Wyre Forest Green Alliance
United For A Better Future
Greener Energy Fair - 18th Jan 2025
PAGE UPDATED ON A REGULAR BASIS - VISIT AGAIN SOON !
The GEF is based on the Green Living Fair format but heavily biased towards renewable energy for home owners. As well as the many trade suppliers there will be a range of interesting 'green-tables' including advice on home energy related grants.
 
There will also be 'pop-up talks' which will be about 5 minutes on energy related topics. These are intended to stimulate interest in a wide range of energy related issues and hopefully spark some ideas on managing energy generally.
Links to post-talk info sheets will be posted here shortly after the GEF event.
 
Talks planned so far:
 
10:30am - Why now is a critical time to move away from fossil fuels and on to Greener Energy - Geo Meadows
11:00am - An informed overview of the many green energy options available to householders - James Scougal
11:30am - A Tale of Two Cities - experiences doing energy retrofits on two terraced houses, one in Nottingham the other in Birmingham - Nigel Lloyd
12:00pm - How a bike could change your life - save you a fortune and keep you healthy! - Clive Prince
12:30pm - How the River Severn is about to heat Bewdley homes! Overview of this exciting local heat extraction scheme - Peter Miller
1:00pm - Owning and buying an Electric Vehicle - valuable tips on how to get the most from your EV plus advice on buying, both new and used - Geo Meadows
1:30pm - Review of the many DIY retrofit measures people can take to reduce energy loss - Brian Harper
Talks will take place in Room 3, up the corridor heading away from the main exhibition room.
 
Trade Organisations attending so far:
EV – electric vehicle
PV – solar photovoltaic panels
HP – heat pump, air to water or ground to water
ZEB – zero emission boiler (ie all electric)
ST – solar thermal panels for domestic hot water
Bio - biomas stoves/boilers
MVHR - mechanical ventilation with heat recovery
Green Organisations attending so far:
Useful Reference Documents/Websites:
Description | Link |
Excellent blog explaining heat pumps | click here |
D-I-Y Domestic Wind Turbines | click here |
LOOP home energy monitoring and saving | click here |
National Energy Action for independent advice on all energy issues including financial support | click here |