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Name of project, organisation and CCF number Faith and Action for an Eco Friendly Future Noah’s Ark (The Ark) CCF Number 3813 Starting Point As a community organisation serving the Muslim community, our long held view was to help the Muslims of Glasgow better understand the issues relating to climate change and the wider issues on caring for the environment. This community had long been neglected as to the issues and responsibilities on climate change, even though together with our sister organisations we had undertaken some limited work in the past at raising awareness about the environment. However our key take on this has always been to highlight the issues from a faith perspective, something which no other organisation has done before us. We were also in the embryonic stages of creating a new community centre in the south side of Glasgow which would serve Muslims as well as other local communities. This project was an extension to the work Noah’s Ark had delivered through Radio Ramadhan. The new centre would serve as a Media and Enterprise Hub, allowing target communities to access facilities relating to media and IT, as well as gain key skills in media and enterprise through provision of training programmes. We were keen to ensure that this building, which was acquired in very poor state of repair, could be upgraded with the inclusion of carbon efficient measures. Through which Climate Challenge Fund Final Report

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Name of project, organisation and CCF number

Faith and Action for an Eco Friendly Future

Noah’s Ark (The Ark)

CCF Number 3813

Starting Point

As a community organisation serving the Muslim community, our long held view was to

help the Muslims of Glasgow better understand the issues relating to climate change and

the wider issues on caring for the environment. This community had long been neglected

as to the issues and responsibilities on climate change, even though together with our

sister organisations we had undertaken some limited work in the past at raising

awareness about the environment. However our key take on this has always been to

highlight the issues from a faith perspective, something which no other organisation has

done before us.

We were also in the embryonic stages of creating a new community centre in the south

side of Glasgow which would serve Muslims as well as other local communities. This

project was an extension to the work Noah’s Ark had delivered through Radio Ramadhan.

The new centre would serve as a Media and Enterprise Hub, allowing target communities

to access facilities relating to media and IT, as well as gain key skills in media and

enterprise through provision of training programmes.

We were keen to ensure that this building, which was acquired in very poor state of

repair, could be upgraded with the inclusion of carbon efficient measures. Through which

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the building would serve as a testimony for a new greener community.

Methodology

CO2e Outcome(s) (2)

Improved energy efficiency in The Ark, following fabric improvements, systems improvements and installation of cutting-edge controls. These measures were predicted to generate a saving of 740 tonnes of CO2e over their lifetimes (see Appendix 2 for full breakdown). Comparisons to the building’s energy consumption prior to starting work are not helpful in this case, because we are radically changing the usage and occupancy of the building post-refurbishment. Predicted and reported energy savings are therefore calculated against a theoretical baseline that reflects the changed usage of the building.

Community Outcome(s) (1)

The conversion of the Ark centre will provide the community with greater and better access to community facilities, which act as an enterprise and media hub, leading to key energy efficient outcomes.

The premises will provide a permanent home for five community organisations, who will be based in the building, these are:

Islamic Society of Britain; Muslim Council of Scotland, Young Muslims, Islam Information Scotland and Feed Glasgow.

At least 3 of these organisations have a membership of approximately 50 people or affiliates. All of them represent a distinctive section of Glasgow’s Muslim community and will host their meetings and activities in the building.

Being based in the same building will allow for sharing of facilities.

The ethos of the centre will increase behavior change within the community, such as shared

travel arrangements which will normalise car sharing, as well as encourage other sustainable

forms of transport, further reducing carbon emissions.

Community Outcome(s) (2)

Educating community on need to reducing carbon emissions through behavioral changes at home. This would be achieved by highlighting the effects of better home insulation, energy efficient appliances and lighting measure, while prioritizing items with the greatest impact.

This will improve the target communities understating of the impact of climate change. Consequently it will encourage more people to implement energy saving measures at home, which will lead to lower carbon emissions.

The surrounding locality of Govanhill is recognized as an area with high levels of deprivation. The workshops and training will be perfectly suited to address and reduce the impact of fuel poverty suffered by local residents. This is also one of the key factors which will help lead to long term behavioral change.

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Headline achievements

A series of dedicated radio programmes aimed at Scottish Muslims were aired on Radio

Ramadhan. These discussed many different issues relating to saving energy. Including

the first youth show programme wholly devoted to discussing what is climate change and

what responsibility do we as consumers have to address this challenge. Regular idents

were played throughout the month every half hour with tips and advice on how to save

energy, under the slogan “saving energy, saving our world”.

Muslim Exhibition on Saving Energy

The first Scottish Muslim exhibition on the importance of reducing Carbon emissions. This

will be an important resource which will be used by mosques across Glasgow, especially

during Mosque Open Days and Islam Awareness events.

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The first Scottish Muslim website devoted to caring for the environment

Total Estimated CO2e Savings

CO2e Outcome(s) (1)

Energy savings in 25 Muslim homes in Glasgow through behavioral change, leading to reduction of carbon emissions of an estimated 117.08 tonnes CO2e.

Additional support from Home Energy Scotland could potentially save another 87.75 tonne CO2e

Leading to a combined CO2e saving of: 204.83 tonnes CO2e

Outputs

Home Visits

Home visits carried out by trained staff and volunteers, who assess householder’s usage, lifestyle and house and advice of appropriate energy efficiency measures.

Where appropriate they referred the householder to Home Energy Scotland for further support and assistance.

Direct engagement with Muslim households achieved through information stalls and home visits where required. Providing guidance to families on energy efficiency, better use of transport, home produce and shopping, monitoring and recording changes. They will also be referred to external avenues of support such as Home Energy Scotland.

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Radio Ramadhan

While during the production and broadcasting periods of Radio Ramadhan the number of users will significantly increase to approximately 200 per week.

Discussion programmes with expert guests, delivered in Urdu, Punjabi Arabic and English Key messages throughout month with tips on saving energy and reducing carbon emissions Live event broadcast with panel discussion on Climate Change and its impact. Competitions encouraging listeners to call in with their best energy saving efforts

Workshops

1) Workshops hosted on methods of conserving energy and reducing carbon emissions through a variety of eco-friendly solutions which take into account the cultural and religious lifestyle of Muslims.

Items covered;

More energy efficiency measures at home

Better use of transport

Shopping ethically

Increased recycling

Creating of informative material such as exhibitions posters and printed leaflets highlighting the need, ensuring greater number of people learned about the basics of Climate change and the requirements to implement changes.

All educational support take into account cultural and religious lifestyle of Muslims, providing greater motivation and willingness to implement changes within lifestyle behaviour.

Building Improvements

Improving the energy efficiency of the building and its refurbishment to create opportunities to open up the facility allowing for more community activities, such as;

Creating an advice centre providing support on energy efficiency and carbon reduction.

Fortnightly and monthly classes and community meetings particularly aimed at women and the youth, aiming to inspire both groups on the importance of sustainability.

Monthly workshops run providing education on energy efficiency and reducing carbon emissions at home.

Broadcasting Radio Ramadhan providing the unparalleled access to the Muslim community of Glasgow and a unique platform to promote the impact of climate change to the target community. With potential to create a permanent radio station serving Glasgow’s Muslims.

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Hire out rooms and halls to anyone from the wider community for any community activity/event, thus inspiring eco-friendly change at home for all visitors.

Community open days held periodically to enable greater community and interfaith engagement.

The regular services provided by hall to allow local community to benefit without travelling further, thus reducing carbon from transport usage.

The Ark Centre used daily by personnel from the five organisations for their general administrative work, by at least 12 members of staff each day.

By regularly hosting meetings by the organisations which will allow for up to an additional 50 people (minimum) each fortnight.

Community events hosted at the building will attract approximately 100 people per event, at least 3 to 4 times a month.

While during the production and broadcasting periods of Radio Ramadhan the number of users are significantly increased to approximately 200 per week.

Additional regular activities at the building include;

Media skills training for young people

Hot desk space for community use

Enterprise hub to supporting new community initiatives and social projects

Studio space for use of community

Parent toddler group

Inter-faith drop-in coffee morning

Youth soft area

These regular activities will attract significant numbers of people from the general public, thus ensuring a strong impact on the local community as well as a growing legacy.

Considering the above the building will be used by a minimum of 185 people each week.

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Outcomes

CO2e Outcomes

Community Outcomes

Home Visits

Behavioural survey

Along with the completion of the building survey of each home, there was a behavioural

aspect of the questionnaire was conducted. The statistics are indeed very interesting and

unexpected. The energy use was investigated by questioning various electrical

appliances behavioural use. Heating energy use was also investigated including the

controls and settings. Household water consumption in its various forms was also was

also investigated.

2.1. Electrical appliances behaviour

1) Lighting

Over 80% of households turn off lights when not in the room. The other 20% was mostly

off when leaving room, not maximising due to the children not yet following advice of

parents, but they are anticipating behavioural improvements.

Over 60% of bulbs were energy efficient. The reason for not being closer to 100% was

due to the fact that the prices of energy efficient bulbs have risen drastically making them

unaffordable. If the government was to subsidise them there would be a much higher

uptake.

2) Standby

On average about 70% of electrical appliances were switched off from the mains. Most

were aware of the minimal energy savings by switching off. Some did find it an

inconvenience; a plug timer would prove to be an effective solution. Others are still

teaching their children about energy efficiency therefore given time are expected to

improve.

3) Washing machine

All households maximised the settings options; the Eco mode was used when it was an

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option on the washing machine settings. Also 40’C was used mostly rather than 60’C

occasionally used when white cotton washing. In all households surveyed, the washing

machine was used when it was full.

4) Kettle use

All users would input into the kettle the required amount to ensure water and energy are

not wasted. One person also stated that his motivation was not just wasting water, but

wasting energy and the time waiting for the water to boil.

2.2. Water consumption

1 Washing sink

All users stated that they tried their best to reduce water usage in the sink, which would

save in water and energy consumption.

2 Bathroom sink

About 90% maximised water usage by turning tap off when not using, the remaining 10%

are a working progress as still attempting to teach their children about water efficiency.

3 Shower periods

Across the households showers varied from 3mins to 20mins duration averaging about

8mins/shower. These timings vary for each user in each family. They were aware when

advised about the water and energy wastage but found it difficult for all household

members also follow suit in efficiency measures.

2.3. Heating

1 Thermostat setting

Over 80% of households optimised the boiler settings with only one reporting to be about

23’C as his preference.

2 Timer controls

Not all households used the timer controls; when the heating is required they would turn

the thermostat up at the required temperature. This was found as the simplest and an

effective method in busy household due to the various demands needed at certain times.

For these households, the cost and adjusting to a smart control like Nest would be an

inconvenience at the moment.

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3 Boiler settings

Over 70% of households adjusted the heat intensity relative to the house temperature;

when cold outside would result in a higher intensity required. The other households were

advised to also follow the aforementioned method.

Engineers tend to leave settings on high intensity as standard which results in wasted

energy, exceedingly hot radiators which also shocks the air therefore drying the air which

affects the health of residents.

4 Curtains

All users closed all curtains and blinds in the evenings, which would save upon wasting

energy loss through the windows. Their main motivation was of retaining privacy in the

home.

Overall comments

The overall average is very impressive which indicates that the residents are closely

connecting their faith with their energy and water consumption.

The households surveyed are already on average below 80% of the national average in

energy usage. Due to the commendable behaviour of householder’s interviews, this left

very limited room for behavioural energy saving improvements. The main advice provided

to householders focused around heating; addressing the optimum boiler intensity

settings. While additional advice was provided on upgrading all lights to energy saving

lights. On average the energy savings are less than 3% upon their current energy usage.

Overall the electrical appliance behaviour was of a conservative energy efficient nature.

Most properties surveyed already applied optimal settings, heating settings is normally

where most properties save energy. Water usage was also of a conservative nature.

Heating water is also a high energy consuming avenue. On average there was about 3%

potential CO2 and energy savings to households from behavioural changes . The

average household bills were impressively over 20% less than the national average for

equivalent properties.

Most households stated that adhering to Islamic teachings in the Quran and Prophetic

Hadith was there motive to being energy efficient.

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What would do in a future questionnaire?

More about the backgrounds of the people would be made such as the age, background,

ethnicity, level of religious understanding and practice. Also questions on the how wealthy

and healthy the person would be measured.

Possible additional initiatives

About 40% of households did not have energy saving light bulbs due to the unaffordability

of the bulbs at the current prices; although people wished to have the efficient bulbs, they

were far too costly. If the government was to subsidise them there would be a much

higher uptake.

Handing out an energy savings gadget guide to give to homeowner’s easy access to

products and even sellers would be very useful. Examples of products would be; timed

plug adapters, smart home gadgets and water reduction cap. When giving

recommendations, they would be too time consuming to search for the suggest products,

whilst a trustworthy sources with this information would make life easier and quicker.

Community Outcomes:

Workshops

Although we had intended to primarily target the workshops at saouth aisian Mulims who

comprise of the largest Muslim population, we found that many other groups were also

targeting the same community. This resulted in a very poor uptake of the workshops,

which required us to reconsider our approach.

We therefore decided to target our worskshops at community groups as opposed to

hosting workshops independently.

By using this new format we were able to tailor our workshops to the specific groups and

their membership.

Saving energy at Home

Delivered to wider target community

A generic workshop which focused on the importance of saving energy at home by

implementing key changes within the home.

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Delivered to Muslim House

By focusing on traveling the workshops helped the attendees undertsanf the dame being

sone by exxsive fumes generated from using transport. Many of the tips took into account

the lifestyle of attendees by addressing how to reduce trips abroad and emphasising car

sharing between friends for shopping trips.

Shopping Ethically

A challenging topic as many of the attendees have food tastes which rely on vegetables

and other food stuff imported from abroad. Therefor the objective was made to help alter

the tastes of attendees by emphasising the need to buy local produce, while

recommending them be more experimental in their eating habits.

ISB sisters group

Saving Energy at Home

Arab ladies group

By delivering workshops to pre-existing organisations we found a number of benefits,

such as that one had ready audience base to deliver the workshop. It also meant the

content could be tailored to the specific interest of the audience. However the key

drawback we quickly realised was that there was less chance for continuity, which meant

it more difficult to gain feedback on behavioural change from the audience.

Therefore the feedback from these meetings was gathered through feedback

questionnaires provided to those attending the workshops at its conclusion, although it

was limited because many of those attending had a very limited grasp of written English

which limited the responses received, but this varied group to group.

However the Q and A session at each workshop amply demonstrated the positive

response to the workshops. Similarly many of the attendees requested home visits to

discuss what practical changes they could make within their homes to save energy.

Community Engagement Events:

One of the key objectives of this project was to gain community participation and input by

involving them and seeking their input at key stages of the project. This was a very

successful way of ensuring community involvement as well as expanding awareness

about the project throughout the target community.

At least 4 community meetings were held during the course of the project. These focused

on providing attendees with an overview of the project and the progress so far. It was

also a good opportunity to showcase what was in development so that input and

feedback was received from them.

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The meetings were extrememly useful way of identifying any potential issues with

aspects of the project, consequesntly a number of items were changed following the

feedback received during these sessions. For example, the exhibition was altered to

accommodate content about community responsibility. Similarly contacts built through the

community meetings resulted in content being sourced for the website.

The most important community meetings focused on the building work with a “sneak

peak” for the community to see the progress of the work. This generated a high level of

interest and allowed us to showcase the features of the building especially the energy

saving elements which were funded through CCF.

Recourses

We also developed a number of important resources to help deliver the project and make

it more appealing as well as to diversify the audience.

Website

The website has been felt to be an important new resourse for all which will help Muslims,

not just in Glasgow bu across Scotland to understand the issues from a faith

presepective. While it also carries a number of podcasts which will be expanded, as well

as helpful tips and guidance on how to build a more environmentally friendly lifestyle, it

even includes tips on establishing a green Mosque. However it is early days and we

expect the website to expand in over time.

Leaflet

A very important resource which has been distributed through mosques and other faith

events over the past months. As a conduit on Muslim resourses this leaflet will be an

important addition to existing materials.

Exhibition

Another first has been the creation of an important exhibition on saving energy with a

faith based ethos. This resource will be showcased in the foyer of the new centre. The

exhibition has been well received and we have already received requests for permission

to create copies of it from other Muslim groups.

Building Improvements

All of the proposed measures have been implemented in full. However, due to fundraising

issues and other complications that arose during our construction work, we have not yet

completed the refurbishment and moved in. Our programme of work was comprehensive

and ambitious, extending well beyond the scope of the measures that were CCF funded,

meaning that although the delays are disappointing, they are not surprising.

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The changes made to the building have included:

1. Insulate walls

2. Insulate roof

3. Insulate floors

4. Draught-proof & insulate entrance lobby

5. Use recycled wall linings rather than virgin plasterboard

6. Replace all single-glazing with double-glazing

7. Install energy-efficient lighting

8. Install a lighting control system

9. Install energy-efficient ventilation controls

10. Install zoned heating controls

Installation of building management system with energy consumption display in reception

We have not, currently been able to measure the impact of the measures in practice. For

this reason, we are identifying this Outcome as ‘category 2’. Full details of the

calculations behind our predicted energy savings are contained in Appendix 3.

Learning & Reflection

Project Start

We faced a number of key issues as the work began to be undertaken. Some of the

issues were minor and were addressed as work progressed. While some problems were

more complex and more challenging, thus requiring additional input and impacting pace

of project work.

When we originally developed the project and produced the plan in application format to

be submitted, at that time very few Muslim organisations had applied for CCF. By the

time we were successful with our application a large number of other community groups

had entered the arena. Many of these had already started working within the same target

group which we were aiming to serve.

1) Employment

Initially we had aimed to employ one project coordinator who would over see the

delivery of the complete project, supported by a group of volunteers. However we

soon began to notice that identifying the right calibre of person was difficult , the

job spec was changed to two part time roles of project manager and coordinator.

After a series of interviews the main role of manager was fulfilled. The second role

of coordinator became more difficult to fill, firstly as many of the people who

understood the cultural norms of the target community and who also had an insight

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and passion for environmental issues had obtained work with other projects. We

also noticed that staffing issues faced by other CCF groups meant that many of

the same individuals were moving from one organisation to another on a whim

which did not give credence to such applicants.

Outcome:

We resolved this by employing a person from outwith the predominantly south

Asian community, while still retaining the focus on the target faith community. This

was achieved by employing a person who was from the Arab community. This not

only allowed to us still achive our key objective bus also ensure we could more

proficiently serve the Arab community which had not been fully addressed by any

of the existing groups.

2) Workshops

Many of the workshops we had planned to deliver were also delivered by other

groups before us. In fact feedback we received from those who attended the

workshops was that much of what was being promoted had already been delivered

by other groups. Therefore the poor response towards attendance was primarily

put down to fatigue from the community.

Outcome

The lack of interest in the workshops was overcome by delivering the workshops

to existing community group activities. We achieved this by researching the

activities of key community groups who fell into our target community. We then

arranged with them to deliver a workshop within their normal scheduled meetings.

This allowed us to attend their pre-set meetings and talk to each groups respective

members by delivering a one off presentation about saving energy. This was found

to be successful alternative with positive feedback received from those attending.

3) Building Improvements

The most significant element of the project was the refurbishment of The Ark. The

building was an old church hall in a very poor state of repair. The intention was to

upgrade the building into a fully functioning community centre serving both

Muslims and the local community. Incorporating a new mezzanine floor, the

refurbished building would accommodate office and studio space at ground level

with an open hall space for community events above.

Due to funding constraints, we had originally planned a relatively modest

refurbishment of the hall; installation of the mezzanine floor and creation of the

rooms and spaces we needed, but with minimal intervention into the existing walls

and fabric. This meant future energy consumption would have remained poor.

Achieving the CCF funding meant we were able to make meaningful

improvements to the building’s energy performance, but also that our works were

now going to be much more intrusive.

These intrusive works (primarily around insulation and glazing) required us to peel

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back the layers of this historic building, and as we did so several issues came to

light that required to be dealt with. These included dry rot on the stone walls,

installation of a new damp proof course, and a complete replacement of the

ground floor structure. Had we stuck with our original minimally invasive plan,

these issues would not have been uncovered.

Whilst for the long-term we are pleased to have dealt with these issues head-on,

they have had a detrimental impact on our programme and budget. In hindsight a

more comprehensive and intrusive set of surveys could have been carried out prior

to starting work, but as our original plan had been to leave the building alone as

much as possible this had not been felt necessary at the time.

Another area that caused us significant difficulty was in procuring contractors. We

spent several months at the start of the project trying to source and get accurate

prices back from contractors across a number of packages of work. We had

prepared and issued a full set of tender documents for each of these packages,

but received a very poor level of response from main contractors, who either said

they were too busy or that the project was too small for them.

We then decided to tender the work packages out to separate trades, but again

found that contractors were taking a very long time to return prices and when they

did, they were often inaccurate or missing key pieces. We have ultimately been

happy with the contractors we did source, but it was a long and trying process.

We would advise groups in future to begin sourcing and identifying preferred

contractors at the very outset of the project, and if possible to book them in well in

advance of starting work. The best contractors are always the busiest. We had a

good and clear set of information for pricing, but still struggled to garner

responses.

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Finance & Administration

As discussed above in the section “Learning and Rlection

Employing a project coordinator. Initially we had expected to employ one project

coordinator who would over see the delivery of the complete project, supported by a

group of volunteers. As we began to notice that identifying the right calibre of

person was difficult , the job spec was changed to 2 part time roles of project

manager and coordinator.

After a series of interviews the main role of manager was fulfilled. The second role

of coordinator became more difficult to fill, firstly as many of the people who

understood the cultural norms of the target community and who also had an insight

and passion for environmental issues had obtained work with other projects. We

also noticed that certain groups were suffering staffing issues with the same

individual moving from one organisation to another on a whim which did not give

credence to such applicants.

We resolved this by employing a person from out with the predominantly south

Asian community, while still retaining the focus on the target community. This was

achieved by employing a person who was from the Arab community, this not only

allowed to us still achive our key objective bus also ensure we could more

proficiently serve the Arab community which was not sufficiently addressed by any

of the existing groups.

Staffing issues

Sadly the pace of work required from our project coordinator was below the level

required. As timescale became increasingly short the management board decided

to take action to restructure the roles of manager and coordinator.

In response to the changes, the Project Coordinator decided to resign from her

position, this created a some difficulty in overcoming.

Due to the lack of time remaining on the project, as the project was at a vey

advanced stage, it was meaningless to attempt to recruit a eplacement at this

stage. The CCF development officer advised it would more speedier to employ a

sessional worker for specific areas of the project. Consequently it was decided that

to recruit two sessional workers to assist in the delivery of key elements of the

project including completing the home visits and delivering the workshops, we took

on 2 sessional workers to assist in delivering these. This was successfully achieved

in the timeframe existing, which allowed the project to conclude relatively smoothly.

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Supporting information

The Ark Before the Work

The plan to create a new mezzanine floor with meeting rooms and studio space

downstairs and open hall on the mezzanine floor.

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Work commenced with volunteers helping in the strip down

Then the building work started with the steelwork for the floor installed first

As work continued to make further progress with insulation and new windows

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Reaching final stages

Workshops

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Website (eco.ark.scot)

Exhibition/ Resources

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Home Visits

Thermostat settings at a reasonable level

Good boiler settings, with low heat intensity for the water and radiator being the more

efficient and healthier option; and the timer settings being present.

Loft insulation installed decreasing the buildings energy loss.

Spotlights, very common in properties, while being quite

inefficient.

The better lighting option, saving more energy than

conventional bulbs.

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Podcasts

Name of report authors and date it was finalised:

The compilation of the final report should not be down to one person. The management

committee/board members should be involved.

Output Grid – Please fill in only those outputs which relate to your project. More

information about all of these outputs can be provided in other sections of the report –

these figures will enable us to collate some overall impacts of the CCF.

Double glazing; an excellent way of reducing heat loss

Door frame with in-built draught proofing, without this, much energy would be lost.

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How many advice/information centres – regular drop-in centre, advice surgery

etc. - is your project running?

16

How many training sessions where skills and/or information were passed on

– e.g. composting training, cooking workshops, etc. – has your project has held.

9

How many events did your project hold, e.g. information fairs, open days, etc.? Do

not include events held by other organisations which you have attended.

2

How many staff, volunteers or community members have achieved qualifications

through the project – e.g. City & Guilds Energy Awareness, Trail Cycle Leader, etc.

1

How many people were directly employed by your project. Tell us the full-time

equivalent (FTE) number of employees (e.g. 3 days per week = 0.6 FTE).

1

Is the project is supporting the development of any long-term jobs which are not

dependent of CCF Funding? How many?

1

How many people are actively involved in your project – attending groups &

workshops, using the project facilities etc.?

4

How many people volunteer their time and energy to keeping the project going –

don’t forget the members of your management committee or board.

14

How many schools are involved in your project? 0

How many community-owned buildings have been refurbished? 1

How many Home Energy Checks or similar energy efficiency reports have

been carried out by your project?

25

How many households have been referred on to other agencies or providers

(e.g. HES, Green Deal assessor) for further action?

19

How many households installed energy efficiency measures – loft, wall or floor

insulation, draft-proofing, double glazing etc. – as a result of your project?

?

How many households installed green energy generation measures –

photovoltaic panels, solar thermal panels, air or ground source heat pumps, wood

fuelled heating systems etc – as a result of your project?

?

How many miles of car journeys have been reduced through the activities of

your project?

3,528

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How many square metres (m2) of community growing space (allotments, poly-

tunnels, raised beds, community gardens) has your project brought into use?

0

How many tonnes of waste have been diverted from landfill because of the

activities of your project?

?

How many kWh of energy has been reduced because of the activities of your

project?

?