We are excited to launch our seventh Housewarming Guide: Electricity, Appliances and Home Renewables.
Our first six Housewarming Guides focused on how to reduce heat loss and how best to heat your home to achieve the lowest carbon emissions and costs. This guide focuses on saving money and reducing carbon emissions from electricity use. Find out how you can:
Are you worried about the climate crisis and looking for ways to contribute locally and make a difference? Oxford charity Low Carbon Oxford North are seeking new trustees.
Being a trustee is an opportunity to get involved in LCON’s projects in whatever ways suit your interests and other commitments. LCON is keen for people of all ages and backgrounds to get involved: you don’t need masses of experience or knowledge about climate change. Trustees meet once a month and they also – depending on availability and interests – step forward to lead or take part in projects. We have an experienced bookkeeper to deal with our modest financial transactions, and a brilliant co-ordinator who provides project management and keeps everything moving. If you think you might be interested or would like to find out more, please contact our chair Rebecca by email to arrange an informal chat (chair@lcon.org.uk), or read this document.
Lots of organisations have been busy putting in place information and support to help us save energy as we approach winter. We have listed some of these below – whether you want some quick and easy tips to reduce energy consumption in your own home, or are looking for ways to support those who are struggling.
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We were delighted to see the launch of Energy Saving Homes bite-size films last Tuesday, as part of Great Big Green Week. Many thanks to all those who came.
The bite-size films are a series of 2-4 minute films made by Energy Saving Homes, a project of Communities for a Zero Carbon Oxford. Funded by the Low Carbon Hub and Oxford City Council, the films are all about how to save energy in your home – with examples from real people.
You can see all the talks from Communities for Zero Carbon Oxford‘s Energy Saving Fair on our YouTube channel. The talks cover lots of aspects of eco-renovation, including where to start, cheap and easy fixes to save energy, bigger projects like heat pumps, how to tackle challenges, and where to find out more.
Following the launch of our Housewarming Guides, we will be running a series of monthly ‘Housewarmings’ – structured meetings with local residents. Everyone who lives in North Oxford is warmly invited – if you have not yet joined the existing networking group, you are welcome to do so now. The monthly meetings will start on Tuesday 11 October and continue until July 2023 and will be held at the Woodstock Road Baptist Church, 198 Woodstock Road, OX2 7NQ (corner of Beech Croft Road). All the meetings are on the second Tuesday of the month, every month except for December and April. They start at 7.30 pm and finish at 9.00 pm.
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We hope to see many of you during Energy Saving Homes – whether you want to visit an Energy Saving home in Oxford and hear from the householder, or find out about a range of options for energy efficiency and renewable generation at our Energy Saving Fair on 26 June. See all the details below or visit the Energy Saving Homes website.
Find out which homes are open on which days on the website energysavinghomes.org or visit Daily Info. And click here to download a list of homes you can visit in north Oxford.
Our Housewarming Programme aims to help homeowners prepare their homes to meet net zero targets, phase out fossil fuels and cut down energy use. It brings homeowners together, in a supportive environment, to help navigate the overwhelming amount of information; build greater understanding of the options available; and look to identify the right steps for each home.
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Our Communities for Zero Carbon home energy project, ‘Energy Saving Homes’, is now funded and underway – and we need your help!
Have you made your home more energy efficient in any way and would you like to inspire others to do the same?
We’re looking for people like you, who have installed anything from letterbox brushes, insulation and glazing, to renewables, to take part.
Choose what times and which days to open – and you can even do it virtually if you prefer (eg through zoom). Demonstrating what you’ve done and explaining all the pros and cons to your neighbours can have a really big impact.
Find out more at Communities for Zero Carbon Oxford and contact Lois Muddiman at lois.muddiman@energysavinghomes.co.uk if you’re interested in taking part.
