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Fantastic Home at Riverside Festival, Nottingham

Date: 
Sat, 06/08/2011

The Fantastic Home exhibition will be at the Riverside Festival in Nottingham.

Come along to get advice on energy saving in the home and some energy saving freebies.

Fantastic Home at Lark in the Park

Date: 
Wed, 03/08/2011

 

The Fantastic Home exhibition will be visiting 'Lark in the Park', Rushcliffe Borough's Council's day of family fun at Bridgford Park, West Bridgford.

Come along to get advice on saving energy in home, pick up some energy saving freebies and find out how to get subsidised insulation for your home.

 

Melbourne Area Transition at Melbourne Carnival

Date: 
Sat, 09/07/2011
Melbourne Area Transition will be having a fun and informative stall at the carnival -mcome along and try generating electricity by bike power, give us your ideas for the community woodland and find out about solar power.

Study Tour: Creative Energy Homes Project

Date: 
Wed, 06/07/2011

University of Nottingham

2pm-approx. 3:30pm

The Creative Energy Homes Project is a showcase of  four innovative state-of-the-art energy-efficient homes. The project aims to stimulate sustainable design ideas and promote new ways of providing affordable, environmentally sustainable housing that are innovative in their design.

One home is a replica 1930’s house (pictured), subsequently updated to show how retrofit measures can improve a home’s energy efficiency. Another reflects an aim to build an energy efficient masonry home that can be mass produced and is affordable.

Places are limited and pre-booking is essential. For further information please contact Caroline Harmon: ccan@mea.org.uk / 07748 508704.

 

Funded by the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Local Authorities Energy Partnership

Run by Marches Energy Agency

Workshop: Domestic Energy Efficiency

Date: 
Sat, 25/06/2011

1pm-5pm

Location: Derbyshire Eco Centre
This workshop is free to attend for anyone living in Derbyshire or Nottinghamshire.
 
This practical and interactive workshop will focus on the many options for making our homes more energy efficient and the best places to start. We will look at both physical measures and behavioural change. We will look at real examples of what others have done. We will also take a brief look at how to encourage others in your community to become more energy efficient.
 
Places are limited and pre-booking is essential. To book for please contact Caroline Harmon: ccan@mea.org.uk / 07748 508704.

 

Funded by the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Local Authorities Energy Partnership. Run by Marches Energy Agency

 

11am-4pm

This workshop is taking place at the same time as a day-long ‘ Green Homes’ event in the Derbyshire Eco Centre. Why not book for the workshop and arrive a little early to get a head start visiting stalls, demonstrations and activities focused on making your home more green.

Fantastic Home - Solney Newton, South Derbyshire

Date: 
Fri, 13/05/2011

Fantastic Home visits the launch of Low Carbon Communities Solney Newton

Fantastic Home - Barrow, South Derbyshire

Date: 
Thu, 14/04/2011

The Fantastie Home visits the Brookfield Club in Barrow, South Derbyshire

Future of Energy in hayfield

Date: 
Wed, 19/01/2011

Hayfield primary School, Swallow House Lane
 7pm-9pm
 Includes:

  • Launch of Sustainable Hayfield
  • R.A.D. FREE Project: how to keep warm & reduce your energy bills!
  • Free training scheme for volunteer energy advisors
  • PV Solar Technology: take advantage of the Government FIT scheme to reduce your electricity bills / carbon footprint.
  • Hayfield Community Benefit Scheme: an opportunity to invest in local Green Technology Projects


Contact: parishclerk@hayfield.info tel: 01663 744550 or cath.moss@orange.net

 

Online Energy Monitoring Training Session

Date: 
Thu, 02/12/2010
2nd December & a second date tbc
Nottingham CVS, 7 Mansfield Road, Nottingham
FREE
 
Marches Energy Agency (MEA) are offering a free training sessions on energy efficiency and carbon management for third sector organisations based in Nottinghamshire.
 
The training, which will run over two sessions, will explain how to use MEA’s innovative interactive webtool WeSave (www.wesave.org.uk) to monitor and reduce energy consumption in your organisation. They will also explore how to engage staff in this process and how to produce an energy report for a building.
 
The training sessions are part of a larger support package for Third Sector Organisations which is being funded by the Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership.
 
For more information: http://twoak.com/fbzb.
To book a place contact Phil Wilson on 01623 727600 orpwilson@rcan.org.uk.

3rd Sector Carbon Mangement Training - Session two of two

Date: 
Thu, 25/11/2010

CO2 Partnership Engagement (COPE) is a project which can help voluntary and not-for-profit organisations save money by reducing their energy consumption. It makes use of Marches Energy Agency's innovative online carbon footprinting tool We Save.

 

 
This FREE training, run over two sessions (30th Sept and 25th Nov), will include:
 
  • Energy efficiency, leading to detailed understanding of energy consumption 
  • Organisational and staff engagement
  • Carbon foot-printing of your organisation using a specially developed online Web-based tool, followed by carbon reduction action planning
  • Best practice and knowledge sharing, and mutual support
You will learn how to produce a report on your building(s), including energy and cost savings from renovations (helping to attract funding).
 
The project will provide email and telephone support and free energy monitors.
 
To book a place contact Phil Wilson at RCAN: 01623 727600 or pwilson@rcan.org.uk
 
COPE is funded by the Regional Improvement & Efficiency Partnership by Rural Community Action Nottinghamshire (RCAN), and Marches Energy Agency (MEA).