Abstract

Nationally we need to upgrade millions of buildings and adopt energy saving habits to save energy but there are difficulties: not knowing what to do, about the financing, about who to trust to do the work. This workshop will discuss the issues and explore example projects to show what can be done, and what is important to make things work. The examples include schools and churches and also some local projects you may know about: Open Eco Homes, the e-Coton solar panel bulk buy and Rampton Drift. We will develop some criteria to evaluate these and your project ideas. If you come to our workshop with a project in mind, you will come away with a more thorough understanding of how to make it a success. If you didn’t have any particular ideas to start with, you will have lots to consider afterwards