The Fantastic Home, a new mobile display which showcases energy efficient living in the home, visited the Festival of World Cultures in Chesterfield Marketplace on Saturday 14th August.
Staff on the display gave away items worth more than £3,000 to passerbys. When used in homes these items will collectively save people almost £70,000 on their energy bills over their lifetime.
Items given out which help to save energy and water in the home included tv powerdowns and showersaves provided by Eon and savaflush bags for toilets and showetimes from Severn Trent Water. Meanwhile, staff from Chesterfield Borough Council gaveaway energy saving lightbulbs and computer powerdowns.
The event was organised by Derbyshire Constabulary and even the police got a chance to make use of the display's energy bike to try to power a lightbulb!
Derbyshire-based community groups looking for cash to aid their efforts to tackle climate change can search for funding opportunities at GRANT net. Provided by Derbyshire County Council the facility can help groups looking for funding in these cash-strapped times!
See: www.derbyshire.gov.uk/community/lottery_funding/grant_net/default.asp
More than 600 people received free low energy lightbulbs at Arnold Carnival in Gedling on 19th and 20th June.
Marches Energy Agency's (MEA) Light Fantastic was on hand to give out more than 1000 of the lightbulbs and advice about energy efficiency to festival-goers at the busy event in Arnot Hill Park which was organised by Gedling Borough Council.
Caroline Harmon of MEA said: ' The response to the stand was great: at the busiest times we couldn't give out the bulbs fast enough. Lots of people also wanted advice about the range of low energy light bulbs available and we were able to help them with this. We also set up our giant snake and ladders-style board game which was popular with children and helped them to learn about lowering carbon emissions.'