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| We are currently building up our list of Partnership case studies. Please come back soon to find out more about other local projects on resource efficiency. |
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|  Installing a Rainwater Harvesting System, May 2008
Keith Sinfield shares his experience of installing a rainwater harvesting system at his home in Church Lawford. |
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| Anti-idling Project - Freight Best Practice, March 2008
Freight Best Practice ran an anti-idling project to encourage freight operators to reduce fuel consumption and cost, with HGV drivers receiving training and reminder posters and stickers. Two of the four companies taking part in the project are based in Warwickshire. |
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| The Wolseley Sustainable Building Centre, 2007
The Wolseley Sustainable Building Centre is a living, interactive showcase for renewable and sustainable products for construction and water conservation projects. The facility provides the focus of a commercial route to market for such products through the supply chain. The Centre is also an access point for data and information, plus technical and design assistance for a wide range of stakeholders, including investors, customers, staff, suppliers, the government and the community. |
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| Stratford Methodist Church - Ecocongregation Energy Project, June 2007
Stratford Methodist Church carried out a project that addressed the following: an energy audit of the church premises; introduced energy efficiency measures to reduce their energy consumption; introduced water efficiency measures in gardening; set up a recycling centre in the church. |
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| Bayton Road Energy Metering Project, 2007
Background on the Bayton Road Industrial Estate smart metering project to help businesses reduce energy consumption and costs. |
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| Master Composters, 2007
A partnership project with WRAP and Garden Organic that trains up 'master composters' to enable them to help other would-be composters in their own communities. |
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| Goods Again Project - Her Majesty's Prison Service, Onley Prison, 2007
This project has been set up to provide training opportunities, address poverty issues, divert electrical goods away from landfill sites and help promote reuse and recycling. |
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| Recycled Roads Project - Warwickshire County Council, 2007
The Recycled Roads project was set up as a pilot to reduce the amount of road aggregate waste going to landfill and to determine how financially viable the process is. |
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| Be Smart Scheme - Water Efficiency in Schools, 2007
A number of Warwickshire schools have been working with Severn Trent through the Eco-schools programme to reduce their water consumption. |
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| If you are involved in any resource efficiency projects in Warwickshire, please let us know so that we can help promote good practice. Case studies are welcome from a wide range of sectors: business, local authority,government organisation, charity, not-for-profit organisation, school, college, etc. |
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| If you have any queries please contact Warwickshire County Council's Strategic Energy Manager or Climate Change Projects Officer by emailing: |
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