Category: Build environment
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Energy group meeting notes (31st August 2023)
The next regular meeting will be on Thursday 28th September 2023 at 16:30 – 18:00 (and every 4 weeks thereafter).This will be the usual zoom, please contact me if you’d like to receive the link. Here are some of the topics raised and discussed. Energy group meetings, what are they about and who can attend: We…
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Carbon capture and storage: fact or fantasy?
The UK government has committed to a big expansion of carbon capture and storage (CCS), along with plans for more oil and gas drilling in the North Sea. Using CCS is a prerequisite of expanding fossil fuel extraction if the UK is to stick to its target of reaching net zero by 2050. The government…
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Energy group meeting notes (03.08.23)
The next regular meeting will be on Thursday 31 August 2023 at 16:30 – 18:00 (and every 4 weeks thereafter).This will be the usual zoom https://us06web.zoom.us/j/3684268674 We carried on with agenda items from last time and a few new ones. Retrofit (heat pump case study and more): It was worth elaborating further on this case study…
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Energy group meeting notes (06.07.2023)
The next regular meeting will be on Thursday 03 August 2023 at 16:30 – 18:00 (and every 4 weeks thereafter). This will be by zoom. Only a few attended this session, but lots of topics raised/sent in, we managed to discuss a few. Heat Pump (HP) Case Study: The detailed data sent in by an Energy…
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Energy Group meeting notes (8th June 2023)
The next regular zoom meeting will be on Thursday 6th July 2023 at 16:30 – 18:00 (and every 4 weeks thereafter). We started by discussing one of the attendee’s experience with their Heat Pump. Much of the energy consumption before and after conversion from mains gas was recorded. This represents an important dataset for a case…
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Draft Local Plan open to comment
Teignbridge District Council’s draft Local Plan is open for comment until noon on Monday March 13th. The plan details ‘how’ and ‘where’ proposed new housing and employment related development will take place in the district until 2040. It includes site allocations for housing, employment and wind turbines. The sites included are additional to those already…
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Support conversion not demolition of Bradley Lane
Friday 8th October saw the public release of the planning application for Bradley Lane in Newton Abbot (22/01500/MAJ), writes ACT Wildlife Warden Eloise Rokirilov. Long pending, starting at 171 documents and growing, the expiry date for comments remains at 4th November. The application calls for wholesale demolition of all the buildings, the burial and diversion…
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Power Allotments Devon
On Tuesday 13th September I attended a webinar to introduce Power Allotments Devon along with colleagues from TECs. This Devon wide project hopes to encourage local communities to build, own and benefit from their own renewable energy power station projects across Devon, creating spaces for biodiversity net gain and generating an income for local people.…
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Why are electricity prices rising?
We examine the reasons behind the dramatic rises in electricity prices following the unprecedented rises in fossil fuel prices, and why reductions in renewable prices have had no effect.
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Council’s carbon reduction targets won’t do the job
Following its Climate Emergency declaration three years ago, Teignbridge District Council has published and adopted Part 1 of its Climate Action Plan. Part 2 is expected later this year. Action on Climate in Teignbridge (ACT) welcomes the long-awaited plan, believing it is an essential first step in delivering on the council’s commitment to be a…