Miguel’s talk kicked off a lot of excellent thinking and discussion about energy within a group of about 35 people which included locals wanting to start an energy group for Montpelier, representatives from a range of Transition initiatives from around Bristol, and people wanting to improve their homes and / or learn about the feed in tariffs and solar PV. Following introductions, 35 people split into four groups and discussed

• Home Energy Efficiency
• Solar PV and the feed-in tariff
• How communities can work on energy
• If we wanted a wind turbine for “our” community, what would we do?

Click on here for a combined report with actions in PDF form for all these groups .

There was an excellent atmosphere for which we have received some really positive feedback. Resulting from the meeting, we now have at least 12 people wanting to be part of the Transition Montpelier Energy group, five of whom are training to be home energy auditors in March. This is an excellent start. We will be meeting soon and looking at the action points suggested and making plans together for how we bring this forward in our neighbourhood. Click here if you want to contact this group directly.