Local energy

Local energy

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.

An example of the material produced by the programme

Every Action Counts

Could existing communities committed to low-carbon activities – like Low Carbon Wolvercote, which was one of the communities studied – be ready for personal carbon trading?

Making carbon personal? A snapshot of community initiatives

Pupils from Castle School in Thornbury, in the council chamber in Bristol

Climate Change Challenge 2007

Are communities – like this renewable energy group in Wales – well-placed to influence individual behaviour?

Individual Mobilisation Through Community

Many of Mendip's public sector buildings are of the 1960s or 1970s vintage and, like this school, built without regard to energy efficiency. Difficult to insulate, they are cold in winter and easily overheat in summer

Mendip 'Invest to Save'

Energy Champions at Bath council in celebratory mood

Our Big Energy Challenge

Having their say: students at the Climate Change Challenge

Climate Change Challenge 2005

Pipework for a ground source heat pump, in this case at an education facility in Somerset

Hartcliffe Carbon-Neutral Community Building

A wind farm development, such as this one, could potentially have significant benefits for the local community

Community Benefits from Wind Power

Plan it Cool was able to offer a solar PV array to High Down Junior School in North Somerset. Here, the panels are placed on the south-facing rack

The Energy Matters resource packs

Solar hot water provides a perfect complement for camping

Pitching for Solar

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