TTL Energy Group
Energy Group Contacts
Chris Rowland, christopher.rowland@tiscali.co.uk or Julia Waterlow, juliacwaterlow@hotmail.com
Recent Events
Energy Fair Sat June 12th 2010 Cliffe Precinct, Lewes. People came to talk to suppliers of renewable energy, insulation and energy-saving devices plus to get other information on how to save money and reduce energy in their homes.
Open Energy Saving House Weekend June 19th/20th 2010
Click here for further details of the houses that were on display: OPEN ENERGY SAVING HOUSE WEEKEND
About 250 people came to visit houses in and around Lewes to find out what others are doing to make their houses more energy efficient and cheaper to run. The idea was that there were no salesmen, just honest, straightforward information on the cost, the pain, the gain and the payback. On display was draughtproofing, insulation, double glazing,low energy lighting, solar power generators, wood stoves, ground source heat pumps, water saving devices, monitoring systems and composting.
About the TTL Energy Group
Following a TTL Open Space Event The energy group was formed in July 2007 to come up with a strategy for how we can reduce our dependence on imported fossil fuels, and increase our local resilience, by re - localising our energy supply, and massively reducing our current consumption. If you feel you have something to add, or are just interested in being involved, why not contact us at the details above. MEETINGS ARE HELD MONTHLY PLEASE E-MAIL THE ENERGY GROUP CONTACTS FOR CONFIRMATION FOR THE LOCATION AND DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING IN LEWES.
Other Events in 2010
Draughtbusting Day
A successful pilot project was held in February 2010 to encourage local households to improve their draughtproofing and save considerable amounts of energy.
Here you can see some of the specific draughtproofing materials and actions taken on the draughtproofing day, with sources and prices of materials: http://transitiontowns.org/Lewes/DraughtbustingSunday
News in 2009
OVESCo working on studies for first stage of local power generation. Details to be confirmed.
ED Milliband at TT confrence 2009 listen to the interview at http://transitionculture.org/2009/05/25/ed-milliband/
Open Eco-House Weekend June 20th-21st 
Click here for further details: ECO-HOUSES
Lewes and district (click link above for information). The 2009 Eco Open House weekend showed how others have used them in their own homes. There’s nothing futuristic about most of these houses – they’re ordinary and usually oldish, but people have made them energy-efficient in ways that range from the cheap and effective to the engineered and ambitious.
ENERGY FAIR 2009 - Following last year’s very successful event, the Energy Fair returned on Saturday June 13th with suppliers of renewable energy, insulation and energy-saving devices. The event was well attended and the installers reported an increase in interest.
Newes from 2008
The first Lewes Energy Fair was held in June 2008
Newes from 2007
OVESCo Ltd was set up by four members of the TTL Energy Group
Calculate your Carbon Foot PrintTo calculate your carbon footprint visit the following web site http://www.carbonindependent.org/ or http://actonco2.direct.gov.uk/index.html
Useful web sites for energy conservation and power generation:
OVESCo for local domestic energy grants and advice at http://www.ovesco.co.uk/
Evelyn Eco House a project to up grade an ordinary semi-detached house to good environmental standards http://www.evelynecoproject.co.uk/
See Ann Links house at http://guardian.co.uk/greenyourhome/ This is a case study of how to overhaul 1950's semi in Lewes and featured in the Money section of the Guardian Saturday 9.5.09
To check suppliers of sustainable energy try http://www.greenelectricity.org/index.php
For insulation try http://www.heatproject.co.uk/
Low Carbon building Programme at http://www.lowcarbonbuildings.org.uk/home/
District Council information at http://www.lewes.gov.uk/environment/
Useful web sites for climate change and peak oil
Climate change predictions at http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climatechange/science/projections/
Peak oil at http://www.richardheinberg.com/
Get involved: contact one of the Group contacts on the Groups page
