The Ashburton Futures initiative MASHFFF has just completed a project to explore how Ashburton properties can be made cosier and cheaper to run.
Making Ashburton-Style Homes Fit For The Future won thousands of pounds of Government funding
to explore how local homes can go much greener.
High-tech energy audits were carried out on a cross-section of local properties - and the results are now being shared with Ashburton householders to help make their homes cosier and their energy bills smaller.
Ashburton Futures qualified for £24,000 worth
of Department of Energy and Climate Change funding from the Local Energy
Assessment Fund (LEAF) for the MASHFFF project.
The money also paid for 100 residents to take a day trip to a national green building centre to see for themselves the best way to improve their home’s energy efficiency.
CLICK HERE TO SEE VIDEOS AND PROPERTY AUDITS
CLICK HERE TO READ HOT TIPS ON MAKING YOUR HOME COSIER AND CHEAPER TO RUN
IF YOU'RE A BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR, CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS
We saw your hotspots!
MASHFFF enabled 12 free home-energy audits to be carried on
out a cross-section of properties within Ashburton, using state-of-the art
thermal imaging techniques (see right) to reveal where homes are leaking heat.
The audits, worth
over £600 each, were carried out by local energy efficiency and renewable
energy advisors Anahat Energy, discovered:
- suitable energy-saving measures for each property – including
listed buildings and those within the Conservation Area.
- the cost of those measures and how long they’ll take to pay for
themselves
- the amount of potential fuel-bill savings
- what can be done for free or little money
- the availability of grant assistance
The results...
The results of MASHFFF's audits were shared at a Results Reception in Ashburton in March 2012, and are available on this website:CLICK HERE TO SEE VIDEOS AND PROPERTY AUDITS
CLICK HERE TO READ HOT TIPS ON MAKING YOUR HOME COSIER AND CHEAPER TO RUN
IF YOU'RE A BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR, CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS
Heat-loss around a loft-hatch |
Heat-loss under an insulated wall |
Heat escaping through the floor from an unlagged pipe underneath |
Heat-loss around ventilation |