News – Solar discount scheme 2011

Posted on March 15, 2011 by admin

REP’s latest solar PV panels project is officially under way after the participants decided to go ahead with last year’s installer. The scheme involves a rebate cheque being sent to everyone who chooses to install through REP, depending on how many other people follow suit by the 30th April (more details via link below).

Any homeowner in Berkshire or surrounding areas who wants a no-obligation survey/quotation with a chance of getting up to an eighth off the price, plus a special 5 year system guarantee, should:
(1) Submit your house details to the installer by clicking
http://www.ardenhamenergy.co.uk/click-here-for-your-free-quote.html
(mention “REP PV Pioneers” under Any Other Info)�
(2) Contact Gabriel, the REP ‘PV Pioneers’ coordinator on whiteknights [at] readingenergypioneers.org.uk <- note correction to email address 21/03/11

More details  on the scheme here.

30/3/11 PV scheme update - REP excited to announce 16 solar orders so far!
This means a 10% rebate cheque (worth between £568-£1,562 each) is guaranteed for all our PV Pioneers. With a month to go before the application deadline for new entrants, we look on course to reach at least 20 orders and a maximum 12.5% rebate (£728-£1,953 per household). New enquiries welcome till the end of April!

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News – REP website is back

Posted on September 22, 2010 by admin

Welcome to the new site.

This is basically the same as the old site, but is now hosted with ION Systems.

Hopefully we salvaged everything from the old site, but if there is anything missing or if anything doesn’t work as it should then please let us know.

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News – Members obtain thermal images

Posted on October 4, 2009 by admin

The Reading Borough based contingent among the 20 local households who signed up to participate in Reading Energy Pioneers are looking forward to receiving a thermal image of their home.

As part of the Heatseekers heat loss awareness scheme, part-funded by the Council, the fronts of most residents’ houses were thermally imaged during Winter 08/09. REP has joined up with the Council to obtain the images on behalf of its member households.

The images, which show what parts of the house most heat is escaping from, are a useful basis for REP to start identifying options for wall or roof insulation, eaves, windows, and doors.

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News – REP Home Energy Handbook

Posted on March 10, 2009 by admin

The REP Handbook containing many interesting measures to save energy at home is now available online.

Whether you attended our February 2009 events to benefit from asking the experts, or have heard about REP via some other route, we invite you to complete and return the REP contact form at the back of the latest Reading Energy Pioneers Green Energy Handbook, which is downloadable here.

To obtain the address to return your form, and if you have any other questions about the handbook or REPs, email your local area REP:

North Reading – caversham@readingenergypioneers.info
Central Reading – eldon@readingenergypioneers.info
East Reading – whiteknights@readingenergypioneers.info
West Reading – coley@readingenergypioneers.info

Invite your friends to take part as well! There are no restrictions on membership except they must be a homeowner in the general Reading area.

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News – REP kicks off

Posted on February 8, 2009 by admin

Did you know that the average house loses 25% of its heat through the roof, 35% through the walls & 15% through draughts and that Reading homeowners can get partial or full grants for insulating loft and walls – even solid walls?

The introductory events organised by Reading Energy Pioneers got under way on 10th February 2009 with the first event being held in Coley. Local sustainable energy installers talked to interested locals about measures such as thermal images of heat loss, solar panels and wood burning stoves. Homeowners should win by keeping the heat they pay for where they want it – in their homes, local businesses win by getting extra customers, and everyone wins by the reduction in fossil fuel use.

To find out more of what you can do, go to Contact Us or come to one of our forthcoming events.

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