Since Tap into Savings launched in Coventry we have been working with a number of community groups to explain about water saving and the free water saving equipment available. Some of these groups have gone on to run an EcoTeam as part of their regular meetings. The most recent was the Asian Blind Association, who finished [...]
We’ve been doing a lot of work in the past few weeks checking that people in Tile Hill and Canley are happy with the home visits to fit water saving equipment and also about the equipment which has been fitted.
What’s been really encouraging is the feedback we received about our installers – people have found [...]
Last week I was lucky enough to visit Greenfields Community Housing’s new green ’show home’, which demonstrates energy and water saving products to local residents. The house, in Halstead, includes things like heat pumps, electricity-generating solar panels on the roof, and mechanical ventilation to improve air quality in the house and reduce condensation. Automatic lights make sure [...]
This week Coventry City Council, one of the Tap into Savings partners, is focusing on saving energy through Switch if Off Week.
The Council is looking at its own energy use and also helping local residents to make savings. Here are some ways that you can get involved.
Enery monitors available to borrow from local libraries. See also [...]
One simple way to cut electricity use is to switch off things which use power in standby mode or through transformers which waste electricity as heat when they are plugged in, even if the appliance isn’t switched on! Some quick examples from recent EcoTeams findings:
an old TV, which used 80 watts in use and 6 [...]
In two of the project areas we’ve been able to give some people energy monitors to keep a track of their electricity use. In Redhill and Merstham these have been provided thanks to Raven Housing Trust. In Coventry we have been able to give energy monitors to EcoTeam members to help them with their energy [...]
We had a great start to the two new Redhill EcoTeams on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings – at least another 20 people taking part, with lots of support from Sustainable Redhill, Redhill Methodist Church, Raven Housing, Sutton and East Surrey Water and Reigate and Banstead Council.
We have a few places left on both of these teams, [...]
Over 500 people in Mersthan and Redhill have signed up for free water and energy saving products. If you have received a letter offering a free home visit to install these products, but have not yet taken up the offer, it is not too late!
Installing the products takes around 40 minutes and is completely free. [...]
The free home visits to households in Merstham and Redhill are well underway! Hundreds of people are already having water and energy saving products fitted in their homes. If you have received a letter about a Tap into Savings home visit, ring today on 01737 272400 to book yours!