Contents

EnergyConservation+Buildings

• Building regulations and historic buildings, English Heritage 2004

Self-Reliance+UseOfLocalResources

• Local generation of energy - Gussing Austria
• Pellworm Island, Germany – wind turbines and solar ‘farm’ owned and run by the local community.

UseOfBiomass

• Energy grass, Hungary
• Denmark
• Biofuels UK
• Biomass – fuel for the future. Finland

SolarEnergy Active

• West Oxfordshire District Council

SolarEnergy Passive

• Ancient Greece, modern Austria and Germany

WindEnergy

• Denmark

WaterEnergy

• Micro hydro at historic watermill in Whitchurch Hampshire England

Tidal energy

• Kirkwall, Island of Orkney, Scotland

ThermalEnergy

• Italy groundwater heat exchange at hotel in former monastery, hot summer seawater stored in ground for winter use
• West Oxfordshire District Council
• Geothermal heating of city centre Southampton UK
• Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Southampton UK

Press Clippings

Cornwall UK green enterprises in a rural environment

• New green wave lifts West from doldrums
• Cornwall, home of the Eden Project, is discovering ways to beat global warming, writes David Smith
• Sunday February 11, 2007, Observer
• Cornwall has become a centre of gravity which attracts entrepreneurs to its combination of technical expertise, pleasant climate, quality of life and 'alternative' values. Last month local politicians and activists met to discuss how to make Cornwall the 'green peninsula' of the UK. Welcome to Britain's new green Eden.