Carbon Action News

Issue 36 - Spring 2013

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Articles: Welcome to Carbon Action News - Paul Maplethorpe .  Crispin Jones - E.ON UK .  Climate Change Minister visits Green Deal Go Early scheme in Wigan .  Responders to Warmth .  E.ON joins forces with Vaillant to tackle fuel poverty .  Warm Up North .  Councils embrace Green Open Homes .  Tenants fight the cold snap thanks to YHN .  CAN Training-Day Conferences Report - Brighton, 28 January 2013 .  Marple Fire Station is the greenest of them all .  Clean Drive - a campaign for cleaner cars in Europe .  Are rising energy bills becoming a strain on your organisation? Solar energy powering new council homes .  Warm Homes Healthy Families .  What's Occurring in Barry .  In Leicester, sustainable energy is a matter for all .  More to do in Wales to meet targets .  Islington SHINEs .  IFORE - Innovation for Renewal: Greener homes for a brighter future

Issue 35 - Winter 2012

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Articles: Welcome to Carbon Action News - Colin Anderson .  Nigel Dewbery, Head of Obligation Delivery, E.ON UK .  What's In It For Me? Increasing Consumer Engagement in Energy Efficiency - Four Key Considerations .  East of England Co-operative Opts for Solar Power .  Large-Scale CESP Projects Well Underway .  Award Winning Pensioner is 500th Beneficiary of £6 Million Stockton Scheme .  A Real Saving Scheme - CESP in Leicester  .  REECH - Liverpool City Region .  Air Quality - an insight .  Partnership is Key to Success .  Cardigan Wrapped up from the Cold .  Dorset Energized .  Excellence in Exeter .  Cornwall Together .  Featherstone Fuel Poverty Project Now Underway .  Norwich's Big Switch and Save launched .  Local Energy Advice Continues to Thrive in Bristol and Somerset .  Leicester City Partners Pledge Action on Carbon Emissions .  NHBC give thumbs up to Waste Water Heat Recovery devices attached to Showers (WWHRS): a Green Deal listed Measure .  Midlands Social Housing Providers invited to Plugin to water and energy savings .  Homes in Halifax set to Benefit from £110,000 Fuel Poverty Funding . 

Issue 34 - Summer 2012

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Articles: Welcome to Carbon Action News - Colin Anderson .  DECC responds to industry and local authority concerns around ECO - Gary Worthington, Climate Energy .  Street Champions inspire Low-Carbon Zone success .  Explore a SuperHome this September .  SMARTSPACES: Leicester City Council helping to reduce energy consumption in European Public Buildings .  Carbon Action Network 6th & 7th Training-Day Conference Report - York, March 2012 & Chelmsford June 2012 .  Hartlepool fuel poverty project now underway .  Schools carbon-cutting campaign proves success .  Ashden Awards 2012: UK winners announced National Trust receives Gold Award  .  Scheme helps tenants to reduce home energy bills .  The ReallySmartHouse Project - an energy boost for Southend-on-Sea Borough Council tenants & SMEs .  Sweet ‘SucCESP’ in Doncaster .  Nottingham's the number one city for domestic solar power .  Hitting the Cold Spots & Help is on Hand initiativesfor Gosport Residents .  Insulation scheme saving Hampshire over 3,000 tonnes of CO2 and £900,000 .  Somerset West Home Energy: understanding the Green Deal and ECO approach .  Ascham Homes successful completion of solar installation to almost a thousand Homes .  Swistherm Improves energy efficiency at George Hall Court .  Energy Action for Rutland .  International energy project to generate cost savings for housing providers .  CAN Annual Report August 2010 / July 2011 .  CAN regional updates 2011-12 .  Northamptonshire schools project saves carbon and cash .  Liverpool's Warm Homes Healthy People schemes .  Blackburn Warm Homes Healthy People fund .  The Hills Fuel Poverty Review: assessing early implications for practitioners

Issue 33 - Winter 2012

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Articles: Welcome to Carbon Action News - farewell & thanks to Andy Stephenson - Spring 2012 .  Local authorities can be a catalyst for Green Deal - Gary Worthington, Climate Energy .  Council Energy Savers Loan a success .  GoWarm secures £3.9million energy project in North East .  Carbon Action Network Fifth One-Day Conference Report - Leicester 2012 .  The new appliance A+++ rating .  Blackpool residents warmed by gas work .  Government policy moves to subsidise high-cost energy efficiency measures for the vulnerable .  Nottingham Energy Partnership staff celebrate their International Green Award .  Travel Carbon Footprint (TCF) System update .  Wrap Up Leeds gets off to a great start .  West Sussex Council’s are keeping residents warmer this winter .  Solar Schools project opens its doors to help more schools install solar .  Penwithick Retrofit Project - for a greener future .  Stockport Homes .  Oil pay-as-you-go trial .  Nottingham leading the way in energy mapping .  Climate Energy - creating a world where sustainable low carbon living is a reality

Issue 32 - Winter 2011

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Articles: Welcome to Carbon Action News - Winter 2011 .  CESP for Smaller Communities - Climate Energy .  Great Places Pilot of PV Solar Panels in Salford .  Health Impact Assessment: Fuel Poverty - NHS Bolton .  Hard to Treat or Hard to Fund? - Calderdale Council .  Carbon Action Network Fourth One-Day Conference Report, Taunton 2012 .  Fifth National CAN One-Day Conference, Leicester 9 December .  The BIG Energy Upgrade launched by Energy MP - Yorkshire Energy Services .  Street Light changes to save Leicestershire £770,000 - Leicestershire County Council .  NW CAN and Snug Network extend sponsorship deal - North West Carbon Action Network .  Wakefield Affordable Warmth Strategy 2007-2010 - Wakefield Council .  Reaching New Heights in Insulation for Littlehampton High-Rise - Arun District Council .  Wakefield Council Launches its Revamped Energy Savers Scheme - Wakefield Council .  CAN Members’ Survey Summary Report - September 2011 .  Travel Carbon Footprint (TCF) - Support Services Partnership South West London .  Work Begins on Fuel Poverty Project in Hull .  Mr Toast Returns to Greater Manchester .  Planning for Climate Change - Climate East Midlands  .  Schools Selected for Carbon Cutting Project - Leicestershire County Council .  Sails Ahoy for New Gateshead Advice Centre .  Warmer Worchestershire .  Climate Energy Homes is proud to introduce theh ecoTECH off-site construction system

Issue 31 - Summer 2011

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Articles: Welcome to Carbon Action News - Summer 2011 .  Retrofit for the Future - Climate Consulting .  Let the sun shine!! - Bracknell Forest Council .  Actio₂n Surrey - helping homeowners save money, energy and the environment .  Carbon Action Network one-day conference - Birmingham .  What will RHI mean for local authorities? - Climate Consulting .  The swing towards renewable energy solutions GAINs momentum - Grant Aided Heating Installers Network .  Doncaster schools continue their eco journey - Doncaster Council .  Eco Easterside: Moving towards a sustainable Middlesbrough - Middlesbrough Environment City .  UK-wide solar project to be completed by Yorkshire company - Yorkshire Energy Services .  Wakefield Affordable Warmth Strategy 2007-2010 - Wakefield Council .  Barbrook Passivhaus - Energy Action Devon .  Who wants to arrest Climate Change? - United Sustainable Energy Agency .  Free support for community energy groups - Centre for Sustainable Energy .  CAN Annual Report August 2009 / July 2010 .  North Yorkshire school goes green - North Yorkshire County Council .  The future’s green for North Lincolnshire’s social homes - North Lincolnshire Homes & Community Energy Solutions Brough residents set to cut energy costs with new scheme - GoWarm, Eden District Council and Eden Housing Association .  Safe & Warm action days in North Somerset - North Somerset Council .  Sally Carter - Home Energy Officer, Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council .  Hard to Treat - Centre for Sustainable Energy .  Radflek - advertisement feature .  Working together to create low carbon living and reduce fuel poverty - Climate Energy

Issue 30 - Spring 2011

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Articles: Welcome to Carbon Action News - Spring 2011 .  Green Deal picks up pace .  Durham County Council experiences of a new Unitary Council .  Creating sustainable homes .  Carbon Action Network conference 2010 - Manchester .  Manchester Conference Feedback Report .  National CAN Training Day Birmingham .  Activities provide winter help for residents .  How to set up a housing energy database to target fuel poverty - a practical guide for LAs .  The Heat is On - Yorkshire & Humber Microgeneration Conference & Awards Dinner .  A solid solution .  Ceredigion tooled up to build efficiently .  Most successful Energy Saving Week ever .  Vulnerable householders benefit from renewable energy .  Wakefield MP Mary Creagh supports the Campaign for Warm Homes .  IssyClad solid wall insulation programme .  Greener Homes, Healthier Homes: an action plan for affordable warmth 2011-16 The HELP Scheme Lincolnshire's flagship discounted insulation scheme .  Low carbon technology moves into East Midland homes .  HOW TO... reduce energy usage with Climate Energy Solutions .  Climate Energy Solutions receive accreditation for SAFE contractor .  S4E Installer Conference .  E-Chat for Energy Saving Trust .  Green energy for Solihull residents .  Landlords targeted! Groundbreaking project in South Lakes

Issue 29 - Autumn 2010

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Articles: Welcome to Carbon Action News - Autumn 2010 .  The Science of Changing the World .  Nottingham Warm Zone: Delivers £2.4 Million Worth of Carbon Cutting Measures .  Carbon Action Network conference 2010 - London .  London Conference Feedback Report .  Manchester CAN One-Day National Conference Programme .  Could the New Homes Bonus Support Carbon Neutrality? .  Greener Homes DIY Scheme - A Suffolk Climate Change Partnership initiative .  Take-up of Energy Efficiency Grants: Positive News for Local Authorities .  Children Know How to Save Energy .  Nottingham leading the UK in home energy saving .  Trade Organisations Join Forces to Tackle UK's Solid Wall Housing Stock .  Privatisation of the public services – a future market or future market failure? .  CAN Members Survey Report 2009 .  Fantastic Home .  Gosport’s New Loft Clearance Scheme .  The Ashden Awards for sustable energy .  Green Heart Environmental Exhibition and Awards .  “Go the Extra Mile” and Take Part in the Big Switch Off 2010 .  The Ashden Awards for sustable energy

Issue 28 - Summer 2010

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Articles: Welcome to Carbon Action News - Summer 2010 .  Hull Warm Zone .  Stockport Homes Aims for a New ‘Horizon’ .  Passive Housing Retrofit in Northern Ireland .  MCS Certification Seminars .  Norwich City Council and Renewables East encourage residents to ‘GoWarm’ .  Staffordshire Partnership Energy Audit Programme .  European Renewables Fact Finding Mission Proves Success .  Community Energy Solutions in Line for National Award .  Eaga Secures Funding to Deliver the CESP .  Pilot Project for Mobile Homes .  Old Home SuperHome .  GAIN Conference - Will incentives Move the Renewables Market? .  The Energy Saving Trust’s Regional Network of Microgeneration Coordinators .  Energy Doctor Gives East Midlands Homes a Check Up .  Wakefield Low Carbon Communities Scheme Success! .  The Chesshire Lehmann Fund .  The Green Up Luton Challenge .  Bungalows are First to Benefit from Better Heating .  New Government Agenda Announced .  Carbon Action Network Conference 2010: We CAN Change - positive thinking for a cooler planet

Issue 27 - Winter / Spring 2010

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Articles: Welcome to Carbon Action News - Winter / Spring 2010 (Andy Stephenson) .  Aim 4 SMEs (sponsors article) .  Aim 4 SMEs Case Study: Leicester printing company makes over 50% saving on heating bill .  Warm Homes Campaign .  EST announces support & guidance for area based approaches .  Environment Advisors Cut Energy Costs For Most Vulnerable .  Government Announce New Household Energy Management Programme .  Victorian home versus new build - are Brits losing their affection for Victorian properties? .  Community Energy Groups join forces to announce multi million pound contract .  Council Housing Fit for the Future .  Warm and Well in Derby .  Faversham Pool .  CAN Annual Review - August 08 to July 09 .  Manchester social housing provider wins top national sustainability award .  Cringles Park .  Support for reducing energy poverty in social housing .  Back to eco-driving school for staff .  Eco-Homes Open Days Project Summary .  LCLIP for Milton Keynes selected as case study for UKCP09 .  EMCBE construction awards .  Interactive Energy Saving Trailer Available Now .  Wakefield Residents Save Around £40,000 a year on Energy Bills .  Rhondda Cynon Taf Affordable Warmth Strategy & Action Plan .  Colchester to cash-in on carbon savings .  New Chairman Announced For Energy Efficiency Partnership For Homes .  Warm Homes in Sussex .  Can you sponsor CANews?

Issue 26 - Autumn / Winter 2009

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Articles: Welcome to Carbon Action News - Autumn 2009 (Rob Leeson) .  Toasty homes this winter for 45 families in Worthing .  New Masters at Nottingham Trent University .  The Carbon Action Network Conference 2010 .  KNH wins national award for being green .  Warm Front Scheme Changes (Shida Bassiti) .  Derby’s Libraries encourage residents to switch off (Heather Caldicott) .  Herts Essex Energy Partnership (Leicester City Council) .  The Solar Panel is the New Designer Kitchen - People in the East of England would pay more for a green home .  Potential million ton CO2 saving for the terrace walk-through (John Dunkley, Atomising Systems Ltd) .  Harlow’s Green Water Gardens (David Taylor) .  Can you sponsor CANews

Issue 25 - Conference Edition 2009

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Articles: Welcome to the 2009 Conference Edition of Carbon Action News (Rob Leeson) .  Insulating hard to treat properties in Rotherham (E.ON) .  Filling the gaps (E.ON) .  East Midlands CAN launch (Helen Atkins) .  Low carbon grants now available in Wolverhampton (Wolverhampton City Council) .  Park homes transformed By warmth scheme (Telford & Wrekin Council) .  Everyone has a role to play in the Big Switch Off campaign (Leicestershire County Council) .  Overdale Junior School’s Big Switch Off (Leicester City Council) .  Sustainable Yougrave .  Discover greener living (Stockton-on-Tees Council) .  Broadland District Council supports community renewable energy .  Norfolk Bike Week (Energy Saving Trust) .  climate change - cost and consequence, the Carbon Action Network Conference 2009 Report (Helen Atkins) .  2009 Conference Feedback Report (Helen Atkins) .  Carbon Action Network Awards 2009 .  John Davis - Winner of the CAN Lifetime Achievement Award .  Pendle Homes get a Green Makeover (Pendle Borough Council) .  Look out for Grant (Climate Energy) .  East Midlands residents don't trust tradespeople when it comes to green measures (Energy Saving Trust advice center East Midlands) .  Yorkshire and Humber Microgeneration Partnership launched (Energy Saving Trust advice centre South and West Yorkshire) .  Close contest in the battle to become energy champions (Severn Wye Energy Agency) .  National Insulation Association .  Huddersfield firm’s prestigious environmental award for the UK’s biggest insulation scheme .  RE-Charge in Kirklees (Energy Saving Trust advice centre South and West Yorkshire) .  EST launches new service to help local authorities reach their environment targets

Issue 24 - Spring / Summer 2009

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Articles: Welcome to Carbon Action News (Rob Leeson) .  Devon Warm Zone (E.ON) .  Warmer future for Warwickshire villagers (E.ON) .  Your country needs you .  CAN stand visits UKPHA Conference .  Students become Energy Champions (Victoria Dinwoodie) .  Warmer Homes - Easier Breathing pilot project (Debbie Phillips) .  Carbon Action Network Conference 2009: Climate Change Cost & Consequence .  Housing Executive presents first Home Energy Awards .  A ‘warm let’ for Norwich .  Watts Going Down in Warboys - Community Energy Challenge .  Warm Homes may be right up your street (Melanie Rundle) .  Warm Front Update

Issue 23 - Winter / Spring 2009

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Articles: Welcome to Carbon Action News (Oliver Myers) .  From Wall to Wall (E.ON) .  Carbon Action Network Launches at the LGA Conference .  The Warm and Well in Derby Project (Richard Murrell) .  Health Through Warmth in Wallsall Council .  Crucial New Project is Launched in Tees Valley to Support Residents this Winter (Tees Valley Hotspots) .  Community Groups Receive Reward for Helping Vulnerable Groups (Les Laws) .  Leeds Sees its First Hydrogen Car…in Miniature (Fuelsavers) .  Kirklees Warm Zone (Kirklees Council Environment Unit) .  Carbon Action Network Conference: Climate Change Cost & Consequence .  New Partnership Saves Lives and Saves Energy this Winter as Older People Warm to New Technology .  Community Carbon Champions (Poole Housing Partnership) .  FinSH (Stuart Davies) .  Stockport Council Joins Forces to “Kill The Chill” this Winter (Stockport Council) .  Community Warmth Scheme in Bradford (City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council) .  David Bellamy Opens Ground-breaking Eco Estate .  Advice Insulates Fuel Poor from Rising Energy Prices (Stoke-on-Trent City Council) .  Energy Efficient Shopping (E.ON) .  How to Save Energy and Money (E.ON)

Issue 22 - Autumn 2008

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Articles: Welcome to the autumn edition of HECA Network News - infomation on the Carbon Action Network .  Community Reward Initiative (E.ON)  .  Pioneering Warmth at a Low Cost (E.ON)  .  1, 2, 3, EPC Ready in Leeds (Darren Adams) .  EST Launch Nottingham Declaration Website .  New Power Station will Transform Waste into Energy .  New Energy Saving Initiative ‘Kicks Off’ in Norwich (Abbie Brook) .  More Than a Pretty Face .  Solar Integrated Roof at Clonmore Green (Northern Ireland Housing Executive) .  Energy Efficiency Grants for First-Time Buyers in Pembrokeshire (Len Mullins) .  Cold Related Illness Research in Blackpool (Hazel Merridew) .  CHPA Annual Conference and Dinner 2008 .  Community Energy Savings Programme .  Eco-homes that Pay the Power Bill (Radian Housing Group) .  UK HECA at the NEA Conference .  HECA’s Conference Renamed .  Prize Draw Winners in the Northfield Ward .  East Midlands Expo 2008 .  UK CEED (E.ON) .  HeatPlant - Heating Homes and caring for the environment (E.ON) .  Small Steps Big Difference

Issue 21 - Conference Edition, Summer 2008

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Articles: Welcome to HECA Network News - Summer 2008 (Rob Leeson)  .  E.ON in the community (E.ON)  .  Langley Primary School goes green (E.ON)  .  Salford Heating Installer Partnership (SHIP) Launch (Sandra Mardell)  .  Dunsville pupils put energy into eco project (Richard J Smith)  .  Saving Energy in Europe (Noel Rice)  .  National Home Energy Conference 2008 (Helen Atkins)  .  National Home Energy Conference 2008 Feedback report (Helen Atkins)  .  E.ON - sponsors of the National Home Energy Conference 2008  .  HECA Awards 2008  .  EPC Advisory Toolkit for Local Authorities and Private Landlords (David Lynch) .  County Durham Energy Partnership (Cliff Duff)  .  Tackling fuel poverty using HHSRS  .  Leeds City Council win Ashden Award  .  Meet... Big Bill and Little Bill  .  New homes trial energysaving technology  .  Plug and Save (E.ON)

Issue 20 - Spring 2008

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Articles: Welcome to HECA Network News - Spring 2008 (Rob Leeson)  .  E.ON ready to meet changing carbon reduction rules (E.ON) .  HECA Review - officer questionnaire results .  Bringing Community Warmth to Leeds’ Residents .  £4 million to help local authorities fight climate change .  Liverpool’s Energy Advice Calendar .  Local government performance framework .  Utilising new carbon reducing technologies to fuel affordable housing .  UK HECA’s new exhibition stand .  The national home energy conference 2008 .  Targeted renewable energy project is a catalyst to establishing low carbon communities .  Warm Homes for Normanton, Derby .  Winter Warmth Roadshow success! .  Funding for priority group house holders .  Save your money, save the world .  Pumping up the heat in Leeds .  Residents at Longwood Park receive royal seal of approval .  Solar roof at Clonmore Green, Rathcoole .  Creating a Carbon-Neutral School Conference and Exhibition .  2 Free Energy Saving Light Bulbs for your Tenants

Issue 19 - Winter 2007/08

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Articles: Welcome to HECA Network News - Winter 2007/08 (Rob Leeson)  .  Providing sustainable energy solutions to the public sector (E.ON) .  Brian Sexton MBE  .  Perfect Power (Heather Ziervogel) .  Leeds, Bradford and Hull EEAC migration to call centre (Leeds City Council) .  Energy Advisors on Electric Mountain Bikes (Leeds City Council) .  Leeds Affordable Warmth Strategy 2007-2016 (Leeds City Council) .  Lighting by Pedal Power (Andy Stephenson) .  Manchester’s Eco-House wins double award (HEON-NW) .  Spooky goings on at the North West Regional HECA meeting (HEON-NW) .  UN Conference on Climate Change .  Full IPCC Report Now Available .  Nobel Peace Prize Recognizes Climate Change .  Reading Borough Council Energy Saving Week 2007 (Fiona Perry) .  National Award for Easington’s Warm Homes Campaign  .  Targeting CO₂ - The Expanding Role of the Energy Officer: The National Home Energy Conference 2008 .  £10 Million East & West London Heating & Insulation Scheme Gets £700,000 Boost (London Warm Homes) .  Warm Shropshire Homes that don’t cost the Earth .  Kids put pen to paper on energy saving .  UK HECA Annual Review August 2006 - July 2007 .  Yvette Cooper MP supports Wakefield Home Energy Team .  Generating your own energy is easier with E.ON (advertisement - E.ON) .  Spreading the word for Energy Saving Week (Doncaster Council) .  Doncaster Council joined by Doncaster Rovers to mark Energy Saving Week 2007 (Doncaster Council)

Issue 18 - Autumn 2007

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Articles: UK HECA Chair's foreword (Oliver Myers)  .  E.ON - the energy behind Powergen (Phil Biddle) .  E.ON turns up the HeatPlant .  E.ON's Key Account Managers .  Charter Community Housing .  Update on fuel Poverty levels in Derby (Derby Home Energy Advice Service) .  Community Energy Efficiency Fund .  Cumbria EEAC News (Cumbria Energy Efficiency Advice Centre) .  Sustainable Energy Network roll out plans continue (Mathew Knight) .  Guide for greener councils .  UK HECA House retires at the NEA Conference (Rob Leeson) .  Warm reception for Warm Card (Alison Sandford) .  Winter Warmth Road Show (Lisa Talbot) .  Keeping Warm Affordably - Community energy training sessions (Jason Martin) .  Climate change in Easington  .  The race to 100 MPGe (Rob Leeson)  .  UK's leading green energy awards calls for 2008 entries (Jane Howarth) .  Launch of the 2007 South East Low Carbon Awards

Issue 17 - Conference Edition, Summer 2007

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Articles: Welcome to the 2007 Conference Edition of HECA Network News(Rob Leeson)  .  Cumbria EEAC Wins Ashden Sustainable Development Award .  fuelling the debate: energy efficiency | renewables | nuclear power - the National Home Energy Conference 2007 Report (Helen Atkins) .  National Home Energy Conference 2007 Financial Report (Helen Atkins) .  National Home Energy Conference 2007 Chair's Report (Steve Martin) .  Annual HECA Awards 2007 .  Councils Tackle Climate Change Using Sustainable Energy Toolkit (Emma Buxbaum) .  Wind Turbine in Cushendall (Noel Rice) .  Wood Pellet Boiler Trial (Noel Rice) .  CO₂ Calculator unveiled (Defra) .  North East Home Insulation Partnership (Laura Thomson) .  Fuel poverty research tool reveals local ‘hot spots’ of cold home misery (Tim Weisselberg) .  SunCities Solar Villages (Kirklees Council Environment Unit) .  UK HECA Review January - July 2006 (Helen Atkins) .  Salford finalists for MJ Awards (Les Laws) .  Decent Homes - the Novacroft Way .  Sussex Local Authorities work with faith groups to tackle climate change (Zoë Leader) .  Sustainable Energy – Getting Started! (Kirklees Council Environment Unit) .  Warm Homes for Normanton Project in Derby (Shabana Najib) .  Bournemouth Private Rented Sector Insulation Project Helps 3,750 Dwellings (Neil Short) .  West Yorkshire Win Award for Fuel Poverty Scheme

Issue 16 - Spring 2007

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Articles: Pelamis rides wave of success! (Rob Leeson)  .  IPCC Report released .  Have you checked out Better Priced Energy .  Australia to Ban Bulbs .  Flintshire installs ground source heat pumps (Nia Price Williams) .  Home information packs update .  Nation Home Energy Conference 2007 - Fuelling the Debate: Energy Efficiency / Renewables / Nuclear Power - Programme .  Trust ensures better energy payments (Claire Watt) .  Northern Ireland Housing Executive Solar Panel Programme (Maureen Kerr) .  School Energy Heroes Help Save The Planet (Lee Morton) .  Sutherland Comparative Heating Cost Tables

Issue 15 - Winter 2006/07

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Articles: Welcome from the UK HECA Chair - Oliver Myers .  Have we seen the end of the white Christmas? - Rob Leeson .  Assembly Committee discusses sustainable development .  Association supports heating installers within grant aided schemes .  Manchester City Council Launches Eco Show House .  Gerry Baker & Adrian Roberts – Wales HECA award winners .  Osato Osaghae – SHON HECA award winner .  Robin Dunlevy - West Midlands HECA award winner .  Energy Saving Trust’s Targeted Approach .  Value for money and the role of the local authority in promoting Warm Front .  Fuel poverty walk goes through Leicester .  Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council – Energy Saving Week 2006 .  Utility Trust Funds - helping people to stay warm this winter .  INCA holds successful seminar & exhibition .  Ashton Hayes - Grass Roots Conference on climate change! .  1960’s flats or new development? .  Local Authority Energy Day .  Warmth & Wellbeing .  Carbon Busters Day a success .  Use energy to save energy - A family fun day in Teesdale .  North West Domestic Energy Alliance .  OSCAR saves energy in Cheshire .  The National Home Energy Conference 2007: Fuelling the debate - Energy Efficiency / Renewables / Nuclear Power .  I Count campaign - Blair’s last chance to stop climate chaos .  Practical help presentations

Issue 14 - Autumn 2006

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Articles: Cool It Day  .  Solar Power Gets Hot Support in Kent  .  Editorial, Has Your Food Travelled from the Moon  .  UK Energy Policy  .  Earn Money for your Excess Energy  .  Verena Skinner, South East HECA Award Winner  .  Jarrod Hutt, South West HECA Award Winner  .  Teresa Howarth, HEON-Eastern HECA Award Winner  .  Energy Saving Trust's Funding Reduced  .  The Energy Efficient Commitment Initial Consultation  .  David Miliband Lends his Support to the Promotion of Home Insulation in the North East  .  Spreading the Word in Derby  .  Reducing Energy Consumption in Leicester Households  .  DECoRuM  .  Energy Saving Week and the Local Authority Energy Day  .  Residents Bask in Salford's Warm Front  .  Chichester Council Wins National Prize

Issue 13 - Conference Edition, Summer 2006

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Articles: Wakefield HOTSPOTS (Mark Hooton)  .  Big Lottery Fund for Renewable Energy (www.biglotteryfund.org.uk) .  Home Movers in Chichester are Given Advice on How to be Green and Energy-efficient (Abbie Brook)  .  HECA and Beyond... The Energy Frontier - The National Home Energy Conference 2006 (Helen Atkins)  .  2006 Annual HECA Awards  .  National Home Energy Conference 2006 Feedback Report (Helen Atkins)  .  National Home Energy Conference 2006 Chair's Report (Steve Martin)  .  HEON - Eastern Annual Conference 2006 (John Davis)  .  The Future is Green with the Renewable Interest-free Load Scheme  .  Solar Hot Water Installation Programme in Greenwich (Norma Nyaulingo)  .  Warm Homes for Normaton - a Home Energy Project for the Normanton Area in Derby (Richard Murrell)  .  Home Information Packs  .  HEON-Eastern Scoops Regional Award - The NEA Affordable Warmth Sustainable World Award (John Davis)

Issue 12 - Winter/Spring 2006

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Articles: npower - Sponsors of HECA Network News, Partners, npower Spreading Warmth  .  Welcome to Edition 12 of HECA Network News (Rob Leeson) .  Council Blossoms in this Year's Green Apple Awards (John Norman)  .  Local Authority Energy Day - Revised Date (Bruce Pittingale) .  B&Q Low Carbon Initiative (Helen Atkins) .  Solar, So Good! .  Acclaim for the Energy Saving Flagship Home .  Europe Display Campaign .  UK HECA Launch (Helen Atkins) .  The National Home Energy Conference 2006 - HECA & Beyond... the Energy Frontier Programme and Booking Form .  Local Authority Electricity Data 'Super Output Area' Analysis by the DTI (Steven White) .  Warm in Winter Events Across Hampshire (Nicola Sims) .  Heathly, Safe and Warm Homes (Steven White) .  Warmth for All (Peter Webber) .  North East Fuel Poverty Declaration (Wendi Wheeler)

Issue 11 - Autumn 2005

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Articles: npower - Sponsors of HECA Network News  .  HECA Network News Editorial (Rob Leeson) .  Gathering Data for HECA Reporting (Darren Adams)  .  First Residents Move into Poole's Eco-Village (Erica Pretty) .  Birmingham's Hottest Properties Revealed (Mat Day) .  Daventry District Council Demonstrates Mini Wind Turbine (D Malone) .  Housing Professionals Urged to put Energy Efficiency First (Russell Sanders) .  Warm Homes for Derwent - a Home Energy Project for the New Deal Communities Area in Derby (Richard Murrell) .  Primrose Hill Solar PV & Solar Thermal (Social Housing) Project (Vicky Dumbrell) .  EUSol (Debbie Hill) .  'Flint-sulate' - Flintshire County Council's New Insulation Scheme (Nia Prys-Williams) .  Raising Temperatures with HotSpots!! (David Shewan) .  North East Region Tackles Fuel Poverty .  New 'Warm Zones Works' CD Resource  .  UK HECA at the NEA Conference (Helen Atkins) .  UK HECA Launch (Helen Atkins) .  UK HECA Launch Application Form .  Southend Soars with Solar (Martin Turner) .  Energy Savings for Torbay Residents (Nicola Moorhouse) .  Don Lack Says Goodbye (Helen Atkins)

Issue 10 - Conference Edition, Summer 2005

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Articles: npower - Sponsors of HECA Network News  .  Renewable Energy Embraced by Merseyside - The Way Forward for all our Futures (Nikki Mason)  .  Empowerment Conference saves energy (Tracey Mills) .  SHECANe Plans for Sustainable Energy (Stephanie Evans) .  Spreading the Word in Derby (Richard Murrell) .  Micro Combined Heat and Power (Maureen Kerr) .  Herefordshire Takes the LEAD in UK Energy Efficiency and Renewables (Stuart Davies) .  Conference Steering Group Chair’s Report (Steve Martin) .  Conference Feedback Report (Helen Atkins) .  national HECA Awards 2005 .  Leading the Way: How Local Authorities Can Meet the Challenge of Climate Change (LGA) .  New Database Allows Local Authorities to Spot the ‘Green Gaps’ (Andrew Amato) .  Green Resolutions Resolved! (Annabel Preston) .  Climate Change Hits Home (Zoe Livermore) .  Gosport Mayor Announces Winners of Climate Change Film Competition (Annabel Preston) .  LSP Works to Keep Salford Warm and Well (Liz Carridge) .  Ockendon Students Play out the SAVE Message (Angela Hogg)

Issue 9 - Spring 2005

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Articles: HECA Network News Editorial (Rob Leeson) .  npower - Sponsors of HECA Network News  .  South Lakeland District Council - Renewable Energy (Alasdair Muir) .  Income Maximisation Day (Erica Pretty) .  Cavity Wall Insulation linked to Council Tax Rebates (Peter Chrisnall) .  Good Environmental Management in Medway Schools (GEMMS) (Ieuan Edwards) .  Energy Scheme Works with Health Sector (Colin Anderson) .  Wakefield Wake-upto Energy Savings (Mark Hooton) .  Get Your Tax Back (Colin MacDonald)  .  Switch to Life in the Green Lane (Catherine Lockwood)  .  All Change for Climate Change - National Home Energy Conference 2005 Programme  .  Enact Expansion Hots Up - Sponsors of the National Home Energy Conference 2005 .  Leicester City Council Wins Beacon Status for Sustainable Energy  .  The Ockendon School Energy Show (Angela Hogg)  .  Saving Energy at Her Majesty's Pleasure (Mike Brain)  .  Winter Survival Campaign (Richard Quinn - Gaile Connolly)  .  HECA Award Winners: East Pennine Region (Jane Mears) .  Kyoto Comes into Force (UN News Service)  .  Breaking Down the Barriers to Using Renewable Energy (Suzanne LeMiere) .  West Dorset Energy Day (Joanne Rickman)

Issue 8 - Winter 2004

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Articles: HECA Network News Editorial (Rob Leeson) .  Cheshire Event Showcases Sustainable Energy and Supports Renewable Enery Study (Angie Jukes) .  Broadsol Project Wins NHIC Award (Paul Bourgeois) .  HECA Award Winners: Warm & Well Scheme and Solar Heating at Travellers' Sites (Lisa Jones) .  HECA Award Winners: Braintree District Insulation Scheme (Peter Chrisnall) .  HECA Award Winners: Housing, Health and Education - The Energy Efficiency Link (Adrian Roberts) .  HECA Award Winners: South East HECA Officer of the Year...Three Times (Hazel Hill) .  HECA Award Winners: 'Freda and the Free Phone Number' (Sally Carter) .  Housing Act Receives Royal Assent (Helen Atkins)  .  Poole's Futuristic Eco-Village gets the Go-ahead (Ed Dearnely)  .  Heat Streets Scheme (Martin Turner)  .  Events (Helen Atkins)  .  HECA Officers' Views on the Future of HECA, Final Report (Helen Atkins)  .  Placing Energy at the Heart of Sustainable Development (Katy Gibson)  .  Hertfordshire United (Sue Hardy)  .  Thurrock 'School Acting to Value Energy' (SAVE) (Angela Hogg)  .  Free Sun in Southend  .  Ministerial Support for 'Devon Affordable Warmth and Health Handbook  .  Sign Up to Salford's Solar System (Les Laws)  .  ICE - Improving Curbria's Energy (Lucy Smith)  .  Extra Winter Deaths Lowest for Six Years (Helen Atkins)  .  Energy Day in Sheffield (Heather Stewart)  .  National Home Energy Conference 2005 - All Change for Climate Change .  Scheme Integration (Brian Mathie) .  John Davis Retires (again!) (Bruce Pittingale)

Issue 7 - Autumn 2004

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Articles: Powergen Warm Front Update (Helen Barker) .  Domestic Energy Efficiency Advice Code of Practice, Good Energy Advice, a Useful Measure .  Solar Water-Heating Project (Paul Bourgeois)  .  Solar Streets Initiative Launched in Hampshire (Stephanie Evans)  .  Sustainable Energy Partnership (Emma Hinton)  .  Poole Enlightens Their Staff (Erica Pretty)  .  New Scheme for 'Hard to Treat' Homes (Paul Sheridan) .  Manchester Raise £0.25 Million from Alliance with ScottishPower .  Cardiff Partnering Scheme (Colin King)  .  Hard to Heat Homes (Barry Steele)  .  The Knowsley Heatstreets Scheme (Sally Carter)  .  Innovation Programme (Stuart Davies)  .  The Energy Advice Handbook  .  Energy Efficiency Project Integration (Bruce Pittingale)  .  Coventry City Council's Free Home Insulation Schemes (Karen Weber) .  The DTI Renewable Energy Programme Domestic Field Trial (Ernie Johnson) .  Building on Strengths in Kent (Wendy Goddard) .  National HECA Conference 2005 - 'All Change for Climate Change' .  Hard to Treat Just Got Easier (Liz Warren) .  Practical help .  Cover Image (Rob Leeson) .  Ian's Leap of Faith

Issue 6 - Conference Edition, Summer 2004

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Articles: Powergen Warm Front Highlights and Looking Forward (Helen Barker) .  Wakefield Healthy Homes Scheme Sets a Good Example (Mark Hooton) .  Fuel Tariff Advice  .  Forward, Into the Unknown (Bruce Pittingale)  .  Havent's Showcase Eco-friendly Homes (Paul Hemming)  .  National HECA Conference 2004 Report (Helen Atkins)  .  National HECA Awards 2004  .  HECA Conference Online  .  National HECA Conference 2004, Feedback Report (Helen Atkins)  .  Solar Car Challenge (Mike Bundy)  .  Wolverhampton Affordable Warmth Strategy (Angie Madden)  .  Beacon Status Awarded  .  Practical help  .  Schools Energy Project (Helen Atkins)  .  'Warmer Lets' Hits the £1m Mark (Charles Garrett) .  West Sussex Partnership Wins National Award (Patrick Vickerman) .  Don Scores a Hat Trick, (Stewart Conway)

Issue 5 - Spring 2004

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Articles: Northern Ireland Progress Report (Noel Rice) .  South West HECA Officers Decide the Way Forward (Ed Dearnley) .  Upcoming Events  .  Energy Efficiency Commitment from npower comes to Dorset (Ed Dearnley)  .  MP Launches Plans for a Warmer Healthier Devon (Fiona Swan)  .  Ground-breaking Fuel Poverty Project Wins Environmental Award (Kay Beagley)  .  Data Protection and Warm Front Mail-out (Darren Adams)  .  HECA Research Project (Oliver Myers)  .  National HECA Conference 2004 - preview and booking form  .  SHECANE Pilots Rural Outreach Work in Four Authorities (Stephanie Evans)  .  Interest Free Loan to Help Home Improvements (Alison McCafferty)  .  Derby Affordable Warmth Strategy 1st Annual Progress Report (Richard Murrell)  .  Sustainable Energy Boosted By Queens Speech (Neil Turner)  .  Cover Image  .  Green Resolutions (Annabel Preston) .  Launch of ‘Here to HELP' Scheme in Spondon, Derby (Richard Murrell)

Issue 4 - Autumn/Winter 2003

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Articles: Energy Efficiency Campaign Kicks Off (Alison McCafferty) .  Energy Efficiency Commitment Partnerships in Dorset (Erica Pretty) .  Local Power in the Severn Vale (Kierson Wise) .  Enact Energy’s HEAT Project (Paul Johnson) .  Sunderland’s ‘Warm Homes’ Initiative (Alan Hunter) .  Wiltshire Wins Funding (Wiltshire Wildlife Trust) .  Hampshire and the Isle of Wight could lead the way in reducing CO2 (Annabel Preston) .  HECA East Network (John Davis) .  Jack Straw Visits Lancashire Energy Efficiency Advice Centre (Gareth Mayoh) .  Current Approaches on Fuel Poverty, Creativity or Chaos? (John Davis & Peter Lehman) .  Leicester City Responds to Climate Change (John Evans) .  Welcome, Jo Lacey! .  Royal Assent .  HECA Officer Accreditation .  HECA, the Strategic & Business Case (Andrew Nairn) .  UK's First City-Wide Heating System (EST) .  Practical help, Keeping You Up-to-Date .  HECA Fora Website (Helen Atkins) .  Review of HECA Reporting .  Towards a West Midlands Energy Strategy (Ellie Cooper) .  150 School Children Attend the West Dorset Annual Flagship Energy Awareness Day (M Selley, M Chamberlain)

Issue 3 - Conference Edition, Summer 2003

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Articles: Powergen Warm Front (Caroline Pennington) .  Home Energy Efficiency Bingo (Jane Robson) . Hard to Heat Homes (Jane Kell) .  Micro CHP Demonstration Project (Jane Kell) . Measuring Fuel Poverty (Richard Murrell) .  What's New from Practical Help (Amber Moss) . Black Country Takes Green Steps to a Sustainable Lifestyle! (Ellie Cooper) . How Can We Help on the Delivery of Health Service Targets and Improve Our Own Targets? .  Welsh HECA Forum (Emma Cole) . 2003 National HECA Conference Report(Bruce Pittingale) .  2003 HECA Awards . 2003 National HECA Conference Feedback Report (Helen Atkins) .  2003 National HECA Conference Financial Report (Steve Wood) . Environmental Task Force Rolls Out (Annabel Preston) .  Activities Planned by the London HECA Forum (Sarah Hitchcock) . Solar Discount Scheme (Ange Kelly) .  EST Working at Regional Level (Stephen Calvert) . Next West Midlands HECA Forum Conference .  Energy Conscious Kids (Wendi Wheeler) . Energy Improvements Confirmed by Northern Ireland House Condition Survey (Noel Rice) Save Money, Save Power, Save the Planet (Mike Collins) . Sun Shines on Solar Power at Solent Energy Fair (Annabel Preston) HECA Activity (Amber Moss) ODPM Statutory Plan

Issue 2 - Spring 2003

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Articles: HECA Officers under treat (Ed Dearnley) .  Derby's Affordable Warmth Strategy Launched (Richard Murrell) .  Solar Water Heating Project (Noel Rice) . Councils Urged to Investigate Renewable Energy (Mike Bundy) .  DEFRA Update (Lynne Ebdon) . Wales HECA Forum, Raising Energy Awareness (Steve Martin) .  Cornwall Sustainable Energy Partnership (Tim German) .  Sun Shines in Belfast on Photovoltaic Project (Noel Rice) .  South East Region Recent Events, Healthy Homes Partnership, 'Dying to be Warm' (Patrick Vickerman) .  TXU Warm Front Update (Alan Davies) .  National HECA Conference 2003 Programme .  Energy Efficiency Activities in Kirklees (Kay Beagley) .  Tackling Fuel Poverty - Joint Working Essential to be Effective... Can We Afford Not To? (Sue Baldock) .  Practical Help, Keeping you Up-To-Date! .  Philip Sellwood, New Chief Executive at the Energy Saving Trust (Kate Rogers) .  A Window on the Future (Noel Rice) .  The Lord Mayor's Charity Appeal Receives a Boost from Leeds, Bradford and Hull Energy Efficiency Advice Centre (Colin Salt) .  Get Stuffed! (Suzanne Burgess)

Issue 1 - Winter 2002

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Articles: Northern Ireland 2002 Home Energy Conservation Progress Report (Noel Rice) .  British Gas 'Here to Help' . EAGA Partnerships Ltd (Dave Nicholson) .  HECA Fora Chairman's Report 2002 (Don Lack) . DEFRA Update (Tyrone Homes) .  Wales HECA Forum 3rd Annual Conference . 11th Annual Public Health Forum - Cardiff March 2003 .  Sustainable Energy Bill (Ron Bailey) . South West HECA Forum 2002 (Martin Hodges) .  North/West HECA Forum - Benefits of the Forum Meeting Held with Local Authority Members (Brian Sexton) .  Manchester City Council's Housing Department - Award Winning Schemes! (Brian Sexton) .  HECA East Network HECA Reporting Training & Partnership Day .  Climate Change - A Survey of Local Authorities .  Practical Help - Keeping You Up-To-Date! .  Supporting HECA Officers (Anisha Patel) .  Leeds City Council Scoops Scoops Two Top Awards (Jo Hewitt) .  Where You Ready for the Climate Change Levy? (Peter Weber) .  Forthcoming Events . West Midlands HECA Forum - 6th Conference "Marketing Energy Efficiency - Getting the Message Across" .  Enthuse Project .  Christmas Lecture . Energy Efficiency Partnership for Homes - Energy Advice Providers Group .  NETA Knocks CHP (Michael King) . Wales HECA Forum - Grants Flowchart Project (Becci Johnson) .  East Midlands HECA Forum . UK Energy Manager of the Year 2002 Award