Deal Green Energy Fair

Mayor with Buskers

Lots of good green energy ideas inside Deal Town Hall yesterday and a lot of energy outside with our supporting buskers and dancers.

Despite a couple of exhibitors and speakers having to drop out due to illness we had a good response from the public with Paul Mallion's sessions on conservation for older properties and Stephanie Karpetas and DDC's Amanda Martin's talks on the Green Deal and associated schemes being well attended.

Eternal Energy's Verity Van proved also to be popular with people who wanted to see some of the technology working.

Outside the event we had buskers from the Sunshine Ukes Band and the Appalachian dance group the Arkwrights playing. Inside we were very grateful to the volunteers from St Leonards Church who ran the refreshments for the event.

A big thank you to all our exhibitors and those running the talk sessions: Wooden Windows Co, Eternal Energy, Deal CAB, Conker Conservation, Deal Society, Dover District Council, Kent County Council, and Greenov.

Thanks to Deal Mayor and the staff at the town hall plus all our Deal With It volunteers who helped on the day or prior to it: Guy, Jane, Vicki, Charles, Stephanie, Caroline, Carolyn, Tracy, Rosie, Diane and Steve

Deal Green Energy Fair - 5th Oct: Talks

This year's Green Energy Fair in Deal we have interesting array of speakers plus we have Eternal Energy's Verity Green Van in the Town Hall Car park - so you can see how all this stuff works


Talks Programme as follows:




11.45 - 12.15
Paul Mallion Conker Conservation – Older Properties: how to make them enrgy efficient

12.30 - 13.00
Stephanie Karpetas – How the Green Deal works

13.15 - 13.45
Anthony Morgan – Carbon-Free Group: on the latest energy generation at home

14.00 - 14.30
Luci Ransome from Transition Scotland for practical advice on how to draught-proof your home

Deal's Insulation & Green Energy Fair - Sat 5th October

Deal With It will be staging its second Insulation and Green Energy Fair at Deal Town Hall on Deal High St on Saturday 5th October from 11am to 3pm

Victoria Nicholls, Deal With It Secretary said: “A recent BBC survey highlighted that some 38% of people were very concerned about paying their heating bills this coming winter. It found that 25% of people had put up with "unacceptably cold" homes in the past year as they struggled to pay bills.

The idea of our Green Energy Fair is to demonstrate that there is something we can do about it. Simple steps like better insulation and reducing draughts in the home can save pounds for us all.”

The event will have exhibitors from green energy firms, window specialists, Insulation providers and groups involved in the sustainable renovation of older homes. There will also be talks on the latest green technologies for the home and how to make older properties more energy efficient.

We will have representatives from Dover District Council and Kent County Council to talk about collective energy switching and the Government’s Green Deal scheme.

There will be practical ‘Draught-Busting’ workshops where people can learn the DIY techniques to make their homes more cosy.

Deal Energised!

Event Organiser Guy chats to Solar Age

We had a really sucessful day on Saturday at our Green Energy Fair here in Deal. 

We are very pleased with its outcome (we think between 150-200 people attended), loads of people signed up to get involved on community energy projects, draught busting workshops or went away with some ideas to reduce their energy consumption and bills.

More importantly it was great fun!

Lots of  'thank you's :

Deputy Mayor Eileen Rowbotham opens the Fair

first to our all our stall holders: Groombridge Solar, Shaun from Dover District Council, Window Advisors, Transition Energy, Deal CAB, Solar Age, UvShield, East Kent FOE, CORE.

Talk on mircogeneration

Our Speakers Anthony Morgan from Carbon Free Group, Ian Smith from Transition Energy and Luci Ramsome from 'Draught Busters'.

Kieran for the Bicycle Generator (& Annie + Steve for supplying the human power);

"Deal Buskers Collective"

Our great buskers - Ravenhill, Quidnunc, Mac, Jon & Elaine and especially Rose & Sue from Driftwood Duo for making it all happen.

Mike and all the staff at the town hall and all our great set of DWI volunteers (and their Spouses!) for all their hard work prior and on the day - special thanks to Guy our Event Organiser

All our photos can be found here

Let's energise our Deal - Deal's Green Energy Fair 10th March

Deal's Green Energy Fair is happening this Saturday (10th March) at Deal Town Hall between 1-4:30pm

The event will have something for everyone. Practical ‘how-to’ sessions on home insulation, advice on grants for insulation, advice and providers on solar power for the home and business, talks on microgeneration after the recent changes to the feed-in-tariff and on community generated energy schemes.

Rosemary Rechter, Co-ordinator for Deal With It said: “The Everyone’s energy bills are rising and we know they will go on doing so. Whether you are a householder, a business or responsible for a school, church or community centre, on Saturday afternoon you could find something that will really help you to save on your energy bills, while at the same time reducing your carbon footprint and helping to mitigate the dangers of Climate Change.

You will have the opportunity to find out whether you are eligible for a grant to insulate your home and how to go about doing it. You will discover that there is far more to renewable energy than wind farms !

If you are a business, then you might welcome the chance to talk to an independent Energy consultant. If you are a community organisation then we have an energy consultant who only does pro bono work! There will be local firms and suppliers of solar energy, wind power, wood stoves and heat exchange pumps, talks and exhibition as well as a workshop on DIY insulation."

Let's Energise our Deal! Deal's Green Energy Fair 10 March

Deal With It are organising a Green Energy Fair on 10th March 2012 at Deal Town Hall between 1pm - 4:30pm.

We will have stalls from Green Energy firm supplying PV, Solar Thermal, Wind power, heat sinks and wood stoves. There will be exhibits from the green energy park at Richborough, Dover District Council will be on hand to explain how you can make your home snug with the right insulation. Lots of info, people to talk to on saving money from your energy bills and reducing yours & our carbon footprint.

There will also be music from Deal Buskers Collective and the great bicycle generator to see how hard it is create power which we take for granted.

The Event is free.