Our Projects

We work with a wide range of individuals, businesses and voluntary and community organisations to explore opportunities to generate renewable energy and to use the resources we have in more efficient ways. This includes property owners, landowners, and private and public sector organisations.

We are seeking to address fuel poverty for individuals and households that are in most need of our support, such as older people, those with chronic illness or young families. We work with existing organisations to ensure that we reach those who are most in need.

We focus on those projects that will have long-term impacts and will deliver benefits into the future for individuals, businesses or for the broader community, rather than providing a short-term fix. So for example we would seek to reduce a householder’s overall bill by making their home more fuel efficient, rather than simply helping to meet the costs of a single fuel bill.

Completed Projects

Stony Stratford Library

Solar PV for the Stony Stratford Library and Council Offices

We have installed 20 kWp of solar PV on the roof of the Stony Stratford Library and Council building.

Wyvern School LED

Heat Pump Readiness Pilot – EU POTEnT programme with Milton Keynes Council

We tested 25 homes across Bow Brickhill, Wavenden and Woburn Sands to assess how leaky the fabric of their homes were and whether they were ready to fit an air source heat pump, or would require more insulation or other retrofit measures. We worked with Build Test Solutions and piloted their proprietary Smart HTC technology. Each house received a tailored report using their actual energy use and internal and external temperature data.

We ran the project with Milton Keynes Council as part of their EU POTeNT work and were funded by a Western Power Distribution grant.

Wyvern School LED

Simpson Whole House Whole Street Project

We piloted a project with the Simpson community that looked at sharing an in depth retrofit survey of one home with the whole street. If a house is built at the same time, in the same materials, in the same design as every other house in a street (or estate) is it useful for each household to spend £500 plus for an individual survey, and how much would the recommendations have in common with each other? We tested our theory across three different streets in Simpson.

Wyvern School LED

Energy Efficient Lighting at Wyvern School

We worked with Pure Leapfrog and the British Airways Carbon Fund to install £20,000 of LED lighting at Wyvern School. The new lighting will cut the school’s lighting bills by around 50%. However, the benefits are not only financial. There is increasing evidence that LED lighting also has a positive impact on children’s learning.

Home insulation

Home Insulation in Hard-to-Heat Homes

Following a grant from The Steel Fund, we installed floor and wall insulation in hard to heat homes in Wolverton. We were also able to fund LED lighting in association with AGE UK.

Burners Lane Solar PV

Solar PV at Burners Lane, Kiln Farm, Milton Keynes

We have been delighted to work with MK Community Foundation, installing 280 kWp of solar PV at their Burners Lane property in Kiln Farm.

Burners Lane is home to a range of charities, social enterprises and private businesses, many of whom are keen to keep their energy costs to a minimum in order to maximise the benefit they can give back to the wider community.

Camphill Solar PV

Solar PV at Camphill Milton Keynes

Founded in 1981, Camphill Milton Keynes provides support and a meaningful working life for adults with a wide range of learning difficulties. Over fifty residents live together with volunteer staff in ten separate households. Together the residents, volunteers and employees form a community of over one hundred people living on several sites on the neighbouring housing estates of Pennyland and Willen Park.

Our partnership with Camphill has so far involved installing 50 kWp of solar PV on their Willen Park village, and an in-depth energy efficiency survey and recommendations. We continue to explore renewable heating options for the site.

Projects in Development

Solar Farm Feasibility Studies

We continue to explore the feasibility of building solar farms on suitable local sites. Using the latest available generation and storage technology, we are very close to being able to build viable farms. We are grateful to the Rural Community Energy Fund for their support.

Fossil Fuel Free Energy Microgrid

We have led the feasibility study into incorporating a renewable energy microgrid for the 100 home Agora regeneration as part of the Love Wolverton project (with the developers Town).