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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Feedback from Coventry home visits
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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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How to tackle standby waste
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 [...]
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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 [...]
Controlling condensation
Now it’s starting to get colder, problems with condensation in the home can start to get worse. However, there are some simple tips which can help to reduce condensation and it’s worth looking at these. It costs more to heat a damp room than a dry one.
The housing associations we are working with each provide [...]
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Jobs with Tap into Savings in Coventry
We are currently looking to expand the number of home visits we can achieve in Coventry and will be taking on at least two new members of staff.
These are the main skills we are looking for.
Some experience with hands-on, do-it-yourself type work; for example, maintenance, plumbing, carpentry, etc. This does not necessarily have to be [...]
Tap into Savings visits Godiva Sisters event
Kate Hunter and I recently visited the Godiva Sisters event at the Herbert Art Gallery on 10 September. It was a very colourful event as you can see from the Herbert’s pictures on Facebook.
We had the chance to talk to the Godiva Sisters afterwards and they have signed up to becoming an EcoTeam, which we’ll [...]
EcoTeams starting in Coventry
Tap into Savings launched in Coventry in July and the first EcoTeams are already running. Coventry City Council is running a staff team, which has met for over half of the 5 meetings.
Last night (Weds 8th September) saw the first EcoTeam starting in Canley, at the Canley Family Centre. We had a good group and [...]