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The Meadows Green Streets project covers 32 Victorian houses and also aims to install photovoltaic (PV) panels on a community building.
The project is designed to lead residents from initial advice to the purchase of new technologies for their homes and to directly assist a number of residents with 50/50 match-funded grants.
The grant funding will be limited (in the region of £2,000) and the resident will need to provide matched funding up to that limit - e.g. the north facing external rear addition of a solid wall property requires treatment with internally fitted thermal board at a cost of £2,000; the grant will be £1000 and the resident must find the matching £1000.
The fund will also seek to help those in fuel poverty and may in some cases pay for the whole installation. A greater number of households will benefit from the project’s information, guidance and action.
Alongside a mailout and articles in the “Meadows Matters” Community newspaper, the project community will use its trained energy advisor to...
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Project Overview
Where
The Meadows area of Nottingham
Community Size
9000 people
Buildings
Victorian buildings x 32. Solar PV on 1 Community building
Energy Projects
Retrofitting old Victorian solid wall houses in an inner city area.
Dry lining to solid wall houses and energy efficient boilers fitted.
Fuel debt and energy effciency advice given by 'Green Community Advisor' to residents plus loans of cost meter to residents to check usage.
Interest free green loans scheme for 'Green' improvements to homes.
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