Healthy Homes first season success: 170 home visits Our new project, Healthy Homes for Wellbeing, started in November 2017, and what a busy first season we had. This free energy advice service and free LEAP home visits for those who are eligible, is delivered by 6 fully trained Home Energy Advisers across Exeter, Mid Devon, […]
22/06/2018
Did you miss our AGM: Here’s the edited highlights.
There have been lots of changes for ECOE with four new directors being elected and Gill Wyatt now focusing exclusively on her Chief Exec role handing over the role of Chair to Patrick Devine-Wright for the initial year, as the Chair will now be rotated annually. We want to thank Gill for steering ECOE so […]
22/06/2018
MBE awarded to Sonya Bedford, ECOE’s legal director
The Queen has named Sonya Bedford as a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in her 2018 birthday honours list. Sonya, who is partner and head of the renewable energy team at Stephens Scown LLP, has received the honour for services to community energy. She has helped to deploy many […]
23/05/2018
AGM Invite 2018
ECOE Annual General Meeting Tuesday 5th June 2018, 18.45 to 20.45 at The Meeting Room, Stephens Scown LLP, Southernhay, Exeter EX1 1RS Come along and hear what ECOE has been doing this last year and play a part in shaping the future direction of ECOE. The annual report and accounts will be presented and members […]
18/02/2018
Full report of the 2017 members survey
The report provides a detailed description of the findings of the Members Survey undertaken by ECOE in 2017. A total of 101 members participated in the study, a response rate of just less than 50%. People purchased shares, and thus became members, for diverse reasons. These motivations can be clustered in terms of global sustainability […]
26/01/2018
Community Fund Allocation Event plus update of new projects and the member survey
Following a great Community Fund Allocation Event on Tues 16th January at 18.30, awards were made for the full amounts to all three applicants. Congratulations to: Wonford Community and learning Centre who received £996 for a new display that will provide information about their ECOE community-owned solar installation. Pinhoe Road Baptist Church who received £1275 […]
23/11/2017
Members Survey – Initial Findings
Huge thanks to everyone who completed the members’ survey in September. We achieved a response rate of almost 50%, with 101 completed surveys, which is excellent. Here we present some initial findings from the data, under four headings. A comprehensive report detailing the survey findings will be available in January. Perceptions of ECOE ECOE was […]
06/07/2017
Heat Event: Summary & Presentations
Howard Smith, Dextco and ECC Dextco is proposing a combined heat and power network, covering the two hospital sites, City Centre new developments, St Lukes with maybe an extension to County Hall, the prison and the University of Exeter. Interlinking housing could be connected to the network but it is a lot of work to […]
29/06/2017
Other News and Events – July ’17
Community Energy England Report The biggest state of the sector report has been carried out by Community Energy England. ECOE took part. Their key messages are: • Community energy is widespread: 222 community energy organisations throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland involved in 269 distinct energy activities. • Community energy is significant: organisations own 121 […]
28/06/2017
Report from the AGM 2017
Our third AGM took place on Tuesday 6th June. Thirty of our members plus other supporters were present to hear all about what ECOE had been doing for the last year, vote on payments to the community fund and members interest, ECOE accounts and directors. Our partners, funders and all supporting ECOE were thanked including […]
