Catrin Maby, Director

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• Catrin Maby, Director
• From strategy to practical action
• the work of a regional energy agency

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What is Severn Wye Energy Agency?

• SAVE Energy Agency
• independent non-profit company
• aims sustainable energy and affordable warmth
• in South West of UK / S. Wales
• Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire,
  Wiltshire, Monmouthshire

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Our approach

• coherent message from strategic to practical
• integrated approach to efficiency renewables
• independent - technology neutral
• - no profit motive
• developing partnerships and crossing sectors

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Important issues

• engaging others by finding the common agenda
• local to global as well as global to local
• social inclusion
• demystification of everyday technology

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Delivering Regional Economic Strategy

• renewables is important emerging environmental
  technology sector
• energy efficiency improves environmental
  performance business efficiency
• new local jobs in sustainable energy
• practical pathways for cross-cutting principle of
  sustainable development

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Delivering Regional Renewable Energy Strategy

• Local Renewable Energy Action Plans
• understanding local role in Strategy
• agreeing county level targets with county and
  district
• seeking suitable sites

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Delivering Regional Housing Strategy

• achieving good quality homes
• - lower running cost
• - less risk of damp from condensation
• supporting sustainable communities
• - reducing environmental impact
• - alleviating fuel poverty, good for
• health
• social inclusion

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Local climate change strategy

• primary focus is carbon emission reduction
• energy sources and efficiency, buildings,
  transportation, waste
• stakeholder and public consultation
• working group to oversee implementation

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Multi-authority affordable warmth strategy
Partnership of 8 local authorities and 2 health
authorities
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Raising profile of sustainable energy in other
strategies

• land use planning
• health reducing health inequalities
• education citizenship, science, geography
• community plans

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Practical actionEnergy Efficiency Advice Centre

• free and impartial advice
• 15,000 households a year
• partners include
• local authorities
• housing associations social services
• pensions service

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Raising awareness of energy efficiency
homes behaving badly.
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.. and homes behaving well
Competitions with energy efficient products as
prizes
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Raising awarenesscooking with the sun
Competition at festival to design solar cooker
and cook full English breakfast
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Practical action adult basic skills education
Raising awareness of energy efficiency with
people not reached by mainstream methods.
Materials for adult education in literacy,
numeracy and English as second language.
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Practical action sustainable village shop

• Brockweir and Hewelsfield Village Shop and café
• local produce
• local and environmentally friendly building
  materials
• PV roof
• heat pump

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Practical actionbiomass at organic farm shop

• Cirencester farm shop
• Shop and café
• organic local produce
• wood chip boiler

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Practical actionrenewables at environmental
education centre

• The Wilderness Centre
• residential courses and day visits
• many schools attend
• PV roof
• wood pellet boiler

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Practical actionworking holistically with
schools

• identifying practical and behavioural actions in
  school buildings
• taking the message home
• integrating sustainable energy into existing
  curriculum

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Practical actionworking holistically with
prisons

• energy plan for prison buildings
• advice on energy savings for prisoners families
• educational programmes for longer term prisoners
• energy efficiency in resettlement housing

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Multi- authority/multi-agency energy efficiency
partnership

• home energy efficiency advice and measures
• 7 local authorities, fuel company, health
  authority and social services
• over 8,000 households advised
• measures installed value over 3 million euros

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External agency working with statutory
authorities lessons learned

• energy is cross-cutting issue, so engage across
  departments
• budgets always tight so help to realise benefits
  of funds leverage
• compensate for inherent lack of flexibility with
  own quick response
• help new staff into role, include in training etc
• encourage to use sustainable energy as career
  positive

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Forging successful partnershipslessons learned
from all other sectors

• counsellor listen and understand
• detective find relevance everywhere
• researcher think outside the box
• entrepreneur all events are an opportunity
• PR expert seek good news stories
• social worker help projects to cope without
  you
• salesperson sell ideas, and close sale with
  smile
• teacher make it easy, fun and rewarding

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Happy partnership celebrating achievements