Host:Lockleaze Neighbourhood Trust
Theme: solar power for the city for the future
Please see the presentations and workshop outputs below.
Presentations:
Link to the Lockleaze Community Plan from Suzanne Wilson
Lockleaze Solar Rooftop Farm by David Saunders
Bristol Solar Map by Thomas Statham & Lenka Hašová
BEG Solar auction by Matt Wood
Link to the One City Plan from Mark Leach
BEN Update by Caroline Ennion
Workshops:
What can BEN do for you?
Next steps:
1. Send out a small survey to each of our members to secure funding bid that will better help BEN to support YOU!
2. Look at setting up a Spotlight on Community Buildings event and invite anchor organisations across the city
3. Add some governance documents and a guide to setting up new groups to the Resources section of the website
Solar Auctions
Next step:
Initiate discussions with the different authorities in the West of England and WECA to look at a regional Solar Auction.
Community Co-design
Next Steps:
1. BEN to look into developing a tools for anchor organisations on writing Community Energy Plans, showcasing energy efficiency measures in community buildings and developing a business case for community energy projects
2. Revitalise the Greater Fishponds group to develop a community solar project supported by BEN
3. BEN to work include Ashley Community Housing in the WarmUpSkillUp project to address the energy efficiency performance gap of new-build housing and existing housing.
Toolkit for how communities and local authorities can work together
Next Steps:
- Pull out the key learning points and key wins for both Local Authorities and Community Groups, with short summaries of each section
- The case studies need to include heroic failures and what we can learn from them
- This is all about people, so emphasise co-design and why it’s important for Local Authorities in particular to engage with communities through energy