This five bedroom home has a highly efficient condensing boiler, but was found to have uninsulated cavity walls which means that heat is quickly lost.
The energy advice also found that more insulation in the loft would also have a big impact on heat retention and keeping residents warm.
Please note that payback periods corresponded to energy prices and available subsidies for energy saving measures in 2012.
At our last AGM we asked members to consider whether or not they will want to withdraw their investment after 15 years, an offer that was set out in our Invitation to Invest. The Directors asked this question as the […]
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, […]
SHOCK is racing against the clock to install solar PV before the Government cuts the Feed-in Tariff.
Sustainable Hockerton is one of the pioneering small scale generators who have joined a new marketplace to trade locally generated energy. Piclo gives us a chance to sell locally, and the service gives local businesses a chance to take control […]
Today SHOCK Directors reported progress on its sustainability objectives to its AGM. Environmental: In the last year our wind turbine has produced 270,637 kWh of zero carbon power and our new PV array produced 45,240kWh, displacing the emission of 145 tonnes of […]
Romax engineers have today been servicing and installing equipment on our Vestas V29 wind turbine (c) Buzzpix
We’re delighted our project managers at Hockerton Housing Project are joining a new mentoring service for Community Energy projects as a Peer Mentor, thanks to a new project funded by the Esmee Fairburn Foundation. Like the other Peer Mentors across […]
Today SHOCK Directors reported progress on its sustainability objectives to its AGM. Environmental: In the last year our wind turbine has produced 298,898 kWh of zero carbon power and our new PV array produced 1,103kWh, displacing the emission of 133.64 […]
Today our new 50kW solar PV system was commissioned, sited on the roofs of (free-range) chicken sheds at a local farm. We funded the system through a mix of the Society’s reserves and loans from members, with the former to […]
Do you want to help improve the energy efficiency of homes in your area? Are people in your community struggling to pay their energy bills? Confused by the Green Deal and ECO? Not sure what other forms of funding are […]
