The Agri PV Networking event was a success.What a great day with a real buzz in the room. Farmers, energy experts and academics all supporting the idea of food growing within solar farms. (Agri PV) The two presentations can be […]

The number of large-scale solar farms is set to increase around the country over the next 10 years. As each one is planned, there is always a debate about use of land for renewables vs use of land for farming. […]

The SHOCK fund to encourage locals to improve their sustainability is a fantastic idea! If you are in Hockerton apply on the village fund page above.. Good evening Simon, We would like to express our thanks for the wonderful sustainable […]

Measuring Sustainability Measuring sustainability is really important but is fraught with difficulty. Working with my colleague Dr Geeta Lakshmi and fellow investor Joddy Chapman we have created a short video with Dr Anjan Ray which debates some of the issues […]

We are pleased to announce in May 2020 a new round of support for sustainable initiatives in Hockerton. Residents and businesses can claim up to £200 towards purchases that helped them become more sustainable. There is a big list of […]

Geeta Lakshmi (Fellow Director) and I have been working on a research paper using Sustainable Hockerton as an example. We were inspired to look at valuing what we have done incorporating financial, social and environmental aspects rather than the finances […]

Geeta Lakshmi (Fellow Director) and I have been working on a research paper using Sustainable Hockerton as an example. We were inspired to look at valuing what we have done incorporating financial, social and environmental aspects rather than the finances […]

Dear Hockerton resident, Sustainable Hockerton is pleased to announce a new offer of £200+ to every home and business in the parish for energy saving and other measures promoting sustainability, funded by income from Sustainable Hockerton’s wind turbine and solar […]

We monitor the output from the turbine closely to spot how its performing. This graph shows how the natural variation in wind changes the output month by month, year by year.

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 […]

Bio Gas for Hockerton?  Sustainable Hockerton ran a successful work shop late last year on community bio gas and its potential in and around Hockerton. It explained how community biogas could contribute to local resilience of energy, organic waste recycling […]

Today SHOCK Directors reported progress on its sustainability objectives to its AGM. Environmental: In the last year our wind turbine has produced 315,071 kWh of zero carbon power and our PV arrays produced 50,363 kWh, displacing the emission of 168 […]

Our AGM for members is at 4pm on 10 September at Hockerton Housing Project. This will be followed at 5pm by a talk open to all on the potential for community biogas, led by Davide Poggio who is a research fellow working with […]

At our AGM in 2016 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 […]

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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 […]

The two storey detached home has insulated cavity walls and solar PV panels but significant savings were still identified, most notably by improving the central heating system to enable the switching off of an expensive electric underfloor system.   Please note […]

The one storey barn, converted in the early 2000s, benefitted from good levels of insulation in most walls but the advisor identified a couple of significant gaps in one (solid) wall and roof areas which correlated to the owners’ comment […]

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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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’s first project was to install a wind turbine as it offered a return on investment, income for the village and carbon savings.

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