{"id":38204,"date":"2014-01-27T13:05:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T13:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=3c3187105a6660d23d62d6aa993fcb9d"},"modified":"2014-01-27T13:05:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-27T13:05:00","slug":"news-story-big-energy-saving-week-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=38204","title":{"rendered":"News story: Big Energy Saving Week 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Edward Davey and Greg Barker kick-started Big Energy Saving Week today with a visit to Manor House in North London. <\/p>\n<p>Local people in Manor House have been working together to reduce energy consumption and address rising fuel costs, and have been taking part in a project to increase the resilience of the local community to the effects of climate change.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Greg Barker and Edward Davey in North London today\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/21397\/BESWLondon960jpg.jpg\"><\/div><figcaption>Greg Barker and Edward Davey during the North London visit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Big Energy Saving Week will run throughout the week and will focus on raising awareness of energy and efficiency issues. Citizens Advice will be running events offering to check consumers are getting the best deal for their energy, explaining how to switch to get a better price, and giving advice on steps that can be taken to decrease the amount of energy householders use and lose. <\/p>\n<p>January 2014 will mark the third Big Energy Saving Week, with Citizens Advice, Citizen Advice Scotland, energy suppliers and other charitable partners all taking part.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<h2 id=\"big-energy-saving-week---find-out-more\">Big Energy Saving Week &#8211; find out more<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>For more information and to find out about events in your area, visit <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bigenergysavingweek.org.uk\">www.bigenergysavingweek.org.uk<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/deccgovuk\">Visit our Flickr channel to view photos from Big Energy Saving Week events<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/deccgovuk\">Follow @deccgovuk on Twitter<\/a> or #BESW for updates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"big-energy-saving-week-video\">Big Energy Saving Week video<\/h2>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EQhsjTxPeI8\">Big Energy Saving Week 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"visit-to-the-energy-saving-advice-service\">Visit to the Energy Saving Advice Service<\/h2>\n<p>Minister of State Greg Barker visited the Energy Saving Advice Service (ESAS) helpline on Tuesday 28 January to promote the work of the helpline as part of Big Energy Saving Week. The Minister was joined by Mary Macleod MP (Brentford and Isleworth, Conservative), Zac Goldsmith MP (Richmond Park, Conservative), Lewis Pugh, ocean advocate, maritime lawyer and a pioneer swimmer, &amp;  Oliver Heath, sustainable architectural designer, TV presenter and writer.The visitors took a tour of the call floor and had the opportunity to listen into and take some calls.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Minister Greg Barker, Zac Goldsmith, Mary Macleod, Lewis Pugh and Oliver Heath with ESAS call handler at the Energy Saving Advice Service.\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/21495\/group_photo_ESAS_BESW_960x640.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"community-energy-strategy\">Community Energy Strategy<\/h2>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AGjb6vtRC84&amp;list=PLF4CA654685D2DECC\">Secretary of State, Edward Davey,introduces the community energy strategy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Secretary of State and Greg Barker also launched the Community Energy Strategy today. Under the plans government will broaden the support available for community energy projects, whereby people come together to reduce their energy use or purchase and generate their own energy. Plans include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>\u00a310m Urban Community Energy Fund to kick-start community energy generation projects in England;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\u00a31m Big Energy Saving Network funding to support the work of volunteers helping vulnerable consumers to reduce their energy; <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>a community energy saving competition, offering \u00a3100,000 to communities to develop innovative approaches to saving energy and money; and<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>a \u201cone-stop shop\u201d information resource for people interested in developing community energy projects.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Government\u2019s vision is that every community that wants to take forward an energy project should be able to do so. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/community-energy-strategy\">The Community Energy Strategy<\/a> sets out how we are removing barriers faced by communities that want to take action on energy, to create opportunities for more people to get involved. <\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HqzkCnrU3_8&amp;list=UUULvYGk41IsFKZ21TZgiOpg\">Minister of State, Gregory Barker, talks about the importance of community energy<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<h2 id=\"community-energy-strategy---find-out-more\">Community Energy Strategy &#8211; find out more<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/power-to-the-people-government-boost-to-community-energy\">Read the \u201cPower to the people\u201d press notice launching the Community Energy Strategy<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/community-energy-strategy\">Read the Community Energy Strategy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.decc.gov.uk\/2014\/01\/27\/the-community-energy-strategy-can-empower-communities-and-accelerate-grass-roots-action\/\">Read the blog by Garry Charnock, \u201cThe Community Energy Strategy can empower communities and accelerate grass roots action\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>We will update this page throughout Big Energy Saving week; keep checking back for updates. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big Energy Saving Week runs from 27 &#8211; 31 January 2014 and raises awareness of energy and efficiency issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38204"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38204"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38223,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38204\/revisions\/38223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}