5th News release dated June 2022

Special event at Chamberlin Hall on Sat 25th June. We are being visited by Scene Connect who are the consultants working on our feasibility study. Scene will be doing a short presentation about low carbon heat networks - the sort of scheme we are hoping to install in our village. 

We will be open from 2pm-4.30pm and the presentation will be at 2.30 and again at 3.30.

There will be plenty of opportunities for you to talk to the Scene consultants as well as the Heating Bildeston team.

And, if you haven't already, please bring along your completed Questionnaire.

4th News release dated May 2022

Questionnaire Progress

Over the last three weeks, we've printed and delivered the Energy Consumption Questionnaire personally to nearly every household in the village, all 512 of them. We're now collating the many replies so that Scene, our appointed consultants, can work out just how much energy we use and how. It'll be a core component of the Feasibility Study that will follow. We're hoping to hold a Public Engagement Meeting soon so we can thank all those who participated in completing the Questionnaire - there is still time if you haven't yet. Your information about how much energy your household consumes is very important to our community.

3rd News release dated March 2022:

Heating Bildeston Feasibility Study approved

The Rural Community Energy Fund has awarded Heating Bildeston £32,000 to fund consultants from Scene Connect Ltd. to produce a feasibility study into the most sustainable and economic way of creating a renewably powered heat network while reducing energy use, improving affordability and increasing sustainability. It's a considerable milestone. With carbon energy prices likely to hit all-time highs, a scheme like ours can't come soon enough. There's a lot to do, including getting everybody to complete the questionnaire we'll be circulating soon.

2nd News release dated February 2022:

Heating Bildeston Feasibility Study Update

After three months of intensive work, we have now completed our Heating Bildeston application to the Rural Community Energy Fund and are awaiting imminent approval for funding of a feasibility study that will work out the most suitable and economic way of bringing low-carbon district heating to our homes. We've analysed the consultant tenders and selected which team of experts offer the best match for our project. If approval is granted, the next stage will be to identify just how much energy all our homes use.

Heating Bildeston and our consultants will prepare a questionnaire and approach every Bildeston household for your input. More information to follow in next month’s Bugle.

The Heating Bildeston team recently visited Swaffham Prior in Cambridgeshire where a similar scheme is now being installed. We received a warm welcome, an abundance of great advice and a promise to support Heating Bildeston through our journey. You can find out more at heatingswaffhamprior

First News Release dated December 2021:

Bildeston reacts to blah blah.

Given all the hot air at COP26, it’s good news that a group of local residents have come together to greatly reduce our CO2 emissions and our use of fossil fuels for heating our homes. Established by local resident Gordon Mehrtens,

Heating Bildeston is applying to the Rural Community Energy Fund for a Government grant to pay for a feasibility study to identify the most suitable village-wide scheme. Spokesperson for the group, Shaun Moffat said, ‘It’s early days, but we hope to identify which renewable energy solution can provide economic, low-carbon heating and hot water

to most homes throughout Bildeston.’

If you want to find out more about Heating Bildeston and get involved in this innovative project, contact: Shaun Moffat (01449 257136) or Gordon Mehrtens (07456 737113).