Welcome to this month’s Transition happenings in Bath… View this email in your browser October Newsletter After a successful Bath Green Homes Open Homes Weekend at the end of September which attracted 700 home visits Transition Bath is settling into its winter program. We are launching the 2nd year of our thermal imaging service early […]
LED lighting try-before-you-buy scheme background for other community groups
Following a number of requests from other community groups about Transition Bath’s ‘try-before-you-buy’ LED lighting kit we thought it would be useful to write up some background to the project. Why a ‘try-before-you-buy’ project? 1. Why? LED bulbs are about 10 times more efficient than halogens Because we believe from a carbon and economic perspective […]
Transition Bath has been helping improve yields at the Mushroom Farm under Green Park Station
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 […]
BWCE installs 37.5 kWp of Solar PV on the council offices at Lewis House in Manvers Street
BWCE is just completed the installation of 37.5 kWp of solar panels on the council offices at Lewis House, on Manvers Street in the centre of Bath. The panels should produce about 28,000 kWh of electricity per year, which based on the buildings DEC certificate should offset about 8% of the buildings annual electricity consumption. […]
B&NES Council dismisses Call In on BWCE £500K loan
This morning (29/9/2014) the council’s Scrutiny Panel looked at a motion to delay or withdraw B&NES’s offer of a £500K loan for its 2.34MW Wilmington Solar Farm near Markbury. The £500K loan had been agreed by council cabinet members Paul Crossley and David Bellotti from its £1M Green Investment Fund. A large number of written […]
Bath Western Riverside Energy Centre and District Heating System
Bath Western Riverside Energy Centre provides the heating and hot water via a district heating system to approximately 800 homes on the newly built Crest Nicolson development at Bath Western Riverside. For those of you who didn’t get the opportunity of visiting the centre during Bath Green Homes we felt it would be useful for […]
September Newsletter
Welcome to this month’s Transition happenings in Bath… View this email in your browser September Newsletter This is probably Transition Bath’s busiest month of the year with the launch of Bath Green Homes. We have 16 homes open during the open homes weekend of 27th/28th September and 20 events running throughout the autumn. This […]
Is your tradesperson suitably qualified?
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 […]
BWCE wins “UK Community Energy Organisation of the Year” Award
Congratulations to Bath and West Community Energy in fighting off strong national competition to win the ”UK Community Energy Organisation of the Year” Award . Peter Capener, was named ‘Leader of the Year’ for his work as Chair of BWCE and supporting development of the national government’s Community Energy Strategy. Pete Capener said ‘After many years in […]
Local Food Strategy out for consultation
Sophie Kirk from B&NES Sustainability Team has been developing a Local Food Strategy to address food sustainability, rural economy, health and nutrition and related issues. Virginia Williamson, convenor of TB’s food group, has been a member of the Steering Committee. The Local Food Strategy is now out for public consultation. Please look through it and […]