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Charlie will be speaking at the following conference on Community Energy saving:

LSE Housing & Communities and the National Communities Resource Centre invite you to an exciting and important one-day workshop on Community Energy Saving

Date and Time: Tuesday 25th May 2010, 9am-5pm

Location: National Communities Resource Centre, Trafford Hall, Ince Lane, Wimbolds Trafford, Near Chester, CH2 4JP

Energy saving be will be a high priority in UK policy whatever the outcome of the election this week. The Department for Energy and Climate Change’s energy saving strategy has cross-party support. Many policies are already coming into play, but delivery is proving incredibly difficult. Therefore the Government will rely on local authorities, housing associations and community based organisations to deliver new energy saving programmes.

Community energy saving dominates this agenda for many reasons:
It means lots of new, easy access jobs for young people offering training, new skills and a boost, to local economies.

It will put local authorities and housing associations at the forefront of the shift to more localised energy supply, use and saving.

It will involve communities directly, because of the imperative to tackle fuel poverty, to upgrade the existing stock and to help energy saving. The steep rise in energy prices has a major impact on low income communities, and on the whole population.

A follow-through to Decent Homes is in the offing. This reinvestment programme will not involve large amounts of money per property, since the costs of upgrading are much lower than any newbuild or regeneration scheme. Applied over the very large stock of rented housing and low income owner-occupied housing in deprived areas, it is a massive injection of money. It will create many jobs on the ground through small repairs and building firms, and through suppliers of materials and equipment to training and accreditation bodies.

We really want this event to be hands-on as well as giving people essential tools to help them reduce energy in their homes, communities and originations.

For further information about this event, please contact
Anna Tamas at LSE, Email: a.tamas@lse.ac.uk; Tel: +44(0)20 7955 6562

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Chris Locker at Trafford Hall, Email: c.locker@traffordhall.com; Tel: +44(0)1244 300246