Posted February 21st, 2010 by nancyadmin
Muswell Hill Sustainability Group’s child has its own website now!
www.en10ergy.co.uk
Posted October 2nd, 2009 by nancyadmin
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What We Do Here In London Leaves Its Imprint On The World
Posted January 10th, 2009 by nancyadminA local website for a global problem.
As we produce more C02 the Earth’s temperature rises with the frightening implications for every one of us of serious climate change. The problem is seemingly not on a human scale. How can a single person make a difference?
By becoming informed and aware a ‘mere’ individual can come to grips their share of the most difficult challenge ever faced by the human race.
Just living in our houses creates about 30% of this country’s CO2 emissions. Our use of transport contributes around another 20%. Understanding our personal accountability begins to modify our behaviour and can transform opinion around us. Our every day domestic choices create the national and global picture.
This website is an information resource for reducing our personal energy consumption.
We hope you find it useful.
Walt Patterson visits MHSGroup
Posted June 15th, 2010 by mike
Walt Patterson, Associate Fellow at Chatham House, author of "Keeping the Lights On" and guest speaker at the MHS Group's meeting on 3rd June 2010
Alan Morton in discussion with Walt Patterson.
Dermot Barnes raising an issue.
Walt Patterson is a distinguished scientist who has been campaigning since the 70s for better management of energy by end-use technology (in, for example, buildings and vehicles) rather than by putting fuel producers in competition with each other. In a stimulating hour he described many ways in which energy could be better managed for climate security and gave as an example the concentration on local regeneration by Woking Council, ensuring that their lights stayed on when the rest of the South East had a blackout. He stressed the importance of solar power and wind power in combination with a massive investment in buildings and the need to replace the use of central heating/air conditioning with thermal inertia. There were many questions from members which he answered persuasively and wittily and this part of the evening closed with our warm thanks and a presentation of a share certificate by way of investment in en10ergy limited.
en10ergy Share Launch Party a big success!!
Posted March 24th, 2010 by nancyadmin
Lynne Featherstone opening the en10ergy launch
Muswell Hill Sustainability Group launched en10ergy limited, Muswell Hill’s first social enterprise dedicated to reducing carbon emissions in Muswell Hill and surrounding areas. Lynne Featherstone MP and Cllr Clare Kober attended and gave their very enthusiastic support. It was a good gathering. We had six stalls at the Launch. En10ergy had swathes of pennants above its stall and looked very energising indeed. They sold well over a 1000 pounds of shares and the enquiries keep coming in. Haringey Council’s stall provided lots of information on their carbon cutting schemes, Muswell Hill Sustainability Group, of course, was represented by its usual stall and we signed up several new members. A new and important endeavour of Muswell Hill Sustainability is the 100 Houses Study and its stall was a centre for many interested locals, (see the 100 Houses Study page in the pages list right of the home page). We had Dermot Barnes running his stall on Energy Saving Solutions where people could see the actual technology and discuss solutions with our expert and we had Fred Fiztke’s stall on the Meadow Orchard Project. Please go to ( will put in link when I get it) for more information on the very interesting plans for that rather large patch of land in our midst. And we had Thomas Donkor of SolarEmpower showing a PV panel and encouraging Muswell Hillians to do the alternative energy deed!
Claire Kober leader of Haringey Council speaking at the en10ergy launch
En10ergy chair Alan Morton talking at the launch
Ruth Shamroth of MHSGroup was the delightful MC for the launch
Some of the audience
Green Party candidate Lucy Craig and an enthusiastic listener
Our Squirrels
Lynne Featherstone MP talking to Peter Thompson and a Squirrel
Muswell Hill has a Low Carbon Zone
Posted March 10th, 2010 by nancyadminMuswell Hill now has an LCZ, a Low Carbon Zone!
Read all about it and the Haringey Council partnership with Muswell Hill on the Low Carbon Zone page over on the right in the list of pages.
Muswell Hill Sustainability, en10ergy and Haringey Council Launch team
HOT NEWS! Muswell Hill Sustainability Group supports Haringey Council in successful bid to DECC for the Low Carbon Communities Fund.
Posted December 22nd, 2009 by nancyadminMUSWELL HILL TO BE ONE OF UK’S FIRST LOW CARBON COMMUNITIES
Huge appreciation for Alan Morton and Dermot Barnes who put the bid together
Muswell Hill in Haringey, London, has won up to £500,000 in a competition to become a blueprint for sustainable living.
Muswell Hill is one of the first ten winning locations to benefit from a £10million fund as part of the Low Carbon Communities Challenge.
Around a quarter of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions come from heating, lighting and powering electrical appliances in homes. By 2050 this needs to be almost zero if the UK is to cut its emissions by 80%, highlighting the importance of local action.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) launched the competition in July to find communities keen to be at the forefront of moving to a low carbon economy.
Muswell Hill will receive a grant to pay for solar panels to be installed at four schools to generate green electricity. The money will also fund a mobile sustainable learning unit, cycle parking and a community renewable energy company to manage the income from low carbon energy generation. This money will then be ploughed back into the community so all 1,800 residents can benefit from a low carbon lifestyle.
Energy and Climate Change Minister Joan Ruddock said:
“We’ve had more than 300 communities register their interest with the Low Carbon Communities Challenge, so there’s a real appetite out there to save energy to help tackle global warming and save money on fuel bills. The ten winning projects will now spend the money on things like community wind turbines, solar panels, heat pumps, insulation or green transport projects to cut emissions.
“The UK has the most ambitious emissions reduction commitments in the world and communities like Muswell Hill will help to develop the policies we need in the future to make the successful transition to a low carbon economy.”
Haringey Council leader, Cllr Claire Kober, said:
“We are committed to cutting carbon emissions in Haringey and are working with businesses and residents to explore what practical measures can be put in place to help us do this. This award will enable us to develop sustainable energy sources in the borough for the benefit of the community and will further help us reach our ambitious CO2 reductions’ targets.”
In return for technical and financial assistance, people in Muswell Hill will work alongside government and contribute to finding low carbon solutions from which the whole country will benefit. Successful outcomes from the project will pave the way for a national roll-out of proven measures.
DECC is now looking for an additional twelve communities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to take part in the next phase of the Challenge.
For further information please look at the LCC Low Carbon Communities page on the top right, under ‘manage your carbon footprint’
2009 has been a busy year for us!
Posted December 5th, 2009 by nancyadmin2009 has been an eventful year for our organisation. Here is the main news;
We have held 10 meetings, included one addressed by GLA member Nikki Gavron,
* We provided members for 3 eco-teams and set up a light bulb library,
* We established this website,
* We ran stalls at the Green Fair (“rocket science”) and at the Muswell Hill Festival,
* In August we held an Anti-plastic bag demo outside Sainsburys in which we gave away 150 Green bags and won public support and coverage in the Muswell Hill Journal,
* We increased our paid up membership to 40,
* Our ideas for a Muswell Hill Low Carbon Zone were adopted by the Council whose bid for GLA funding was one of only 10 successful bids in the whole of London. It will mean £250K being applied in services and subsidies to reduce carbon emissions in the Zone by 20.12% by the end of 2012. MHSG will be heavily involved in the delivery of this project,
* Our Green Streets bid for £200K from British Gas to do other good works in N10, outside the Zone, was an unsuccessful finalist but with another chance on the repechage,
* Our bid to DECC, in partnership with the Council, for £250K for putting PV arrays on schools in N10 and other large buildings is still under consideration,
* On 30 October Muswell Hill Sustainability Group registered en10ergy ltd as a free-standing social enterprise company. This was a finalist project in the Archant London Environmental Awards 2009,
* In the same competition our chair, Alan Morton, was awarded an Archant plaque as runner-up Environmentalist of the Year!!
1 January 2010 is when next year’s subscription (£10 a time) falls due. We hope that you will wish to join/renew.
INCORPORATION FOR en10ergy Limited!
Posted November 14th, 2009 by nancyadminThe Muswell Hill Sustainability Group is proud to announce the incorporation on 30 October 2009 of a new social enterprise company, en10ergy Limited, which is now registered with the Financial Services Authority under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965. The founder members are Alan Morton, Fred Fitzke and Cara Jenkinson and the secretary is Peter Thompson.
The Rules require the society to be run for the public benefit and one of its objects is to provide an opportunity for public-spirited people and organisations to contribute financially to the community by buying £10 shares which are not transferable but may be redeemed after 3 years [maximum investment £20K!].
This will provide start-up capital for our main objects: facilitating and carrying into effect programmes of reducing emissions and waste in and around Muswell Hill, promoting energy efficiency and investing in renewable energy installations. Ambitious, huh? And just in time to help Haringey Council deliver its Low Carbon Zone project in N10. Join the queue for shares!
Incidentally en10ergy is a finalist in the Environmental Project section of the 2009 Archant London Environmental Awards, taking place on 20 November. We’ll let you know if we win.
en10ergy Social Enterprise Company
Posted October 2nd, 2009 by nancyadmin
Shelly Fennell and Peter Thompson outdid themselves explaining Muswell Hill Sustainability Group’s en10ergy Social Enterprise company to the public at the recent Muswell Hill Festival.
More than 60 people were interested in learning more about the en10ergy shares which will be on offer.
On top of the interest in the shares our stall signed up a dozen new members to the group. We are expanding and on the cusp of some very interesting work. See the Low Carbon Zone map below.
Posted October 2nd, 2009 by nancyadmin
Muswell Hill Low Carbon Zone!
Muswell Hill Sustainability Group has had a major coup! Check out this map!
(Bigger version on the LOW CARBON ZONE IN MUSWELL HILL page 3rd down on the right side of the home page)
A team within MHSGroup together with members of the Environmental Resources department of Haringey Council put together a bid for a Low Carbon Zone here in Muswell Hill and ours was one of 10 successful bids that were presented to the GLA. Through Haringey Council funds of 200 to 400 thousand pounds will be headed our way. We will involve businesses and private housing and community organisations within the zone in an innovatively structured sharing of resources and expertise. The goal is to reduce the carbon emissions from the area by 20% by 2012.