Please see the link below for a report containing policy recommendations for tackling the problems of cold, including some for the new Health structures: Cold Enough ReportThe report characterises the problem as per the text below:‘Excess winter deaths’ refers to the increase  in the death rate across the…See More

Snow Angels CIC is a social enterprise which works with local communities and volunteers to promote community resilience to deal with a range of issues which communities may face including cold weather, flooding etc. It is based in Ashton Hayes, with support fromCheshire West and Chester Council. More information can be found at this link:…See More

See link below for the April 2013 edition of Energy Trends: Energy Trends Renewable energy trendsSee More

Bath & North East Somerset Council has signed up to the Energy Bill Revolution campaign. Below is the summary of their report, in conjunction with the Association for the Conservation of Energy, called the "Cold Man of Europe". The full report is here: Cold Man of Europe Summary: The report looks at how the UK compares…See More

By popular demand, the udpated Renewable Energy Study (from November 2010) can be found attached.The study looks at the generation potential of key technologies within our district. It provides the evidence base for the draft Core Strategy Policy CP3 (p108) which sets a target for installed renewable energy capacity of 110MW of…See More

On the 29th of January each of the workstreams within the B&NES Environmental Sustainability Partnership held workshops with key stakeholders to discuss "what could we do in the future"? Aspirational ideas were welcomed, regardless of whether there is currently the capacity or resource to implement the ideas. at the link below are some of the ideas that arose in the two Good Food workshops.See More

Please find attached the notes from the two Natural Environment Workshops which were held as part of the ESP's Development Meeting on the 29th January 2013.The workshops were forward-looking. Key stakeholders were invited to suggest ideas for the future. The ideas on the sheet are now being considered by the ESP's Natural Environment Workstream for inclusion as aspirations on the ESP's Action Plan.Comments welcome, please use the "discussion" feature of this site.See More

On the 29th of January each of the workstreams within the B&NES Environmental Sustainability Partnership held workshops with key stakeholders to discuss "what could we do in the future"? Aspirational ideas were welcomed, regardless of whether there is currently the capacity or resource to implement the ideas. Below are some of the ideas that arose in the two Home Energy workshops: A network of community home energy advisors. Would need to recruit volunteersHave yearly targets and monitor so…See More

Please find attached the notes from the two Transport Workshops which were held as part of the ESP's Development Meeting on the 29th January 2013 at the link below:The workshops were forward-looking. Key stakeholders were invited to suggest ideas for the future of sustainable transport in our area.The ideas on the sheet are now being considered by the ESP's Transport Workstream for inclusion as aspirations on the ESP's Action Plan.Comments welcome, please use the "discussion" feature of this…See More

Hello, Please find attached the presentations from the Environmental Sustainability Partnership (ESP) Transport Workstream group held on the 19th of November. The group currently consists of representatives from relevant Council services. The presentations are: 1. A brief overview of the ESP2. A summary of the Local Sustainable Transport Fund work areas Best wishes,Sara GrimesSee More

Renewable energy company, Triodos Renewables Plc, and Wessex Water Enterprises’ waste to energy company GENeco, today announced the completion of a deal to build four windturbines at Bristol sewage treatment Works in Avonmouth. The wind farm will have an estimated total capacity of 8.2MW, meeting the average annual electricity needs of 4,500 homes (20900000kWh/4700kwh).*  Building works on the 126 metre tall turbines will commence at the end of this year. Once commissioned, the power generated…See More

More than half of residential landlords are considering taking advantage of the Green Deal, the Government’s energy efficiency programme set to launch in October, according to a survey by the National Landlords Association (NLA). See link below for more: …See More