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Community planning: Low Carbon Communities

Pioneers

The Pioneers

The development of community planning for low carbon communities within the emerging policy framework provided by the introduction of statutory Neighbourhood Plans and the Green Deal can draw on two broad types of pioneering projects: innovative government sponsored area-based delivery of energy installations and community-led projects.

Government sponsored pathfinders

Pioneering area-based projects aiming to reduce fuel bills and carbon emissions:

Green Communities: was an Energy Saving Trust programme that aimed to help communities deliver effective carbon savings and sustainable energy projects and support them in moving towards a low carbon future.
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Community Energy Savings Programme (CESP): energy suppliers were obligated to establish 100 projects in deprived neighbourhoods to deliver whole house approach - a pilot programme ending in 2012 – but the first step towards neightbourhood eco-retrofitting at scale.
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Community-led innovations

Pioneering initiatives developed with multiple funding sources by community-led partnerships:

Incredible Edible Todmorden
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Thanks: This page partly funded by the Department for Communities and
Local Government, 2011.

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Last updated on:13 January 2012

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Green Communities - Energy Saving Trust (EST)
Green Communities was an Energy Saving Trust programme that aimed to help communities deliver effective carbon savings and sustainable energy projects and support them in moving towards a low carbon future. Funding cuts ended this programme on 31 March 2011. But the EST website still provides some really useful resources to help develop community based energy projects and details of inspirational projects which have been supported. Online tools will help you to work out your communitys carbon footprint, create an action plan and find useful information and funding.

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Community Energy Savings Programme (CESP)
Aims to improve energy efficiency standards and reduce fuel bills in 400 poor UK neighbourhoods. Funded through an Energy Company Obligation (ECO) on both energy suppliers and electricity generators. Energy efficiency measures delivered on a ‘whole house’ basis (rather than incremental installations) in combinations best suited to the individual house. Projects developed and delivered through community-based partnerships between local authorities, community groups and energy companies. Energy action is co-ordinated with other neighbourhood initiatives. So in some cases the programme delivers energy-efficiency-led neighbourhood regeneration. In other cases it supplements and strengthens existing and ongoing community-based action.

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