MASHFFF


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. 



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