Green Energy Solutions
Getting the facts about green technologies
• Energy Saving Trust, key source of free information, publications, training, advice and consultancy on the efficient use of energy in building. http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk• Centre for Alternative Technology have a basic range of information sheets you can download free http://www.cat.org.uk/information/info_content.tmpl
• The Sustainable Building Association for simple fact sheets http://www.aecb.net/factsheet.php
• The Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE ) for general background information, updates and examples of good practice http://www.cse.org.uk/
• Beyond the hall - Greening your community plan
http://www.wmrcan.org.uk/files/greening_your_community_artwork_1.pdf
Read about the experience of other community building committees which have installed a range of different green technologies using the downloads below. These are real examples of energy saving and cost reduction within community buildings in Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Downloads
- Areley Kings. A good example of doing a thorough Green Audit on a hall
- Bredwardine. Photovoltaic panels on a small village hall
- Dodford. A wood pellet boiler system in a larger hall
- FNMH Variable Ceiling Project
- Goodrich Goes Green
- Rotary House. An air to air solution for a small hall
- Tardebigge Community Hall. Ground Source
- Woolhope. A good example of doing a thorough Green Audit on a hall