November 27th meeting on home energy saving

Donnachadh McCarthy to speak on home energy saving

Transition Westcombe will be holding a meeting on Friday November 27th at 7.30pm in Mycenae House, and the speaker will be Donnachadh McCarthy. His topic will be 'High priority energy-saving measures in a Conservation Area and how individuals, businesses and our local council can act to achieve them.” This is a chance to find out from an expert how to improve your home’s energy efficiency, especially if you are part of the 10:10 initiative.

Donnachadh McCarthy is an environmental journalist with his work published in The Guardian, Sunday Times, Independent, Time Out etc.
He is the author of "Saving the Planet without Costing The Earth" and "Easy Eco-auditing". He appeared as the expert eco-auditor on BBC 2's Its Not Easy Being Green, ITVs How Green is Your Home and Sky's Green Britain Week. His home in Camberwell was London's first retro carbon-negative home, with solar electric, solar hot water, wind-turbine (useless!), wood-burning stove and rain-harvester.
He also runs the consultancy 3 Acorns Eco-audits, which has one a number of national environmental awards and he is the founder of www.nationalcarbonfootprintday.org , a free carbon footprint reminder and personal meter-reading data storage service.