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Enabling local authorities and communities across the UK to develop effective responses to the threat of climate change and the misery of cold homes is a central feature of CSE’s work. For an overview of our work in this area, to download useful tools and resources, and to sign-up for our free Community Energy Update, click here. 

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Solar PV is proving a popular renewable energy option among community groups
East Midlands community renewable energy workshops
Local energy
Bristol Community Energy: Local Energy Initiatives
Bristol Community Energy: Local Energy Initiatives
Local energy
Solar panels on the roof of a landmark community building, Hamilton House, Stokes Croft, installed by Ethical Solar, Bristol Power CIC (community interest company) and Bristol Energy Cooperative, and partly funded through the Catalyst Fund
Bristol Community Energy: Catalyst Fund
Local energy
Rachel Coxcoon uses the PlanLoCaL model to talk about the siting and planning of renewable energy, and how communities can get involved
PlanLoCaL: scale-model brings local people to the planners' table
Local energy
Talking about planning – PlanLoCaL aims to get communities engaged with their local planning department, particularly in order to identify and promote low-carbon initiatives
PlanLoCaL: overview
Local energy
Data aimed at helping to improve houses such as these
Assisting with the Community Energy Saving Programme (CESP)
Local energy
The Beacon Community Regeneration project in Falmouth is the type of scheme that the CESP should be flexible enough to include
Review of the market for CESP community partnerships
Local energy
Are communities – like this renewable energy group in Wales – well-placed to influence individual behaviour?
Individual Mobilisation Through Community
Local energy
An example of the material produced by the programme
Every Action Counts
Local energy
A wind farm development, such as this one, could potentially have significant benefits for the local community
Community Benefits from Wind Power
Local energy
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