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Thrive Renewables host visitors at the Boardinghouse wind farm in Cambridgeshire.
Fund for community buildings is back!
11 December 2017
Sustainable energy and heritage buildings
17 November 2017
THERMOS project heats up with a new website
12 May 2017
John Bowman and Andy Lawrence with a new draught-proof window for Merriott Village Hall, a much used community venue in Somerset
WPD reopen popular energy efficiency grant
12 September 2016
Give advice on energy efficiency in heritage buildings
Give advice on energy efficiency in heritage buildings
16 June 2016
Valuable lessons from EU project to make apartment blocks more efficient
Valuable lessons from EU project to make apartment blocks more efficient
16 March 2016
What could we do - in the public interest - with the avalanche of household energy use data that smart meters will soon be generating
Exploring the public interest in smart energy data
15 March 2016
The Trade Support Scheme helped tradespeople such as heating engineers expand into the low-carbon sector in Bath and around
Trade Support Scheme - how did it go?
3 March 2016
Webinar: energy efficiency in multi-occupancy apartment blocks
Webinar: energy efficiency in multi-occupancy apartment blocks
15 February 2016
A handmade woodblade wind turbine on display in St Agnes. This event was part of the expansion of the network into Cornwall, Wales and the East of England during 2015
Green Open Homes is going strong
22 December 2015
Two fifths of applications included LED lighting upgrades compared to just one in 2011 (although compact fluorescent lighting was popular then)
WPD fund supports 55 communities
1 December 2015
Project partners met in Vienna in early October to discuss findings from meetings with stakeholders, and progress made on real life retrofits
Don’t let apartment living keep you in the cold
26 October 2015
Bristol's Healthy City Week, 10-18 October
Bristol's Healthy City Week, 10-18 October
15 September 2015
A 1966 block of 36 flats at Dolgozó út 2, Budapest, Hungary. With thin concrete walls and no insulation, this is typical of much European housing badly needing an energy efficiency retrofit
Retrofit in multi occupancy buildings
10 September 2015
The Passmore Edwards Institute in Hayle, Cornwall, now has low-energy lighting thanks to a grant awarded in the last round of Community Chest funding
Another £50K for community buildings
7 September 2015
Seeing an energy efficiency measure in situ can often spark questions
Upcoming Green Open Homes events
26 August 2015
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