Climate Challenge Fund Final Report · Faith and Action for an Eco Friendly Future Noah’s Ark...
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Name of project, organisation and CCF number
Faith and Action for an Eco Friendly Future
Noah’s Ark (The Ark)
CCF Number 3813
Starting Point
As a community organisation serving the Muslim community, our long held view was to
help the Muslims of Glasgow better understand the issues relating to climate change and
the wider issues on caring for the environment. This community had long been neglected
as to the issues and responsibilities on climate change, even though together with our
sister organisations we had undertaken some limited work in the past at raising
awareness about the environment. However our key take on this has always been to
highlight the issues from a faith perspective, something which no other organisation has
done before us.
We were also in the embryonic stages of creating a new community centre in the south
side of Glasgow which would serve Muslims as well as other local communities. This
project was an extension to the work Noah’s Ark had delivered through Radio Ramadhan.
The new centre would serve as a Media and Enterprise Hub, allowing target communities
to access facilities relating to media and IT, as well as gain key skills in media and
enterprise through provision of training programmes.
We were keen to ensure that this building, which was acquired in very poor state of
repair, could be upgraded with the inclusion of carbon efficient measures. Through which
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the building would serve as a testimony for a new greener community.
Methodology
CO2e Outcome(s) (2)
Improved energy efficiency in The Ark, following fabric improvements, systems improvements and installation of cutting-edge controls. These measures were predicted to generate a saving of 740 tonnes of CO2e over their lifetimes (see Appendix 2 for full breakdown). Comparisons to the building’s energy consumption prior to starting work are not helpful in this case, because we are radically changing the usage and occupancy of the building post-refurbishment. Predicted and reported energy savings are therefore calculated against a theoretical baseline that reflects the changed usage of the building.
Community Outcome(s) (1)
The conversion of the Ark centre will provide the community with greater and better access to community facilities, which act as an enterprise and media hub, leading to key energy efficient outcomes.
The premises will provide a permanent home for five community organisations, who will be based in the building, these are:
Islamic Society of Britain; Muslim Council of Scotland, Young Muslims, Islam Information Scotland and Feed Glasgow.
At least 3 of these organisations have a membership of approximately 50 people or affiliates. All of them represent a distinctive section of Glasgow’s Muslim community and will host their meetings and activities in the building.
Being based in the same building will allow for sharing of facilities.
The ethos of the centre will increase behavior change within the community, such as shared
travel arrangements which will normalise car sharing, as well as encourage other sustainable
forms of transport, further reducing carbon emissions.
Community Outcome(s) (2)
Educating community on need to reducing carbon emissions through behavioral changes at home. This would be achieved by highlighting the effects of better home insulation, energy efficient appliances and lighting measure, while prioritizing items with the greatest impact.
This will improve the target communities understating of the impact of climate change. Consequently it will encourage more people to implement energy saving measures at home, which will lead to lower carbon emissions.
The surrounding locality of Govanhill is recognized as an area with high levels of deprivation. The workshops and training will be perfectly suited to address and reduce the impact of fuel poverty suffered by local residents. This is also one of the key factors which will help lead to long term behavioral change.
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Headline achievements
A series of dedicated radio programmes aimed at Scottish Muslims were aired on Radio
Ramadhan. These discussed many different issues relating to saving energy. Including
the first youth show programme wholly devoted to discussing what is climate change and
what responsibility do we as consumers have to address this challenge. Regular idents
were played throughout the month every half hour with tips and advice on how to save
energy, under the slogan “saving energy, saving our world”.
Muslim Exhibition on Saving Energy
The first Scottish Muslim exhibition on the importance of reducing Carbon emissions. This
will be an important resource which will be used by mosques across Glasgow, especially
during Mosque Open Days and Islam Awareness events.
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The first Scottish Muslim website devoted to caring for the environment
Total Estimated CO2e Savings
CO2e Outcome(s) (1)
Energy savings in 25 Muslim homes in Glasgow through behavioral change, leading to reduction of carbon emissions of an estimated 117.08 tonnes CO2e.
Additional support from Home Energy Scotland could potentially save another 87.75 tonne CO2e
Leading to a combined CO2e saving of: 204.83 tonnes CO2e
Outputs
Home Visits
Home visits carried out by trained staff and volunteers, who assess householder’s usage, lifestyle and house and advice of appropriate energy efficiency measures.
Where appropriate they referred the householder to Home Energy Scotland for further support and assistance.
Direct engagement with Muslim households achieved through information stalls and home visits where required. Providing guidance to families on energy efficiency, better use of transport, home produce and shopping, monitoring and recording changes. They will also be referred to external avenues of support such as Home Energy Scotland.
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Radio Ramadhan
While during the production and broadcasting periods of Radio Ramadhan the number of users will significantly increase to approximately 200 per week.
Discussion programmes with expert guests, delivered in Urdu, Punjabi Arabic and English Key messages throughout month with tips on saving energy and reducing carbon emissions Live event broadcast with panel discussion on Climate Change and its impact. Competitions encouraging listeners to call in with their best energy saving efforts
Workshops
1) Workshops hosted on methods of conserving energy and reducing carbon emissions through a variety of eco-friendly solutions which take into account the cultural and religious lifestyle of Muslims.
Items covered;
More energy efficiency measures at home
Better use of transport
Shopping ethically
Increased recycling
Creating of informative material such as exhibitions posters and printed leaflets highlighting the need, ensuring greater number of people learned about the basics of Climate change and the requirements to implement changes.
All educational support take into account cultural and religious lifestyle of Muslims, providing greater motivation and willingness to implement changes within lifestyle behaviour.
Building Improvements
Improving the energy efficiency of the building and its refurbishment to create opportunities to open up the facility allowing for more community activities, such as;
Creating an advice centre providing support on energy efficiency and carbon reduction.
Fortnightly and monthly classes and community meetings particularly aimed at women and the youth, aiming to inspire both groups on the importance of sustainability.
Monthly workshops run providing education on energy efficiency and reducing carbon emissions at home.
Broadcasting Radio Ramadhan providing the unparalleled access to the Muslim community of Glasgow and a unique platform to promote the impact of climate change to the target community. With potential to create a permanent radio station serving Glasgow’s Muslims.
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Hire out rooms and halls to anyone from the wider community for any community activity/event, thus inspiring eco-friendly change at home for all visitors.
Community open days held periodically to enable greater community and interfaith engagement.
The regular services provided by hall to allow local community to benefit without travelling further, thus reducing carbon from transport usage.
The Ark Centre used daily by personnel from the five organisations for their general administrative work, by at least 12 members of staff each day.
By regularly hosting meetings by the organisations which will allow for up to an additional 50 people (minimum) each fortnight.
Community events hosted at the building will attract approximately 100 people per event, at least 3 to 4 times a month.
While during the production and broadcasting periods of Radio Ramadhan the number of users are significantly increased to approximately 200 per week.
Additional regular activities at the building include;
Media skills training for young people
Hot desk space for community use
Enterprise hub to supporting new community initiatives and social projects
Studio space for use of community
Parent toddler group
Inter-faith drop-in coffee morning
Youth soft area
These regular activities will attract significant numbers of people from the general public, thus ensuring a strong impact on the local community as well as a growing legacy.
Considering the above the building will be used by a minimum of 185 people each week.
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Outcomes
CO2e Outcomes
Community Outcomes
Home Visits
Behavioural survey
Along with the completion of the building survey of each home, there was a behavioural
aspect of the questionnaire was conducted. The statistics are indeed very interesting and
unexpected. The energy use was investigated by questioning various electrical
appliances behavioural use. Heating energy use was also investigated including the
controls and settings. Household water consumption in its various forms was also was
also investigated.
2.1. Electrical appliances behaviour
1) Lighting
Over 80% of households turn off lights when not in the room. The other 20% was mostly
off when leaving room, not maximising due to the children not yet following advice of
parents, but they are anticipating behavioural improvements.
Over 60% of bulbs were energy efficient. The reason for not being closer to 100% was
due to the fact that the prices of energy efficient bulbs have risen drastically making them
unaffordable. If the government was to subsidise them there would be a much higher
uptake.
2) Standby
On average about 70% of electrical appliances were switched off from the mains. Most
were aware of the minimal energy savings by switching off. Some did find it an
inconvenience; a plug timer would prove to be an effective solution. Others are still
teaching their children about energy efficiency therefore given time are expected to
improve.
3) Washing machine
All households maximised the settings options; the Eco mode was used when it was an
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option on the washing machine settings. Also 40’C was used mostly rather than 60’C
occasionally used when white cotton washing. In all households surveyed, the washing
machine was used when it was full.
4) Kettle use
All users would input into the kettle the required amount to ensure water and energy are
not wasted. One person also stated that his motivation was not just wasting water, but
wasting energy and the time waiting for the water to boil.
2.2. Water consumption
1 Washing sink
All users stated that they tried their best to reduce water usage in the sink, which would
save in water and energy consumption.
2 Bathroom sink
About 90% maximised water usage by turning tap off when not using, the remaining 10%
are a working progress as still attempting to teach their children about water efficiency.
3 Shower periods
Across the households showers varied from 3mins to 20mins duration averaging about
8mins/shower. These timings vary for each user in each family. They were aware when
advised about the water and energy wastage but found it difficult for all household
members also follow suit in efficiency measures.
2.3. Heating
1 Thermostat setting
Over 80% of households optimised the boiler settings with only one reporting to be about
23’C as his preference.
2 Timer controls
Not all households used the timer controls; when the heating is required they would turn
the thermostat up at the required temperature. This was found as the simplest and an
effective method in busy household due to the various demands needed at certain times.
For these households, the cost and adjusting to a smart control like Nest would be an
inconvenience at the moment.
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3 Boiler settings
Over 70% of households adjusted the heat intensity relative to the house temperature;
when cold outside would result in a higher intensity required. The other households were
advised to also follow the aforementioned method.
Engineers tend to leave settings on high intensity as standard which results in wasted
energy, exceedingly hot radiators which also shocks the air therefore drying the air which
affects the health of residents.
4 Curtains
All users closed all curtains and blinds in the evenings, which would save upon wasting
energy loss through the windows. Their main motivation was of retaining privacy in the
home.
Overall comments
The overall average is very impressive which indicates that the residents are closely
connecting their faith with their energy and water consumption.
The households surveyed are already on average below 80% of the national average in
energy usage. Due to the commendable behaviour of householder’s interviews, this left
very limited room for behavioural energy saving improvements. The main advice provided
to householders focused around heating; addressing the optimum boiler intensity
settings. While additional advice was provided on upgrading all lights to energy saving
lights. On average the energy savings are less than 3% upon their current energy usage.
Overall the electrical appliance behaviour was of a conservative energy efficient nature.
Most properties surveyed already applied optimal settings, heating settings is normally
where most properties save energy. Water usage was also of a conservative nature.
Heating water is also a high energy consuming avenue. On average there was about 3%
potential CO2 and energy savings to households from behavioural changes . The
average household bills were impressively over 20% less than the national average for
equivalent properties.
Most households stated that adhering to Islamic teachings in the Quran and Prophetic
Hadith was there motive to being energy efficient.
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What would do in a future questionnaire?
More about the backgrounds of the people would be made such as the age, background,
ethnicity, level of religious understanding and practice. Also questions on the how wealthy
and healthy the person would be measured.
Possible additional initiatives
About 40% of households did not have energy saving light bulbs due to the unaffordability
of the bulbs at the current prices; although people wished to have the efficient bulbs, they
were far too costly. If the government was to subsidise them there would be a much
higher uptake.
Handing out an energy savings gadget guide to give to homeowner’s easy access to
products and even sellers would be very useful. Examples of products would be; timed
plug adapters, smart home gadgets and water reduction cap. When giving
recommendations, they would be too time consuming to search for the suggest products,
whilst a trustworthy sources with this information would make life easier and quicker.
Community Outcomes:
Workshops
Although we had intended to primarily target the workshops at saouth aisian Mulims who
comprise of the largest Muslim population, we found that many other groups were also
targeting the same community. This resulted in a very poor uptake of the workshops,
which required us to reconsider our approach.
We therefore decided to target our worskshops at community groups as opposed to
hosting workshops independently.
By using this new format we were able to tailor our workshops to the specific groups and
their membership.
Saving energy at Home
Delivered to wider target community
A generic workshop which focused on the importance of saving energy at home by
implementing key changes within the home.
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Delivered to Muslim House
By focusing on traveling the workshops helped the attendees undertsanf the dame being
sone by exxsive fumes generated from using transport. Many of the tips took into account
the lifestyle of attendees by addressing how to reduce trips abroad and emphasising car
sharing between friends for shopping trips.
Shopping Ethically
A challenging topic as many of the attendees have food tastes which rely on vegetables
and other food stuff imported from abroad. Therefor the objective was made to help alter
the tastes of attendees by emphasising the need to buy local produce, while
recommending them be more experimental in their eating habits.
ISB sisters group
Saving Energy at Home
Arab ladies group
By delivering workshops to pre-existing organisations we found a number of benefits,
such as that one had ready audience base to deliver the workshop. It also meant the
content could be tailored to the specific interest of the audience. However the key
drawback we quickly realised was that there was less chance for continuity, which meant
it more difficult to gain feedback on behavioural change from the audience.
Therefore the feedback from these meetings was gathered through feedback
questionnaires provided to those attending the workshops at its conclusion, although it
was limited because many of those attending had a very limited grasp of written English
which limited the responses received, but this varied group to group.
However the Q and A session at each workshop amply demonstrated the positive
response to the workshops. Similarly many of the attendees requested home visits to
discuss what practical changes they could make within their homes to save energy.
Community Engagement Events:
One of the key objectives of this project was to gain community participation and input by
involving them and seeking their input at key stages of the project. This was a very
successful way of ensuring community involvement as well as expanding awareness
about the project throughout the target community.
At least 4 community meetings were held during the course of the project. These focused
on providing attendees with an overview of the project and the progress so far. It was
also a good opportunity to showcase what was in development so that input and
feedback was received from them.
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The meetings were extrememly useful way of identifying any potential issues with
aspects of the project, consequesntly a number of items were changed following the
feedback received during these sessions. For example, the exhibition was altered to
accommodate content about community responsibility. Similarly contacts built through the
community meetings resulted in content being sourced for the website.
The most important community meetings focused on the building work with a “sneak
peak” for the community to see the progress of the work. This generated a high level of
interest and allowed us to showcase the features of the building especially the energy
saving elements which were funded through CCF.
Recourses
We also developed a number of important resources to help deliver the project and make
it more appealing as well as to diversify the audience.
Website
The website has been felt to be an important new resourse for all which will help Muslims,
not just in Glasgow bu across Scotland to understand the issues from a faith
presepective. While it also carries a number of podcasts which will be expanded, as well
as helpful tips and guidance on how to build a more environmentally friendly lifestyle, it
even includes tips on establishing a green Mosque. However it is early days and we
expect the website to expand in over time.
Leaflet
A very important resource which has been distributed through mosques and other faith
events over the past months. As a conduit on Muslim resourses this leaflet will be an
important addition to existing materials.
Exhibition
Another first has been the creation of an important exhibition on saving energy with a
faith based ethos. This resource will be showcased in the foyer of the new centre. The
exhibition has been well received and we have already received requests for permission
to create copies of it from other Muslim groups.
Building Improvements
All of the proposed measures have been implemented in full. However, due to fundraising
issues and other complications that arose during our construction work, we have not yet
completed the refurbishment and moved in. Our programme of work was comprehensive
and ambitious, extending well beyond the scope of the measures that were CCF funded,
meaning that although the delays are disappointing, they are not surprising.
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The changes made to the building have included:
1. Insulate walls
2. Insulate roof
3. Insulate floors
4. Draught-proof & insulate entrance lobby
5. Use recycled wall linings rather than virgin plasterboard
6. Replace all single-glazing with double-glazing
7. Install energy-efficient lighting
8. Install a lighting control system
9. Install energy-efficient ventilation controls
10. Install zoned heating controls
Installation of building management system with energy consumption display in reception
We have not, currently been able to measure the impact of the measures in practice. For
this reason, we are identifying this Outcome as ‘category 2’. Full details of the
calculations behind our predicted energy savings are contained in Appendix 3.
Learning & Reflection
Project Start
We faced a number of key issues as the work began to be undertaken. Some of the
issues were minor and were addressed as work progressed. While some problems were
more complex and more challenging, thus requiring additional input and impacting pace
of project work.
When we originally developed the project and produced the plan in application format to
be submitted, at that time very few Muslim organisations had applied for CCF. By the
time we were successful with our application a large number of other community groups
had entered the arena. Many of these had already started working within the same target
group which we were aiming to serve.
1) Employment
Initially we had aimed to employ one project coordinator who would over see the
delivery of the complete project, supported by a group of volunteers. However we
soon began to notice that identifying the right calibre of person was difficult , the
job spec was changed to two part time roles of project manager and coordinator.
After a series of interviews the main role of manager was fulfilled. The second role
of coordinator became more difficult to fill, firstly as many of the people who
understood the cultural norms of the target community and who also had an insight
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and passion for environmental issues had obtained work with other projects. We
also noticed that staffing issues faced by other CCF groups meant that many of
the same individuals were moving from one organisation to another on a whim
which did not give credence to such applicants.
Outcome:
We resolved this by employing a person from outwith the predominantly south
Asian community, while still retaining the focus on the target faith community. This
was achieved by employing a person who was from the Arab community. This not
only allowed to us still achive our key objective bus also ensure we could more
proficiently serve the Arab community which had not been fully addressed by any
of the existing groups.
2) Workshops
Many of the workshops we had planned to deliver were also delivered by other
groups before us. In fact feedback we received from those who attended the
workshops was that much of what was being promoted had already been delivered
by other groups. Therefore the poor response towards attendance was primarily
put down to fatigue from the community.
Outcome
The lack of interest in the workshops was overcome by delivering the workshops
to existing community group activities. We achieved this by researching the
activities of key community groups who fell into our target community. We then
arranged with them to deliver a workshop within their normal scheduled meetings.
This allowed us to attend their pre-set meetings and talk to each groups respective
members by delivering a one off presentation about saving energy. This was found
to be successful alternative with positive feedback received from those attending.
3) Building Improvements
The most significant element of the project was the refurbishment of The Ark. The
building was an old church hall in a very poor state of repair. The intention was to
upgrade the building into a fully functioning community centre serving both
Muslims and the local community. Incorporating a new mezzanine floor, the
refurbished building would accommodate office and studio space at ground level
with an open hall space for community events above.
Due to funding constraints, we had originally planned a relatively modest
refurbishment of the hall; installation of the mezzanine floor and creation of the
rooms and spaces we needed, but with minimal intervention into the existing walls
and fabric. This meant future energy consumption would have remained poor.
Achieving the CCF funding meant we were able to make meaningful
improvements to the building’s energy performance, but also that our works were
now going to be much more intrusive.
These intrusive works (primarily around insulation and glazing) required us to peel
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back the layers of this historic building, and as we did so several issues came to
light that required to be dealt with. These included dry rot on the stone walls,
installation of a new damp proof course, and a complete replacement of the
ground floor structure. Had we stuck with our original minimally invasive plan,
these issues would not have been uncovered.
Whilst for the long-term we are pleased to have dealt with these issues head-on,
they have had a detrimental impact on our programme and budget. In hindsight a
more comprehensive and intrusive set of surveys could have been carried out prior
to starting work, but as our original plan had been to leave the building alone as
much as possible this had not been felt necessary at the time.
Another area that caused us significant difficulty was in procuring contractors. We
spent several months at the start of the project trying to source and get accurate
prices back from contractors across a number of packages of work. We had
prepared and issued a full set of tender documents for each of these packages,
but received a very poor level of response from main contractors, who either said
they were too busy or that the project was too small for them.
We then decided to tender the work packages out to separate trades, but again
found that contractors were taking a very long time to return prices and when they
did, they were often inaccurate or missing key pieces. We have ultimately been
happy with the contractors we did source, but it was a long and trying process.
We would advise groups in future to begin sourcing and identifying preferred
contractors at the very outset of the project, and if possible to book them in well in
advance of starting work. The best contractors are always the busiest. We had a
good and clear set of information for pricing, but still struggled to garner
responses.
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Finance & Administration
As discussed above in the section “Learning and Rlection
Employing a project coordinator. Initially we had expected to employ one project
coordinator who would over see the delivery of the complete project, supported by a
group of volunteers. As we began to notice that identifying the right calibre of
person was difficult , the job spec was changed to 2 part time roles of project
manager and coordinator.
After a series of interviews the main role of manager was fulfilled. The second role
of coordinator became more difficult to fill, firstly as many of the people who
understood the cultural norms of the target community and who also had an insight
and passion for environmental issues had obtained work with other projects. We
also noticed that certain groups were suffering staffing issues with the same
individual moving from one organisation to another on a whim which did not give
credence to such applicants.
We resolved this by employing a person from out with the predominantly south
Asian community, while still retaining the focus on the target community. This was
achieved by employing a person who was from the Arab community, this not only
allowed to us still achive our key objective bus also ensure we could more
proficiently serve the Arab community which was not sufficiently addressed by any
of the existing groups.
Staffing issues
Sadly the pace of work required from our project coordinator was below the level
required. As timescale became increasingly short the management board decided
to take action to restructure the roles of manager and coordinator.
In response to the changes, the Project Coordinator decided to resign from her
position, this created a some difficulty in overcoming.
Due to the lack of time remaining on the project, as the project was at a vey
advanced stage, it was meaningless to attempt to recruit a eplacement at this
stage. The CCF development officer advised it would more speedier to employ a
sessional worker for specific areas of the project. Consequently it was decided that
to recruit two sessional workers to assist in the delivery of key elements of the
project including completing the home visits and delivering the workshops, we took
on 2 sessional workers to assist in delivering these. This was successfully achieved
in the timeframe existing, which allowed the project to conclude relatively smoothly.
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Supporting information
The Ark Before the Work
The plan to create a new mezzanine floor with meeting rooms and studio space
downstairs and open hall on the mezzanine floor.
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Work commenced with volunteers helping in the strip down
Then the building work started with the steelwork for the floor installed first
As work continued to make further progress with insulation and new windows
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Reaching final stages
Workshops
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Website (eco.ark.scot)
Exhibition/ Resources
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Home Visits
Thermostat settings at a reasonable level
Good boiler settings, with low heat intensity for the water and radiator being the more
efficient and healthier option; and the timer settings being present.
Loft insulation installed decreasing the buildings energy loss.
Spotlights, very common in properties, while being quite
inefficient.
The better lighting option, saving more energy than
conventional bulbs.
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Podcasts
Name of report authors and date it was finalised:
The compilation of the final report should not be down to one person. The management
committee/board members should be involved.
Output Grid – Please fill in only those outputs which relate to your project. More
information about all of these outputs can be provided in other sections of the report –
these figures will enable us to collate some overall impacts of the CCF.
Double glazing; an excellent way of reducing heat loss
Door frame with in-built draught proofing, without this, much energy would be lost.
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How many advice/information centres – regular drop-in centre, advice surgery
etc. - is your project running?
16
How many training sessions where skills and/or information were passed on
– e.g. composting training, cooking workshops, etc. – has your project has held.
9
How many events did your project hold, e.g. information fairs, open days, etc.? Do
not include events held by other organisations which you have attended.
2
How many staff, volunteers or community members have achieved qualifications
through the project – e.g. City & Guilds Energy Awareness, Trail Cycle Leader, etc.
1
How many people were directly employed by your project. Tell us the full-time
equivalent (FTE) number of employees (e.g. 3 days per week = 0.6 FTE).
1
Is the project is supporting the development of any long-term jobs which are not
dependent of CCF Funding? How many?
1
How many people are actively involved in your project – attending groups &
workshops, using the project facilities etc.?
4
How many people volunteer their time and energy to keeping the project going –
don’t forget the members of your management committee or board.
14
How many schools are involved in your project? 0
How many community-owned buildings have been refurbished? 1
How many Home Energy Checks or similar energy efficiency reports have
been carried out by your project?
25
How many households have been referred on to other agencies or providers
(e.g. HES, Green Deal assessor) for further action?
19
How many households installed energy efficiency measures – loft, wall or floor
insulation, draft-proofing, double glazing etc. – as a result of your project?
?
How many households installed green energy generation measures –
photovoltaic panels, solar thermal panels, air or ground source heat pumps, wood
fuelled heating systems etc – as a result of your project?
?
How many miles of car journeys have been reduced through the activities of
your project?
3,528
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How many square metres (m2) of community growing space (allotments, poly-
tunnels, raised beds, community gardens) has your project brought into use?
0
How many tonnes of waste have been diverted from landfill because of the
activities of your project?
?
How many kWh of energy has been reduced because of the activities of your
project?
?