In Coventry and Braintree EcoTeams are now into their third ‘wave’, with new teams being led or set up by local people following the initial two waves of teams lead by Global Action Plan.
Coventry City Council staff are now using EcoTeams materials for a staff EcoTeam meeting at lunchtimes and sharing ideas for both home [...]
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EcoTeams continuing
Community groups save water and energy
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 [...]
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Feedback from Coventry home visits
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 [...]
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Switch it off week – Coventry
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 [...]
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World Toilet Day
Friday 19 November is World Toilet Day, to raise awareness of the global sanitation crisis. 4,000 children die every day from diarrhoea caused by dirty water and poor sanitation. WaterAid, the international water charity, is organising a range of awareness-raising events and calling for people to ”spend a penny and give a pound” to help with sanitation [...]
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Coventry Recycled Cycles
I received an update from a great Coventry project, which combines recycling and helping people access a sustainable form of transport – cycling.
Coventry Recycled Cycles takes old bikes, which still have some life left in them, and gives it a new lease of life. They operate a referal service through which people can receive a [...]
Feedback on water saving products
We have now installed water and energy saving products in over 800 properties in the project areas. We have had very good feedback from customers to the dual flush converters, tap inserts and efficient shower heads.
Here are some of the comments we have received so far.
The adjustments to the taps are very good, they now [...]
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Biggest EcoTeam meeting so far
On Thursday we had the privilege of running an EcoTeam meeting with both the Godiva Sisters and the Coventry Asian Blind Association in Hillfields, with over 30 people taking part. We discussed various energy saving tips as well as sharing a birthday cake and welcoming the youngest member of the group (7 months). We’ll be [...]
Coventry’s Climate Change Champions
Coventry City Council, one of the Tap into Savings partners, is involved in a brand new project as part of the Coventry Partnership. They are working with the Neighbourhood Resource Centre for Central England and the Groundwork Trust to provide six days of FREE training for people in Coventry who want to become Climate Change [...]
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Coventry Tap into Savings , update
Hello All
We have nearly reached 200 home visits in Coventry !! We have Installed many water and energy saving products accross Canley and Tile Hill. Look out for a letter through your door or a Poster in your area for details of how to get involved.
You can also join an Eco Team , and learn [...]