A recent report by the Association for the Conservation of Energy (AECB) calculates that the UK has the highest level of fuel poverty in Europe and the fabric of its buildings is among the worst of all European countries. Recent changes to government policy with roll-backs of energy efficiency measures in homes including: The cancellation […]
Local engineering consultancy Buro Happold have been working with Bath Abbey to try to make the Abbey more sustainable. The most important aspect of the project is to use hot water from the Roman Bath’s next door to provide underfloor heating to the Abbey. To date they have installed underfloor heating under flag stones on […]
For the last 3 years we have been running training courses to teach locals how to use a thermal imaging camera. To run these sources we need a home owners to host the training course for 10 people which will last for 2 hours on a weekday evening sometime in November or December. If you […]
Transition Bath’s energy group would like to congratulate one of our volunteers, Sarah Warren on becoming a CAT (Centre for Alternative Technology) student, studying for an MSc in Sustainability and Adaptation . As part of her application process she wrote this article on thermal imaging based on her experiences with the Bathford Energy Group and […]
On April 14th we will be holding our annual project planning meeting to decide which projects we are going to be running in the coming year. This will involve both new projects and continuing work with existing projects. Potential new and old projects include: Thermal Imaging: how should we go forward (there will be a […]
Transition Bath’s treasurer Hugh Prentice has been running a sustainable mushroom farm in the vaults under the old railway station at Green Park in Bath since March 2014. He has been collecting coffee grounds from cafes and restaurants on a daily basis and using the grounds to grow mushrooms which he then sells at the […]
Transition Bath has a long held ambition that tradespersons in Bath hold additional accreditations in how energy efficiency measures can be applied to our historic buildings. So for example a tradesperson installing internal wall insulation is able to provide good advice on whether to use a natural vapour permeable solution or a modern solution with […]
Welcome to this month’s Transition happenings in Bath… View this email in your browser July Newsletter We have a surprising amount of news for a summer month. The news is dominated by transport – B&NES has launched its transport strategy, Transition Bath its Chelsea Road initiative and we are asking for your views on how […]
Bathford Energy Group (BEG) has recently completed their write-up of their first year of thermal imaging. Their project was run in conjunction with Transition Bath. During the course of the winter they surveyed 15 homes, identifying many common issues to both old and new homes. Identification of common issues The common sources of heat […]
Energy Efficient Widcombe were involved in the Transition Bath Thermal Imaging project in 2014 and surveyed 15 homes. They have written up an extensive report of their experiences, which is available here. Some of the images they took, showing a wide selection of the issues they came across are shown above. In summary, their conclusions for […]