About Go Green Widcombe

Go Green Widcombe is a local not-for-profit voluntary group aiming at encouraging Widcombe residents towards saving energy and reducing CO₂ emissions.

Our activities focus on:

• Encouraging Widcombe residents in retrofitting their homes with energy and CO₂ saving improvements
• Publicising other approaches to reducing CO₂ emissions
• Offering local households the use of our thermal imaging camera (TIC) in order to help identify areas within their property that have cold spots, draughts etc. There’s more information about the TIC here
• Doing research into local data covering a wide range of topics such as local electricity and gas usage per meter, CO₂ equivalent emissions, EPC ratings, air quality, plus information about heat pumps and PV solar panels. All this is in the Information section of the website here
• The research we do will help us to see how our local community progresses on the road to retrofitting their homes, reducing their energy usage and bills, and tackling CO₂ emissions.

We also work closely with other statutory and not-for-profit agencies, including:

• Retrofit West: a Community Interest Company offering concise and independent advice and support for domestic retrofit projects in the West of England. Funded by the West of England Combined Authority, Retrofit West aim to help householders make their properties more energy efficient -see here or follow the links from the signpost pages

• Bath and West Community Energy (BWCE): a not for profit Community Enterprise that aims to reduce carbon emissions by increasing local renewable energy generation, supporting residents in making their homes more energy efficient and funding community projects that also aim to reduce carbon emissions and fuel poverty – see here

• Bath and North East Somerset Council – B&NES – see here
• The Widcombe Association, to which we are affiliated – see here

Go Green Widcombe’s Hub meets up most months as a core group, to plan and implement our strategies. We would welcome interested new-comers who would like to help in this work.

We circulate our mailing list occasionally regarding these issues. Sign up to these by clicking the SUBSCRIBE NOW link below.