Sustainable Hockerton is launching a new offer to residents to help keep their homes warmer and their heating bills lower. This is to thank the village for hosting our wind turbine, to help develop the sustainability of its buildings and […]
Eco homes
Energy efficiency
Sustainable Hockerton has the broad aim to help the parish become sustainable, coupled with the more specific objective of reducing carbon emissions. The cheapest way to do that is to make changes in behaviour or install measures that maintain comfort whilst cutting energy use.
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£200 for every Hockerton home and business
After the great response to the last round of funding, Sustainable Hockerton is pleased to announce a new offer of £200 to every household and business in the parish for energy and water saving measures installed by 31 March. If you want ideas, […]
Need a community energy expert to mentor your project?
Our project managers at Hockerton Housing Project (HHP) are looking for community energy projects who want to learn from our experience, to take advantage of a new Mentoring Fund. The scheme is only open to applicants until 12 December 2013, but successful […]
Retrofit for the Future and the missed opportunity of offsite renewable energy
If this property’s share in our community-owned wind turbine were taken into account, it would have the lowest energy use and CO2 emissions of all properties in the recent Government-backed Retrofit Revealed report. The Government’s Technology Strategy Board (TSB) funded the Retrofit for the […]
Energy efficiency and community energy
Local low carbon housing pioneers Hockerton Housing Project are currently taking part in a UK-wide competition to deliver energy savings of 80% in social housing. They have partnered with Newark and Sherwood Homes to improve a pair of semi-detached homes in Newark. […]