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Sustainable Energy Grants Programme
The Community Sustainable Energy Programme (CSEP) is an open grants programme run by BRE, an award partner of the Big Lottery Fund. Part of the Fund's Changing Spaces programme, CSEP has been set up to help community based organisations in England to reduce their energy bills and environmental impact....more
Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT)
The plans for CERT (to replace the Energy Efficiency Commitment) are included in a Draft Statutory Instrument which was laid before Parliament on 5 December. The plans for CERT include encouraging microgeneration, and the inclusion of all householders over 70 in the priority group...more
Another Succesful Domestic Energy Alliance Conference in Blackpool
The North West Domestic Energy Alliance conference "Action Not Words" took place on Tuesday 4th March 2008 at the Hilton Blackpool with over 120 delegates attending...more...pics.
NEA call for
urgent Government action
Thousands more households will be plunged into fuel poverty following recent gas and electricity price rises from three major suppliers. NEA (National Energy Action) call for a universal obligatory ‘social tariff’ for vulnerable consumers.....more
Delivering Sustainable Housing
in the North West

Over 40 delegates attended a joint event hosted by the Domestic Energy Alliance and the North West Regional Assembly on January 10th The event provided an introduction to the Code for Sustainable Homes and an overview of the challenge of achieving low carbon housing on the North West. For details of presentations go to HousingNorthwest. For examples view our Sustainable Housing Case Studies.


EST Announce Funding for Development of Energy Saving Trust Advice Centre (ESTAC) in North West England

Recognising the commitment of regional bodies and stakeholders in the north West to reducing carbon emissions from the household sector the Energy Saving Trust has announced an acceleration of its national ESTAC roll-out and is inviting appropriate organisations to tender for the contract to deliver the 3 EST Advice Centres in the region..tender



See also the DEA's ideal model document Sustainable Energy Network in the North West. Download as a pdf (300k)

The UK Government’s Comprehensive
Spending Review

was announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alastair Darling, on October 9th. It includes a re-statement of support for a range of existing national schemes aimed at reducing carbon emissions and fuel poverty together with funding to programmes such as the Environmental Transformation Fund..more


Home Energy Conservation Act Review

DEFRA has launched a consultation on the Review of the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995. It has undertaken a review of HECA, as implemented in England, to assess its continued success in delivering improvements in energy efficiency in the household sector over the past ten years. The Review also considers options for the future of HECA. The closing date for the consultation is 3rd January 2008..more


Microgeneration Workshops in the North West
This autumn The DEA has been running several very successful workshops around the North West on microgeneration technology...more

Sustainable Energy Network Document launched

The Domestic Energy Alliance has launched a new document detailing the ideal model for a Sustainable Energy Network in the North West. Download as a pdf (300k)


The North West's Activity Plan for 2007-9
The Domestic Energy Alliance's Low Carbon Housing and Fuel poverty Activity Plan, designed to encourage the regions stakeholders to acheive their targets....pdf (1.3Mb)
conference 07 Blackpool Conference a great success!
Over a hundred delegates from around the North West attended the second North West Domestic Energy Alliance Conference on 6th March 2007, entitled “Climate Change Begins at Home” ….more

North West Domestic Energy Alliance
Presentation files from the Blackpool Conference 6 March 2006

 

 

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