The Bristol Community Building Fund offers local voluntary groups up to £4,000 to improve the energy efficiency of their community building by getting improvements like better insulation, a heating system upgrade, or more efficient windows and doors.
Applications are welcome from 1st September and are on a first come first served basis.
The finalists for the first UK Community Energy Awards have been announced, with some familiar names featuring, including:
– Our very own David Tudgey for Green Energy Champion (we’re very proud)!
– Easton Energy Group for Energy Reduction Project of the Year
– Bristol City Council for Local Authority Partner of the Year
More a full list of all the finalists and more details about the awards visit the website
Bristol City Council has announced the thirty-seven winners of a competition run with the support of
The Bristol Power Coop have launched their second share offer, with details available on their website. Bristol City Council announces a multi-million pound contract to provide a dramatic improvement in the energy efficiency of all Bristol residents homes has been announced. Climate Energy have been announced as the Green Provider for the Bristol City Council’s Green Deal Communities Scheme taking place across the city. As part of this Climate Energy are recruiting over a dozen people to work on the project across the city. Bristol City Council’s Energy Services Team are recruiting three new members of staff to contribute to their extensive work across the city, outlined in detail at the last BEN Open Meeting (presentation from this available in the ‘resources’ section of the website). These include a Programme Manager in Housing and two Project Managers in Energy Services, the deadline for all three positions is Sunday 3rd August. More details on these jobs can be found here. CSE are currently looking for three paid interns for a 12 month period, the posts are in Research & Technical Analysis, Local & Community Empowerment and Household Energy Services, with closing dates between Monday 4th and Monday 11th August. Check the website for more details. A Bristol-based team has won the UK’s Energy and Environment Open Data Challenge. Low Carbon Gordano’s first community energy project 3 years after Low Carbon Gordano (LCG) was set up to develop community-owned renewable energy, the first project has got the go-ahead. LCG has teamed up with Bath & West Community Energy to develop a 1.8MW solar array. It will consist of 8000 solar PV panels and will cover around 15 acres of land at Moorhouse Farm, on the edge of the Avonmouth industrial complex sandwiched between the M5 and M49 motorways.
Bristol Power Coop second share offer!
Bristol City Council multi-million pound contract
Over the next four years, experts from Climate Energy will visit every privately owned property in the city and offer householders an energy efficiency survey. The offers will be open only to private householders, as council tenants are already set to benefit from separate council energy efficiency scheme. 
Many job opportunities with Bristol’s Green Deal Communities Scheme Provider
Three jobs in Bristol City Council’s Energy Services Team
Three paid intern jobs at CSE
Bristol energy experts win £40,000 prize
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