Environmental Action For A Better Leicestershire Saving money in current Climate Change Can you save money in the current scenario of Climate Change? Community

Environmental Action For A Better Leicestershire

Saving money in current Climate Change

Can you save money in the current scenario of Climate Change?

Community Forum MeetingMarkfield, Ratby & Groby Community Forum

Donna Worship

Hetal Patel

ENABLE



Climate Change – Our attitude

Climate Change – Our behaviour

Some questions on your perception

Our response - Act On CO2

Climate Friendly Communities – Tilton on the Hill







Questions on your perception

Q.1 – How many of you believe in the Climate Change?

Q.2 – How you think it effects you – directly or indirectly?

Q.3 – Which is your highest recurring living cost?

Q.4 – Do you know how much you can save by changing your habits/behaviours?

Q.5 – Are you aware of Climate Change Pledge?

Q.6 – Do you know Eco-school Programme?





ENABLE Climate Change Pledge Actions Potential annual savings

Energy use %

CO2 emission

(Kg)

Only boil as much water as I need 0.2 22

Turn down my thermostat by 1OC 4.0 294

Turn appliances off standby 1.1 155

Install cavity wall insulation 14.1 1036

Top up my lost insulation to 270mm (10.5 inches) 6.3 462

Replace 3 light bulbs with energy saving recommended ones

0.3 44

Install a condensing boiler 10.7 703

Buy energy Saving recommended appliances 1.4 212

Wash my laundry at 30OC 0.2 36

Leave my car at home for short journeys 1.5 124



Communities we have worked with

Tilton on the Hill

Sustainable Billesdon

Ibstock Does Climate Change



What we have been doing…

Library Loan Scheme

Family Challenge

Green Fair in Tilton on the Hill

Village Hall – A Demonstration Building

Sustainable Community Energy Programme

Slow Food Day in Bilelsdon

Community CO2 Foot print Programme

Eco-School Programme

The Big Switch Off Campaign

(B)eat Your Bills in Ibstock



Tilton on the Hill

250 houses



• We won! Countywide competition• £3500, advice and help from ENABLE• To help us become a ‘Climate Friendly

Community’...





Tilton Green Fair Village Hall Sat. 11th Oct. 10am-noon

Money saving advice... ☺Home insulation grants ☺Energy saving products & ideas ☺Renewable Energy Demonstrations & grants ☺Thermal

imaging camera display ☺FREE cloth bags & energy efficient light bulbs

☺Revolutionary green cone recycling bin☺Recycling drop off – used batteries, aluminium foil, clean solid

plastics, plastic bags, CDs & DVDs

Homemade cakes & refreshments Games & PRIZE DRAW!

KIDZONE craft making, mini renewable energy models & apple bobbing



Focus on Insulation

40 x £50 grants

Home energy surveys - Sycamore Energy Assessors

15 more houses insulated so far



ECO-St Lightbulb LibraryLibrary loaned to 10% houses

£500+ light bulbs purchased

Two lists – co-ordinator + circulate with library

Circulate with OWL power monitor



Loan of OWL MonitorsPlug-in monitor5% houses so far...

ENABLE Family Challenge35% cut in Electricity use



TILTON GREENRecycling Drop-off at the Village Hall

On the second Saturday morning in each month, bring your items for recycling to the Village Hall foyer. They will then be taken to Somerby waste tip.

Used batteries Aluminium foil Plastic bagsSolid plastic (e.g., food containers & plastic bottle tops – but not bottles)

Tapes and discs Small appliances (kettles, toasters, etc.) Tetrapak cartons

Recycling



Tilton Village Hall

Demonstration?

CAFE training day

Thermal imaging

Energy survey

What next...



The Future• TILTON GREEN cloth bags

• ENABLE work with businesses

• £7000 GOEM funding

• Action packs for other rural communities

• Homes & Gardens of the Future event

• Eco-school teaching pack

• Carbon footprinting (Marches Energy Agency)

• Energy Saving Trust?



Cutting Energy COMPETITION

PRIZES £2500 towards renewable energy system

for demonstration £500 holiday in UK (funded by TG)

30+ homes signed up so far...



The Declaration, andClimate Change Action Plan – A bank of actions to develop your own action plan



Let’s Make Leicestershire Greener . . .

Thank you.

Donna Worship Hetal Patel 0116 305 7242 0116 305 7068 [email protected] [email protected]

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Environmental Action For A Better Leicestershire Saving money in current Climate Change Can you save money in the current scenario of Climate Change? Community