lewes renewables matthew bird sustainability and energy officer lewes district council
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Lewes RenewablesLewes RenewablesMatthew Bird
Sustainability and Energy Officer
Lewes District Council
““Climate Change is not an Climate Change is not an environmental issue. It is environmental issue. It is thethe issue!”issue!” Tony Turner, Carbon Sense.
The ContextThe Context Kyoto Protocol Energy White Paper Home Energy Conservation Act Regional Targets Nottingham Declaration LDC Energy Policy Climate Change Strategy Community Leadership
More adverse than More adverse than beneficial impacts on beneficial impacts on biological and biological and socioeconomic socioeconomic systems systems are projected.are projected.
Impacts of Global Impacts of Global WarmingWarming
Past and Future Climate Past and Future Climate Impacts in the South- Impacts in the South- EastEast
10 Warmest years have occurred in the last 14
Floods of 2000
2003 Air pollution highs
Winter rainfall will be 30-35% higher
Summer rainfall will be 50-65% lower
Higher insurance costs.
Higher Flooding risks and storm surges.
Why a Renewable Grants Why a Renewable Grants Scheme?Scheme?Climate Change
Hard to Treat Homes
Primer for Renewable Technologies
Security of supply
Heat and Sun
Scheme DesignScheme Design
£25,000 per year.
To cover a range of renewables excluding PV.
Flexibility of design.
Quality Installers.
Easy to use.
Integrated with Insulation schemes.
Keep Warm in Winter
Lewes Lewes RenewablesRenewables
Grants are in addition to those already available from Clear Skies.
Technology Grant available
Small Wind Turbines £200 per kW
Solar Water Heating Systems £400 each
Ground Source Heat Pumps (GSHP’s)£800 each
Biomass fired boilers £400 each Pellet stoves or room-heaters
£300 each Wood burning stoves(not available for mixed fuel appliances)
£100 each / £200 for Clean Air Act approved appliances
PromotionPromotion
Advertising - District Link, press, radio etc.
Roadshows - Farmer’s Markets, outdoor events, bolting onto anything that is going on.
Climate change issues.
Installer self generation.
Imagination!
The Future - The Future - problems and problems and possibilitiespossibilities
?? Wobbly, resources, planners!
Match-funding - trying to engage utilities.
Working with developers.
Rural, solid wall insulation.
New technologies, e.g. Windsave.
Clear government direction - future of Clear-Skies?
Fossil fuel prices.
Nuclear?