A community in transition to a low carbon, sustainable, resilient life.
Project Ideas
LCCC IDEAS from first meeting 12th October 2009
VILLAGE HALL UPGRADE
~ currently very energy inefficient & ripe for conversion
~ demonstrable carbon savings
~ renewable energy
~ listed building
~ old buildings are a bigger challenge
~ new uses?
~ behaviour changes - example to other village halls
~ plans already drawn up
WIND FARM
Maybe outside the village
PHOTOVOLTAIC SCHEMES
~ Business park roofs
~ Riverside business park roofs
~ Lower Road factory roof
~ Rydons
~ Village Hall roof as part of refurbishment
~ revenue from electricity sold to the grid used to fund: ongoing behavior changes in community; home insulation
~ less planning issues as on business roof
~ only a few owners to negotiate with
ECO HOUSING
~ too ambitious?
~ fits with existing Forest Row Materplan & Wealden Plan
~ transport/water/energy issues
Project needs to be small enough to generate research results i.e. make central community resource example then extend
RETROFIT EXISTING HOUSES
~ insulation
~ shutters
~ Majority of housing stock is old so this applies to a lot
~ monitoring & education on energy use (smart meters, thermal imaging)
~ 1,700 homes = £300/home. To insulate would cost £150-£200/home
~ show how to roll out in other communities
CAR CLUB
BIKE HIRE SCHEME
~ folding bikes
~ cycle lanes to schools
~ refer to Ambleside example
~ cycle proficiency discount card
~ cycle to school with child and parents to show how to do it
COMMUNITY CENTER
~ wood chip boiler
~ heating management
~ report already been done
Who can be involved?
~ have to be legally constituted
~ Farm co-op
~ Emerson College
~ steering group
~ opportunity to draw groups together
VILLAGE HALL UPGRADE
~ currently very energy inefficient & ripe for conversion
~ demonstrable carbon savings
~ renewable energy
~ listed building
~ old buildings are a bigger challenge
~ new uses?
~ behaviour changes - example to other village halls
~ plans already drawn up
WIND FARM
Maybe outside the village
PHOTOVOLTAIC SCHEMES
~ Business park roofs
~ Riverside business park roofs
~ Lower Road factory roof
~ Rydons
~ Village Hall roof as part of refurbishment
~ revenue from electricity sold to the grid used to fund: ongoing behavior changes in community; home insulation
~ less planning issues as on business roof
~ only a few owners to negotiate with
ECO HOUSING
~ too ambitious?
~ fits with existing Forest Row Materplan & Wealden Plan
~ transport/water/energy issues
Project needs to be small enough to generate research results i.e. make central community resource example then extend
RETROFIT EXISTING HOUSES
~ insulation
~ shutters
~ Majority of housing stock is old so this applies to a lot
~ monitoring & education on energy use (smart meters, thermal imaging)
~ 1,700 homes = £300/home. To insulate would cost £150-£200/home
~ show how to roll out in other communities
CAR CLUB
BIKE HIRE SCHEME
~ folding bikes
~ cycle lanes to schools
~ refer to Ambleside example
~ cycle proficiency discount card
~ cycle to school with child and parents to show how to do it
COMMUNITY CENTER
~ wood chip boiler
~ heating management
~ report already been done
Who can be involved?
~ have to be legally constituted
~ Farm co-op
~ Emerson College
~ steering group
~ opportunity to draw groups together
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Patrick on -
My initial reaction on reading the list is:
The ideal outome would be to have a successful bid for a project that
- benefited some collective expression of community (e.g. village hall/community centre)
- included some cutting edge carbon reduction technology (eye catching/headline grabbing)
- provided an income to help fund future Transition/carbon reduction activities (positive feedback to encourage more change)
- involved a significant number of residents in real positive behaviour change e.g. more kids cycling to school/less cars on school run.(wider community engagement) -
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Permalink Reply by David Jonas on -
Since this grant is aimed at Carbon Reduction, our primary criteria in selecting a scheme should be the delivery of maximum carbon reduction for the grant available in our circumstances. This approach is rational, responsible, and I believe will be a prerequisite for securing the funding.
In a leaky old village like ours primary insulation has to take priority over renewable energy schemes. In other words, there's no merit in developing inovative, challenging, expensive low efficiency renewable energy solutions until after we have reduced the large proportion of our energy draw that is being wasted in thermally innefficient homes. -
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