The new Sustainable Routes programme, supporting with European Regional Development Funding, provides grants of up to £1000 to help SME businesses to focus on sustainable travel options that will help save the business money.
The support could help your business to develop flexible working practices, technological solutions to reduce business travel such as video conferencing, or fuel efficient driver training, facilities to encourage cycling to work etc.
For more details see http://www.sustainableroutes.co.uk/ It would be excellent if local businesses could benefit from this funding and support resource. We'd welcome any feedback if your business applies.
Wednesday 22 February 2012
Wednesday 8 February 2012
Date for your diary: village tidy-up 1st April a.m.
We're currently working to organise a village tidy up covering footpaths around Chinnor and Kingston Blount - i.e. the paths running out of the villages which are not routinely attended to by the Parish Councils' team.
At the moment we're aiming to try and have two muster points at 10:30 am at Kingston Blount Village Hall and at White's Field in Mill Lane, Chinnor, and we'll then set off in sensible groups to different locations depending on how many turn up. Chinnor Parish Council has offered to provide some litter pickers and bags and remove the collected rubbish.
There is still much to organise, so watch this space and the Events & Meetings page. If you'd like to help, please get in touch - see Contact us page for details.
Remember you can follow us for regular updates on Twitter @greeningchinnor
At the moment we're aiming to try and have two muster points at 10:30 am at Kingston Blount Village Hall and at White's Field in Mill Lane, Chinnor, and we'll then set off in sensible groups to different locations depending on how many turn up. Chinnor Parish Council has offered to provide some litter pickers and bags and remove the collected rubbish.
There is still much to organise, so watch this space and the Events & Meetings page. If you'd like to help, please get in touch - see Contact us page for details.
Remember you can follow us for regular updates on Twitter @greeningchinnor
Tuesday 7 February 2012
Smart metering and home energy reduction study
The Telegraph reported last week that the roll out of smart metering to homes in the UK will no longer be mandatory, that is to say that although the energy suppliers are likely to roll out smart metering regardless the householder has a right to refuse. This right stems from concerns in the US about electromagnetic effects and data security. However, the benefits from smart metering to both householder and energy supplier seem to make it generally a sensible thing to do. The mandated smart meter roll out is due to run from 2014 - 2019 and will see updates to gas and electricity meters, making estimated bills a thing of the past - hopefully. Although all the details are yet to be sorted, including the specification of compliant metering equipment, the key elements of a smart metering system will include:
* automated meter reading of your electricity and/or gas meters
* an "IHD" In home display which will display various data such as instantaneous energy usage and cost
* a local area network to connect the meters and the in home display wirelessly (and potentially connect to other smart energy devices in the future)
* a wide area network to take usage data back to a central point to help manage supply in the gas/electricity network, and to provide usage data to the suppliers so they can bill accurately.
A question often asked is "will these things make a difference to energy usage?" The answer, on 90+ pages is in a report of trials in multiple countries covering some 450000 households over a period of years. If you're keen to dispel the myths, or having trouble getting off to sleep, then this is the document for you. (Warning - approx 3.4MB file size)
* automated meter reading of your electricity and/or gas meters
* an "IHD" In home display which will display various data such as instantaneous energy usage and cost
* a local area network to connect the meters and the in home display wirelessly (and potentially connect to other smart energy devices in the future)
* a wide area network to take usage data back to a central point to help manage supply in the gas/electricity network, and to provide usage data to the suppliers so they can bill accurately.
A question often asked is "will these things make a difference to energy usage?" The answer, on 90+ pages is in a report of trials in multiple countries covering some 450000 households over a period of years. If you're keen to dispel the myths, or having trouble getting off to sleep, then this is the document for you. (Warning - approx 3.4MB file size)
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