Tina Holt opened with an introduction for the group - it is the first meeting, and we want to encourage this to be a regular event.
Architect Mike Siebert presented the main talk, concluding with 4 key points 'in a nutshell', which were to Insulate, Control Airtightness, control Consumption (wasteful appliances and lifestyle), and only after all that has been addressed, consider Renewables (technological fixes).
Tim Saunders concluded with a summary of documents and energy saving ideas from the Energy Saving Trust.
Tina collected ideas for future meetings and events. There may be another eco-renovation open day. She has a strong interest in External insulation and that was debated quite vigorously until the building manager had to throw us out at 10pm! Hopefully, she will organise another meeting soon! She collected requests from the audience for focused topics to cover in later meetings.
David Hill of Carbon Legacy (a heat pump, rainwater catchment, windturbine and photovoltaic installer) was in the audience and DNC (author of this little piece, and creator of the RushcliffeSolar and ChargingtheEarth projects) visited David H's house the following day to view the heat pump and heat recovery system - and was very impressed with the Swift wind turbine.
PDF of Tina's introductory talk / PDF of Mike Siebert's talk /
Summary of Tim's points:
Tim of Energy Saving Trust recommends a few pages on the EST site that have good advice:
Home energy check - this will provide a tailored next steps report.
www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/proxy/view/full/165/homeenergycheck
Carbon Cutter
http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/calculator/calculate
Sustainable Refurbishment guide and house type summaries
http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/business/Global-Data/Publications/Sustainable-refurbishment
Interesting that you mention wasteful appliances, have any of your members come across the website sust-it http://www.sust-it.net/ its a great resource for comparing the energy efficiency of white goods. It goes a lot further than the energy labelling system.
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