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A ‘whole place approach’ to low carbon communities …an introduction
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We will cover….
● Motivations
● Benefits of a whole place approach
● Visions – what does a successful whole
place approach look like?
● Special ingredients
● Reality checks
● Resources
● Examples
● Upcoming events
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Motivations
Photos: ©R Pringle 2014
Photo: Peter Vadasz
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Benefits
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Photo: Ashton Hayes Going Carbon neutral
Photos: www.Isleofeigg.org
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Güssing
Images: Peter Vadasz
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Visions – what does a successful whole
place approach look like?
Image: Lynn Rae Lowe
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Examples: Isle of Eigg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMCgSf-QSKo
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Photos: ©R Pringle 2014
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Storage & demand
management
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Photo: isleofeigg.org
http://www.isleofeigg.org/eigg-electric/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05v7tqq
Photo: Daniella Zalcman
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A Whole Place Energy System for
Burneside
A Vision for Burneside1 8 J U N E 2 0 1 5
B I R D S P O R T C H M O U T H R U S S U M A R C H I T E C T S
Research carried out by
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The village of Burneside
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Inspiration…
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• Community owned and managed local energy network,
providing renewable heat and power to homes in the
village
• Retaining spending within village economy
• Leading demonstration of the capacity of a village to take
charge of its own low carbon future
The Concept
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• A private wire electricity network linking all the new
homes, and the renewable electricity supplies, and
extending across the village
• Solar PV on new homes and ground mounted
• Electric vehicle charging points
• Two district heat networks supplying low temperature
heat to the new homes
• Electricity and heat storage
• Smart electricity and heat metering
The Proposed Project
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• Retention and re-circulation of money within the local
economy
• Local jobs
• Contribution to the vision of ‘world class’ village
• Fairness
• Environmental Responsibility
• Local ownership
• Local accountability
Guiding Principles
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Initial Project – District Heating
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Local Electricity
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Burneside opportunities
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• Maintaining supply to households
• Managing and maintaining the network
• Billing customers
• Customer service, queries, complaints
• Meeting the national Codes of Practice
• Reporting on performance to members and the local community
Burneside Community Energy – a
local supplier
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• Home connected to the district heat network (no gas) and electricity
private wire
• Your own electric vehicle charging point
• Smart metering to allow you to make the best use of locally-
generated energy
• Pay your energy bills to BCE
• Can opt-out and buy energy from national suppliers (but connection
charges)
• Local customer service and maintenance staff
• Covered by energy industry Code of Practice
What it means…as a customer
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• Community benefit fund of around £250,000 over 20
years
• Electric vehicle charging points
• Future opportunity to become connected to the electricity
and heat networks
• Job opportunities in the new business and in
construction, maintenance and support
• National recognition
What it means…as a resident
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Financing the Project
• Total cost around £4 million
• Grants: network & storage costs approx £2 million
• Community Share Offer: likely £2 million @ 4%
• Community benefit fund: £250,000
• Customer benefits: £130,000
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PRODUCTION
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TRANSPORT
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BUILDINGS / HOUSING
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EXTREME WEATHER RESILIENCE
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CONVERGENCE
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Calculating Energy Demand
• No of homes…but also…what are the other main users of energy in the community (non-domestic) and when do they use heat / power?
• EPC for homes – A useful guide to average energy use. Indicative figures available according to build type and age.
• Average consumption: Power and Heat: annual, monthly, daily, half hourly - vital to understand peaks (e.g. Winter, Friday 6pm)
• Economics of storage
• Current main energy supply:
Mains gas, solid fuel, electric, other
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Alston Moor energy
stats
● 1,156 homes on the moor (2011 census)
– around half are off-gas (so
renewable heat is cost competitive)
● Generally low levels of energy
efficiency
● A fifth of households ‘fuel poor’
● Significant scope for reducing carbon
and bills
● No data available on commercial / non-
domestic
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Alston Moor
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Alston Moor: Possible
renewable heat
deployment
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Alston Moor: Possible
renewable electricity
deployment
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Reality check
● Time
● Bureaucracy
● Personalities
● Politics
● Energy sources
● Infrastructure
● Dead ends/curve balls
● ……….
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Special Ingredients
Samsø
Jühnde
Mureck
Ashton Hayes
Hebden Bridge
Fintry Eigg
El Hierro
Special
Ingredients
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Special ingredients
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Special Ingredients
Visions in all cases Personal capacity Dynamic individual leaders in 4 European & 3 UK cases Structural capacity Governance structures different Delivery structures similar Infrastructural capacity Different renewable resources Community ownership of electricity and heat generating systems & district heat networks Cultural capacity Independence of spirit Rationales different Outcome Nowhere has achieved complete energy independence in heat and power. Transport an issue Significant local benefits
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Resources/Upcoming Events There are many examples of carbon footprint/energy consumption calculators:
http://www.goingcarbonneutral.co.uk/community-carbon-calculator-un/
Güssing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1WsbQQNsV0
Free events/support
https://cumbriagreenbuild.org.uk/events
● Electric vehicle event 5-7pm 3rd October, County Council offices, Kendal
● An evening with……
● Support for low carbon energy community projects in
South Lakeland
If interested, please contact Rhona Pringle,
Tel: 01768 210276; Email: [email protected]
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Thank you!