Helping to Decarbonise Chippenham

As a group of volunteers, we are working to decarbonise Chippenham through practical projects to help Chippenham residents. We work in the areas of energy, air quality, transport, waste, tree planting, and community outreach.

Zero Chippenham team with pastel tree

Reduce Your Bills with Community Solar

If you live in Chippenham or surrounding areas, our volunteer run Community Solar Scheme makes it easier and cheaper for you to get solar panels installed on your home or business. We’ve vetted trusted local solar installers, with guaranteed work, and competitive pricing. Click through to our Community Solar Buying scheme page to find out more and fill out the form for a no obligation quote.

We’re also happy to provide FREE no obligation advice on solar, batteries, and EV chargers.

Find out more about community solar

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Borrow a Thermal Camera for Free and find out where you’re leaking money and heat

If you live in Chippenham you can borrow one of our thermal cameras for FREE to find out how energy efficient your home is.

Where are you losing heat, where do you need to insulate?

Find out more about thermal camera hire
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Home Energy Efficiency

Tackling the Climate emergency and ending the suffering caused by cold homes go hand in hand. Our Home Energy Efficiency project provides information and case studies on energy saving measures and sign posts help and advice for Chippenham residents. Start your journey to keep your home warm and save money from simple low cost hints and tips, to financial help and grants, to more complex home retrofits.

Find out how to keep warm and save money in your home

Business Energy Efficiency

There is help and funding available for Chippenham businesses to improve energy efficiency in your premises, reduce costs, and reduce your carbon footprint..

Energy Help for Chippenham Businesses
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Community Engagement

To raise awareness and help people understand what they can do, we have a programme of community engagement activities, teaming up with local schools, and exhibiting at events such as school fetes.

Why not add your thoughts to our Chippenham Imagination tree?

Find out more about Community engagement
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Air Quality

Air quality is a major concern nationally and in Chippenham we are no exception. Air quality is a health and climate emergency which is why we have fundraised to install four Citizen Science Air Quality Monitors. Find out more and view our Live Air Quality Dashboards for Langley Road, Marshfield Road, Rowden Hill, and Wood Lane.

Find out more about Air Quality
Chippenham Air Quality Map

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Zero Waste

Our Zero Waste group explores how Chippenham residents can reduce waste and keep materials in circulation from composting to uniform swaps.

Find out more about Zero Waste Chippenham
Green Johanna Food Composter

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Tree Planting

This project involves local farmers and landowners collaborating with Zero Chippenham to enable trees to be planted on less productive or unproductive areas of land.

Find out more about tree planting

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We are working to decarbonise Chippenham through Power, Heating and Energy efficiency, Transport, Land use, Air Quality, and Zero Waste.

Here are some of our achievements so far…

Community Solar Panel Scheme with over 50 domestic installations in Chippenham and surrounding villages

Thousands of trees planted in Chippenham and in partnership with surrounding land owners resulting in a Civic Society Award

North Wilts Sustainability day 2018

Organising the first sustainability conference in Chippenham attracting leading international authors, an MEP, and delegates from across North Wiltshire

CW Thermal Camera Demonstration

Introducing a free Thermal Camera loan scheme for Chippenham residents to assess the energy efficiency and heat loss of housing.

If you want to build a flotilla of ships you don’t sit around and talk about the carpentry. You set the saws ablaze with visions of exploring distant shores – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Emery Gate Christmas Market Saturday 6th December

Come and see us tomorrow – Saturday 6th December – at Emery Gate Christmas market, [...]

UK Government introduce grant support for Air to Air Heat Pumps and Heat Batteries

Earlier this week the Department for Net Zero surprised many people by quietly expanding the [...]

One Year on – How much did our Heat Pump cost to run vs a Gas combi?

So it’s a one year since we had a heat pump installed in our 1930s [...]

Chippenham Air Quality September to October 2025 and Storm Amy

We’ve been a little quiet on our quality project while we waited for the Wiltshire [...]

Zero Chippenham meeting – Thursday 9th October – 7-30pm

Our next Zero Chippenham meeting will be in person – Thursday 9th October 2025, 7-30pm, [...]

Do my Solar Panels need maintenance?

If you’re home owner that’s had solar panels installed for some time you may be [...]

Bats, bikes & all things nice – free & low cost family activities for Chippenham

Check out some of the FREE & LOW COST FAMILY FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES in Chippenham this [...]

Green Open Homes Chippenham 15th to 16th November 2025

We’re delighted to announce that Green Open Homes Chippenham will take place over the weekend [...]

Free Home Energy Drop in – Chippenham Library – Thursday 30th October

Come to our FREE Home Energy Advice Drop in session, Thursday 30th October, 10am to [...]

Wiltshire Business Show 17th September 2025

Our Home Energy and Solar lead Matthew Short will take part in the Climate Forum [...]

Wiltshire Council Purple Air Monitor

Zero Chippenham are pleased to participate in the Wiltshire Council Community air monitoring project. We [...]

Zero Chippenham meeting Thursday 31st July 7-30pm

Our next Zero Chippenham meeting will be in person – Thursday 31st July 2025, 7-30pm, [...]

Chippenham Air Quality June 2025

The Chippenham Air Quality measurements for June 2025 are now available. The four sensors have [...]

Case Study – Solar, Batteries and a Power Diverter – Melksham

This interesting case study is written for us by Mark Harris of Melksham. It demonstrates [...]

How to maximise solar usage and reduce your bills

It’s been a beautiful sunny month in Chippenham and a great month for solar generation. [...]

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Country Comes to Town day – Saturday 17th May – Monkton Park, Chippenham

Join us Saturday 17th May 2025 in Monkton Park for the FREE Wiltshire Wildlife Trust [...]

Chippenham Air Quality April 2025

Our Air Quality readings for April 2025 are now in for Langley Road, Rowden Hill, [...]

Zero Chippenham meeting – Thursday 8th May 2025, 7-30pm – Good Energy Offices

Our next Zero Chippenham meeting will be in person – Thursday 8th May 2025, 7-30pm, [...]

Home Energy Eco Workshop Saturday 5th April 2025 NSBRC Swindon

The National Self Build and Renovation Centre, Swindon, has it’s latest Home Energy Eco Workshop [...]

Air Quality Chippenham February 2025

The latest results for Chippenham Air Quality February 2025 are now in… Unfortunately our Wood [...]

The Problem with Packaging

At our last Zero Chippenham meet-up new member and Chippenham resident Colin Smith expressed his [...]

Free Sustainable Business and Networking opportunity in Chippenham Thursday 4th March

Chippenham Town Council in Partnership with Good Energy are running a FREE Sustainable business and [...]

Too Good To Go – Chippenham – Save Money save Food Waste

If you’ve never used the Too Good To Go App  in Chippenham before – what are [...]

Zero Chippenham Meeting 7-30pm Thursday 13th February Monkton Hill Good Energy Offices

Our next Zero Chippenham meeting will be in person – Thursday 13th February 2025, 7-30pm, [...]

Air Quality in Chippenham December 2024

In this post we take a quick analysis of Air Quality across Chippenham in the [...]

Coming Soon – Zero North Wiltshire

A Sustainable Community Energy Enterprise

Zero North Wiltshire was founded in Chippenham in 2023 by a small group of individuals dedicated to speeding up the transition away from fossil fuels and the greenhouse gas emissions that damage our climate.

Find out more about Zero North Wiltshire
Zero North wiltshire Community Energy

Here are some informative posts on Climate Change, Ocean acidification, Sustainability and Economics…

How do we build Zero Carbon?

For almost all of us we rarely have the opportunity to change the fabric of [...]

Life Below Water – Ocean Acidification

Ocean acidification is often referred to as the evil twin of Climate change. But what [...]

Life Below Water – Plastic Pollution

United Nations Sustainability goal 14 looks at life below the water (1). The UN goals [...]

What is Climate Change?

“[The unchecked burning of fossil fuels] would have a sort of greenhouse effect”, and “The [...]

What is Sustainability?

Right now, we are facing a man-made disaster of global scale. Our greatest threat in [...]

The Circular Economy

So what is GDP and how did it become so important? Gross Domestic Product or [...]

Want to get Involved?

We are a voluntary group that aims to meet once a month in Chippenham, sometimes in person, sometimes via Zoom. We usually meet the last Thursday every month.

We welcome new members!

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Zero Chippenham Meeting

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