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Action Ideas[]
- Microgeneration W
- Community energy projects
- Energy awareness weeks
- Fuel poverty Projects
- Energy Credit Unions
- Community owned energy sources, eg community owned hydro scheme - see for example Sustainable energy East Midlands
- energy monitor available to borrow via library, as Lancashire County Council example
- community solar gardens
Why it matters
Sustainable energy is about renewable, clean or green energy, and energy efficiency or saving energy. (longer article needed)
Campaigns UK[]
Consultations[]
- April 4 2007 - "Green light for home energy improvements", Communities and Local Government. Closing date for responses to Consultation Paper: Changes to Permitted Development is 27 June 2007. Consultation Paper
- Energy Review Consultation by the UK Government, 2006, Launched on January 23 2006. Closing date for comment is 14 April 2006
Related[]
Wanted pages and external links
- Centre for Sustainable Energy
- energyshare
- Homes Matter
- rural community energy projects on Google Maps
- Sustainable Energy Alliance
- Community Action for Energy - CAfE - Initiative from the Energy Saving Trust to promote and facilitate local community-based energy projects
- Small Wind Systems BWEA site designed as a first port of call to help anyone interested in installing their own small wind turbine - information on the range of available technologies, grants, planning issues, frequently asked questions and research. There is also a range of case studies of existing installations, from homes and businesses to primary schools and farms.
- Green Electricity Tariffs Information from Friends of the Earth
- The Energy Saving Trust Site includes contact details for local energy advice centres
- National Energy Action
- Save Energy Website managed by the Energy Saving Trust
- National Energy Foundation
- Ecotricity Largest independent green energy supplier in Europe
- Low carbon buildings programme, Department of Trade and Industry (government) site
References