May 2011 Archives

The predicted sunshine this summer will significantly reduce CO₂ emissions in Moseley with the installation of 48 Photo Voltaic panels on St Mary's.

This is programmed to start on June 13^th and will provide an income from the Feed In Tariff for St Mary's Church and to the wider community. A funding application for the portion of the installation not covered by the British Gas Green Streets project has been submitted and, if this fails, the Church has underwritten the shortfall.

Planning applications have been submitted for the Green Streets installations on the Hamza Mosque, Moseley CofE School and on the pavilion at Moor Green Allotments.

Five houses in the Green Streets project have solar panels, one PV and four Solar Thermal.

My house has one Solar Thermal panel (installed without a grant a few years ago) and in sunny weather we do not use our gas boiler at all. I'm a member of the SusMo Carbon Club and record our fuel use each week on the "imeasure" website. This is a Home Energy Monitoring Calculator.

Our house is usually ranked 4^th or 5^th in the Carbon Club, but we are 1^st in the current ranking. I'm not usually a competitive person so I was surprised to feel really pleased by this achievement.

If any Moseley resident wishes to get some extra motivation to "save money and save the planet", I recommend joining our Carbon Club. Free energy saving items, provided by the British Gas Green Streets project, are available to Moseley residents who sign up to imeasure - ACT QUICKLY before the stock runs out! Contact sustainablemoseley@gmail.com for details.

Residents anywhere in the UK can join, monitor your readings and learn how to reduce your bills from encouragement and advice in the "imeasure" newsletters.