Products and Services to help you save energy and money:
Gadgets and gismos
- Electrisave, 2Save Energy Both sell affordable household energy monitors
- Byebyestandby Smart plugs that prevent standby energy waste.
- Top ten A list of the top-ten energy saving devices.
Car efficiency
- VCA fuel services Check out the fuel efficiency of many models of car. Use on your own car or to check efficiency rating when buying a new one.
Grants and insulation
- Energy Saving Trust A wealth of advice and information on greening your home.
- West Oxfordshire District Council Grant information.
- Thames Valley Efficiency Centre Free, expert and impartial energy saving advice.
- Scottish Building Standards Agency Home improvements sustainability guide.
Local Action Groups and Organisations
- Community Action For Energy Promotes community based energy reduction strategies.
- CAWAG For more information on the Charlbury Light Bulb Library
- CRAGs A new local carbon rationing and exchange group.
- COIN The Climate Outreach Information Network. Oxford based information on local events and projects.
- Climate Exchange A new climate awareness project in Oxfordshire.
- Transition Towns Oxford is adopting the transition strategy to prepare for peak oil and climate change.
- Climate Protect The Alliance for Climate Protection. Information and advice.
- Stop Climate Chaos Sign up to I Count to join a growing network of people fighting climate change.
Climate Change: The Facts
- Stern Review The economic impact of a changing climate.
- IPCC Report The science behind global warming written by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
- Al Gore Lots of facts and figures from the star of ‘An Inconvenient Truth’.
- CAT Centre Information about alternative technologies, their cost, installation and effectiveness.
- ZeroCarbonBritain An ambitious report outlining the way towards a zero carbon future. Already adopted as policy by the Lib Dems.
