Tackley Village Green Streets Project  - Key Facts

Total Bid – worth £137,000

Saving energy

• All homes and businesses in the village can benefit:
  Application for scheme
  Appliance meters
  Information and buzz
• 80 homes will take part more actively, getting smart meters, energy audits and entry in the ballot
• 36 households will win prizes (2 x £5k, 4 x £3k, 15 loft insulation, 15 cavity insulation)
• School will get children involved – effective at changing behaviour
• Hall - lighting modifications and wall insulation (partly village funded)
• St Nicholas - boiler modifications
• Data consolidator will motivate and keep pressure up
• Resident (Alice Cook) volunteering time and National Housebuilding Council expertise to run “air leakage test” on small sample. Findings will inform good practice.

Generating energy

• We had initially selected the three community buildings which rely solely on village fundraising to cover energy costs.
• Following British Gas Feasibility study we decided most effective solution is to install a PV panel on the roof of the community centre as a shared community resource;  
• Energy generated will be shared between the centre and two churches and allocated according to their relative energy usage.
• In addition the centre will get a heat pump dug under the existing playing field just alongside

Village Event Plans

• Public meeting held to inform and sign up households
• School project
• Information in hall/shop
• Energy Day with ballot for prizes
• Celebration at end of project