Latest Speaker at Nottingham's Corner Encourages Energy Saving
Tue, 9 November 2010
The latest person to take on the crowds at Speaker's Corner in Nottingham has encouraged people to save money and help tackle climate change.
Kris McGowan of Marches Energy Agency was in Nottingham on Saturday 6th November to demonstrate how the cumulative energy savings made by fitting a low energy lightbulb costing just £1 could eventually lead to being able to pay for a solar panel which could generate an income of more than £35,000! Intermediate steps included fitting insulation and a new boiler.
The speech was accompanied by the Fantastic Home trailer which gave away energy saving devices such as TV Powerdowns and Showersaves to more than 500 passerbys and also offered advice on a range of energy efficiency issues. Nottingham Warm Zone were also on hand to offer subsidised insulation for £49. Representatives from Nottingham City Council also conducted a questionnaire about people’s attitude to climate change which will help inform their production of a city wide climate change strategy.
Kris said: 'Thank you to the organisers of Speaker’s Corner for making us so welcome and also to the Nottingham City Council representatives for their support and assistance on the day.'
Visitors: 540 (approx)
Bulbs distributed: 270
PowerDown Units distributed: 104
Sava Flush distributed: 110
Shower Timers distributed: 90
Self Audits: 60
Shower Savers distributed: 23
Solar Referrals: 1
CO2 saved (lifetime): 111,143kg
Retained economic benefit (lifetime): £60,826
Water saved (lifetime): 3,227,850 litres