NEW PRIZES FOR MOSELEY RESIDENTS?

The weather is warmer now, so your fuel bills may not be a real concern for you at present, but you could - should? - act now to get help for the future.

If you live in Moseley and have not received energy efficiency improvements through SusMo's British Gas Green Streets 2010 prize, there is still time to get some small energy saving items. This could lead to getting significant energy efficiency improvements for Moseley, including your home, in the future.

SusMo - Sustainable Moseley - is competing against the other 13 Green Streets 2010 winners for a £100,000 prize for more energy efficiency improvements for Moseley. Your interest and action to reduce your fuel bills will help SusMo's chances of winning this prize, and may mean that your household receives part of the award.

Birmingham City Council invited SusMo to a workshop about the "Birmingham Energy Savers" programme. BES Phase 3 aims to invest £100m in improving the energy efficiency of 10-20,000 homes, including the installation of solar panels. SusMo plans to play a part by helping BCC to find the households in Moseley which wish to benefit from this investment - does this include you?

Your best first step is to ask for some energy saving items which are available free to Moseley residents who sign up to imeasure and join the SusMo Carbon Club. Electricity energy monitors, radiator panels, standby savers, cylinder jackets, pipe lagging and EcoKettles are available - ACT QUICKLY before the stock runs out!

imeasure is a "Home Energy Monitoring Calculator" on the internet.

Go to www.imeasure.org.uk/
Register your details
Join the SusMo Carbon Club
Enter your meter readings every week (if possible - but if you miss a week sometimes that's OK).

You receive details of your carbon footprint, as well as handy hints on how to reduce your energy use.

You will be able to see how many other people in Moseley are monitoring their fuel consumption - data on the website is anonymous for those who don't wish to be identified, so you need to tell sustainablemoseley@gmail.com when you join.

If you have a Smart Meter it is much easier to check your energy use. By 2020 all homes in the UK should have smart meters - ask your energy company if you can have one now. Some energy companies charge extra for Smart Meters, others do not - tell SusMo what your energy company says.

Contact sustainablemoseley@gmail.com to find out more.