Energising Communities: Addressing the energy crisis
Energise Your Career: Home Energy Skills training course
24TH AND 25TH JULY 9AM- 2.30PM
WHY?
This is a unique opportunity to attend a community-led home energy savings foundation programme to learn vital skills leading to further training and jobs. You will learn about the basics of home energy improvement and how to help people to save energy, reduce bills and live in a healthier environment. You will also learn about the pathways to jobs from this programme.
WE’RE LOOKING FOR… Camden/Islington residents aged 30-50+
INTERESTED?
Register your interest scan here. We will contact you to offer you a place. Our contact details: info@powerupnorthlondon.org.
The Light Fantastic Project
Many of us are struggling to pay our energy bills. Is there a way we can save money and carbon? Another outcome from Sharing Space has been the launch of two projects to address the energy crisis here in Camden: Light Fantastic and the Energy Savers Club.
The Light Fantastic 1 project, with kind support from Troup Bywaters Anders and The Crick has now replaced non LED bulbs with LEDs in 76 Flats in Walker House in Somers Town. Saving carbon, and cash.
Autumn/Winter 2023/24 in partnership with Power Up North London we have developed and are delivering Light Fantastic 2, project. For this, 100 flats in Levita House, Somers Town will have light bulbs replaced by LEDS. Each household will save between 22kg and 74kg of carbon a year depending on usage. Financial savings will be between £24 and £ 90 a year. Extrapolating to 100 households this will mean minimum carbon savings of 2.2 tonnes a year and maximum savings of 7.4 tonnes a year. The project is a great example of a collaboration between Power UP North london, T&D and local residents.
A future aim of this project is to provide basic retrofit training to young people as part of developing green skills in the borough.
Energy Savers Club: Saving Carbon and Cash!
Last winter, our Energy Savers Club was launched at four estates around Camden. For this project, our local resident Energy Activators were trained to advise residents on how they could save money on their energy bills. Our Energy Activators handed out free energy saving devices to other residents and gave them easy to follow tips.
Over 200 residents signed up to the WhatsApp group club to receive weekly energy saving tips. Young Camden residents also created a series of amusing short energy saving films. These films are available on YouTube, and can be seen here. Our thanks to Transition Together for sponsoring this project. We hope to roll this out to other estates during the winter 23/24 season.
If you would like to launch an Energy Savers Club where you live, get in touch. We have free energy saving devices to give away. Or if you are a business and would like to support more Energy Savers Clubs across Camden, contact
Ellie@thinkanddocamden.org.uk.
We held an action packed community meeting in the summer where many different stakeholders joined us to share their ideas on Energising Communities. If you have ideas for a project to Energise Communities, get in touch.
Watch the video about Think & Do Camden’s Energy Savers Club produced by Transition Together: ‘Halima Khan shared how a new energy saving club, Shakti Savers, emerged out of open sharing spaces which Think & Do created in Tenants and Residents Association halls across Camden estates.’