This is a brief update to our previous analysis of B&NES’s carbon emissions from 2014; carbon emissions and electricity consumption continue to drop in the B&NES Local Authority area. Carbon Emissions According to government statistics carbon emissions dropped from 1102 kt CO2 in 2005 to 850 kt CO2 in 2015 a drop of 23%: The […]
Energy Sparks website launched (Transition Bath Schools’ Energy Education Programme)
Transition Bath have been working with Bath: Hacked (a not-for-profit group promoting Open Data) on a website as part of an energy education program we are running with schools this year, and our new website have recently gone live: http://www.energysparks.uk/ . The website makes public electricity and gas smart meter data and integrates a gaming engine to […]
150 fold increase in renewable energy capacity in B&NES in last 6 years
According to an article written by Pete Capener, CEO of Bath & West Community Energy (BWCE), the renewable energy capacity in B&NES based on data from Ofgem has increased from 150kW to 22MW in B&NES between 2010 and 2016, a 150 fold increase. The current production is enough to provide electricity for 5.600 local homes, […]
Should B&NES change transport policy focus from road and car parking building towards reducing the 31,000 local car journeys in Bath each day?
Adam Reynolds, chair of CycleBath and member of the Transition Bath Transport Group is trying to change the mindset of the Council away from a focus on road and car park building towards encouraging Bathonian’s to walk, cycle and use public transport. As he points out there are 31,000 local car journeys and 4,500 school […]
Crowd-sourcing of questions for the Transition Bath Hustings for the West of England Mayoral Elections on 4th May 2017
On Wednesday April 26th 2017 we will be holding our West of England Combined Authority Hustings for the prospective mayor for B&NES, Bristol and South Gloucestershire . In preparation we would like to crowd-source some questions for the event and would like your help. Please remember Transition Bath’s focus is on making Bath more sustainable […]
Curo starts consultation on south-side transport solutions including cable car
Curo’s consultation on solutions to transport and traffic problems on the south side of Bath has started with a series of consultation events. Their plans are summarised in these posters, and they have set a new website http://www.southbathtransportoptions.co.uk/ to outline their plans. Curo are building the 700+ new home Mulberry Park housing development on the ex-MOD Foxhill […]
Free Bike Loan Scheme in Bath
Bath and North East Council in conjunction with 2 local bike shops in Bath and Radstock, are offering anyone who doesn’t own a bicycle the opportunity to borrow a bike for a month to encourage them to take up cycling. There is a choice of 3 different bicycle types: a hybrid, an electric and a […]
Transition Bath’s Representations to the Communities, Transport, Environmental Policy and Scrutiny Panel
On Monday 13th March Transition Bath was represented at this B&NES commitee meeting by Gill Risbridger and Adam Reynolds (also of CycleBath). A written version of Gill’s presentation appears here. The meeting covered a wide variety of subjects including the new Bath Quays Cycle and Pedestrian Bridge, Transport Planning, Air Quality and the Churchill pedestrian […]
New Season of Foraging Walks to start from 26th March
Nat’s foraging walks are about to start again after a winter break. The first walk will be at 11.00am on Sunday 26th March starting from Smallcombe Nuttery: more informaton on the Foraging Bath Facebook page. Everyone is welcome, please just turn up, you don;t need to have been to one before or be an existing […]
Transport Responsibilities of New Metro Mayor
With the upcoming elections for the first West of England Authority ‘Metro Mayor‘ coming up in May, many of us have been unaware of his/her future responsibilities. Some light has been shed on the mayor’s transport responsibilities from an email exchange between Neil Butters, a local B&NES councillor, and Lib Dem Transport Spokesperson, and B&NES […]