Shortstown Online!

The government has just announced a £10 million funding pot called LEAF (Local Energy Assessment Fund). This funding is open to community groups and parish councils but needs to be spent by 31st March 2012. DECC describes the fund as being designed to help communities to accelerate their activity on energy and climate change. It can pay for:

·         energy surveys of buildings

·         energy saving demonstration projects (exemplar homes or community spaces)

·         workshops to help local people take action to save energy

·         reports on what more needs to be done in your area (in the way of energy efficiency)

·         engagement events ahead of the above studies to generate interest

Where the above has already been done the funding may be able to facilitate:

·         area-wide renewable energy studies (to see what would work)

·         feasibility studies into specific renewable energy projects

The money is not available for installing technologies which would benefit from Feed in Tariffs or the Renewable Heat Incentive, but could be used for studies into whether those technologies would be suitable.

Please see the following link for further information.

http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/news/pn11_107/pn11_107.aspx 

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Shortstown residents acted pretty well to available schemes like cavity and loft insulation but there are still homes where no improvement was carried out. The above money could be used to asses how green Shortstown is in comparison to national average and pinpoint the areas where our residents need the most help. Yet this decision is in hands of our councillors.