Ashburton Futures, Devon UK : part of the Transition Network

The Ashburton Futures initiative MASHFFF has just completed a project to explore how Ashburton properties can be made cosier and cheaper to run.

Making Ashburton-Style Homes Fit For The Future won thousands of pounds of Government funding to explore how local homes can go much greener.

High-tech energy audits were carried out on a cross-section of local properties - and the results are now being shared with Ashburton householders to help make their homes cosier and their energy bills smaller.

Ashburton Futures qualified for £24,000 worth of Department of Energy and Climate Change funding from the Local Energy Assessment Fund (LEAF) for the MASHFFF project.

The money also paid for 100 residents to take a day trip to a national green building centre to see for themselves the best way to improve their home’s energy efficiency.

We saw your hotspots!

MASHFFF enabled 12 free home-energy audits to be carried on out a cross-section of properties within Ashburton, using state-of-the art thermal imaging techniques (see right) to reveal where homes are leaking heat.

The audits, worth over £600 each, were carried out by local energy efficiency and renewable energy advisors Anahat Energy, discovered:

suitable energy-saving measures for each property – including listed buildings and those within the Conservation Area.
the cost of those measures and how long they’ll take to pay for themselves
the amount of potential fuel-bill savings
what can be done for free or little money
the availability of grant assistance