One of the main aims of the site is to allow local residents to help each other by sharing experiences of energy or renewable energy generation work they have had carried out. All experiences welcome from major solar installations to DIY hints and tips. If you would like to contribute a case study please contact us. The kind of thing we are looking for might answer various questions:

• What were your reasons for the retrofit?
• Were you aware of all the costs and what you might gain in terms of financial savings or carbon reduction?
• If it was DIY, how easy was it. What tools and materials did you use? Did you follow any websites/videos or other resources for advice?
• If you had works carried out by installers/builders what advice can you give others about the experience? (Please note that currently we are not using the site too review or recommend local tradespeople so we’d prefer to keep names anonymous)
• Did monitor and/or record any improvements or changes and have you reached any conclusions?
• Anything else you have learned that might be useful to pass on?

This can be in an “article” format on a word processor or email, ideally with images or else we are happy to do an interview and create/edit an article on your behalf.

Alternatively for very brief retrofit experiences or discussions please feel free to register and join our community forum.

We are happy to put people in touch with each other privately, but are very aware of privacy issues so no personal details will be publicly available. The case studies are a series of mini-articles which will allow people to comment and ask questions, alternatively if you are happy being contacted directly for a chat, demo or just a phone call we can facilitate in safely putting people together. Contact