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The next ALEO Midlands meeting is scheduled for 13/03/2025 at 10am – see details here 2025 Proposed meeting dates, South East, Midlands and London with Eventbrite links.
- Worcestershire County Council is keen for partners to signpost Worcestershire Winters Well – online advice for all residents on a range of measures; worcestershire.gov.uk/winter
- Severn Wye has been promoting its Home Energy Surveys https://severnwye.org.uk/my-home/home-energy-surveys/
Coventry City Council has provided guidance around damp and mould in its Landlord newsletter
Coventry releases its Climate Change Strategy https://www.coventry.gov.uk/news/article/5087/council-agrees-climate-change-strategy-until-2030
- With a commitment to decarbonise the power sector by 2030, this Guardian piece looks at the obstacles ahead https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/17/will-great-british-energy-herald-uk-green-revolution-labour-ed-miliband
- EST has published this end to end, step-by step guide to the heat pump journey https://energysavingtrust.org.uk/heat-pump-installation-a-step-by-step-guide/
- The green view from MPs https://eciu.net/media/press-releases/2024/poll-new-mps-greener-but-wrong-on-evs-and-home-heating
- Sustainable homes development Solihull https://www.wmca.org.uk/news/former-solihull-school-site-set-for-177-sustainable-homes/
- New research on fall out from WFP https://www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/winter-fuel-payment-cuts-set-to-hit-84-of-disabled-pensioners/
- Tenant engagement retrofit toolkit from MNZH Learn how to develop a tenant engagement strategy for retrofit projects with new toolkit – Midlands Net Zero Hub
- Fuel Bank Foundation’s latest research findings https://www.fuelbankfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/FBF-Fuel-Crisis-Report-2024_Digital.pdf
- Coventry CC is promoting its HSF in the weekly bulletin, but note this paragraph
- Solihull is also promoting its HSF – and we’ve social media planned for this week too https://www.solihull.gov.uk/news/help-energy-costs-available-through-household-support-fund
- NEA’s feedback on the Smart Symposium https://www.nea.org.uk/smart-symposium/
- A report into the potential adverse effects of cumulative noise from ASHP noise in high-density residential areas. https://www.nesta.org.uk/report/air-source-heat-pump-cumulative-noise-impact/ “we did not find a significant increase in noise levels from multiple heat pumps. The cumulative noise impact of multiple ASHP installations in a high-density neighbourhood would not typically be distinguishable from that of a nearby single air source heat pump installed within MCS guidelines.”