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Local Eco Homes Event Triples Numbers in Second Year
Fri, 20 June 2014A local event designed to save people money on their energy bills and make their homes warmer, has tripled the number of people getting involved in just its second year. More than 300 people visited energy efficient homes taking part in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Eco Open Homes Week during May - up from less than 100 at a pilot event in 2013. The event saw 15 households and people from two other buildings, all of whom have installed energy efficient and renewable features, open their doors to inspire others to improve their own homes.
Visitors were able to talk to householders, and in some cases architects and installers, about their experience of improving their homes and living in them. A range of houses were on display:
- In one 1990’s home the householder had cut their bills in half by spending £3000 on a new boiler, cavity wall and loft insulation and some draught-proofing.
- Measures for which there are currently government grants, such as solid wall insulation, were on display.
- Two homes were mid-refurbishment meaning that visitors could get a direct sense of the work involved in making a home more energy efficient.
- One householder had recorded a 2°C difference in temperature simply by installing thermally lined blinds.
- People also had the chance to visit a purpose built row of five eco homes, seven research homes at the University of Nottingham and a community-owned hydro project which provides power a local supermarket.
One visitor commented: '
Caroline Harmon of Marches Energy Agency, organisers of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Eco Homes Open Week, said:
Details of future events will be posted on our website: www.everybodys-talking.org/ecohomes
More than £2.6 million issued for new Green Deal Home Improvement Fund in first week
Wed, 18 June 2014
Energy Ministers have announced that £2.61 million was issued to households through the new Green Deal Home Improvement Fund during the scheme’s first week.
National News in Brief
Wed, 18 June 2014
Renewable sector welcomes RHI improvements:http://publicsectorenergy.memberise.com/news/view/renewable-sector-welcomes-rhi-improvements- 739
- European Commission publishes new energy security strategy: http://ec.europa.eu/energy/security_of_supply_en.htm
- Government announces details of new Infrastructure Bill:
Open consultation: RHI biomethane injection to grid tariff review
Wed, 18 June 2014 
This consultation on the RHI biomethane injection to grid tariff seeks views from industry on the proposed adjustment to the biomethane to grid tariff. The consultation presents two tariff options: banding and tiering. For each option, scenarios are presented that illustrate how tariffs for different sizes of biomethane plant might be derived.
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/rhi-biomethane-injection-to-grid-tariff-review
£7600 to make your home more energy efficient
Wed, 18 June 2014
Households that are making their homes more energy efficient can now claim money back to make the cost of the process less expensive. Due to the new Green Deal Home improvement fund (GDHIF), people in England and Wales will be able to receive up to £7600 in order to help lower the amount of money the customer has to spend out of their own pocket and so they can manage their bills and have warmer, greener homes.
This new deal has been put into place to make sure people have the help they need fitting their new energy efficient measures, such as, solid wall insulation and new heating systems. The GDHIF will be available from June 2014.
www.gov.uk/government/news/7600-to-make-your-home-more-energy-efficient