climate Camp on Wednesday 1st April in Central London? I and at least 1 other Peckham Powerer might be going. Let us know if you fancy going by replying to this thread! Here's a short bit of blurb from the Climate Camp website:
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We've camped against the Heathrow runway, we've camped against the Kingsnorth coal power station. Now its time to camp against the over-arching problem: absolute faith in unfettered markets and endless economic growth. On April 1st the G20 leaders arrive in London. At a time of climate crisis their response to the market meltdown is emergency loans to car manufacturers, increased spending to encourage consumption, and bailouts for the very people who got us into this mess - just the thing that will make the climate crisis worse.
Don’t let them get away with it: join our camp in the Square Mile!
We will convergence on the European Climate Exchange, Hasilwood House, 62 Bishopsgate, EC2N 4AW at 12:30 exactly. If we are to be succesful, it is very important that we all arrive at the Climate Exchange at the same time. We must swoop in from different directions, and under different means to all arrive within a minute or two of each other. We therefore advise that people meet up with their mates early, and somewhere within easy reach of the Climate Exchange. Then, at the appropriate moment, leave quickly, and timed to arrive at exactly 12:30. You may even want to practice beforehand....
More info: http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/g20
Perhaps a "Peckham contingent" could gather before hand?
Read the rest of this postAgenda for Steering Committee meeting 15 (wiki post)
Agenda for Steering Committee 15
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Community Energy Workshop, 2nd May
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Broad overview of schedule; speakers; facilitators; required "props"?
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Venue
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Publicity
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Food
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Funding (is the funding, the food, the publicity and the venue all being provided and organised by Southwark?)
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