Zero Chippenham member Kerry tells us about her experience of a solar installation through the Zero Chippenham Community Solar scheme in Summer 2023… Kerry says… Why solar panels, why Zero Chippenham’s scheme? We were interested in getting solar panels through the Zero Chippenham scheme as we had heard good things from others that had been […]
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A case study of the Zero Chippenham Community Solar scheme solar installation on Sheldon Road Methodist Church, Chippenham. Jan tells us about their experience… Our church (Sheldon Rd Methodist Church, Chippenham) was investigating the idea of adding solar panels to our church roof at the beginning of 2018 and some of us attended a public meeting […]
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A Solar Installation case study from one of our applicants in their own words… We have a three-bedroom detached house and started looking for solar installers in July 2021. Through Zero Chippenham we obtained quotes from 1World Solar and Solarsense. Both were similar figures and showed us prices with and without batteries. We questioned […]
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As part of our aim to monitor and improve Air Quality in Chippenham we’ve launched a beta Environmental Dashboard with a live feed of PM10 and PM2.5 particulate readings. This is a low cost citizen science project using the £75 Enviro Urban Raspberry Pi Pico W board and Stevenson Screen from Pimoroni. The PMSA003 sensor […]
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It’s Carbon Measuring week 16-24 September at the Tiny Forest, Monkton Park, Chippenham. We need your help! Any time over the week go down to the Tiny Forest and measure the trees with the silver circle numbers and upload the information here on the Earth Watch website Alternatively come along on Saturday 16th September between […]
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Early in 2021 Zero Chippenham were approached by Corsham based Lick the Spoon chocolates with a request to quote for a rooftop solar installation on their Corsham industrial unit. The company operation was suited to solar due to its daytime working hours and need for increased cooling during the summer months. The company was all […]
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The Zero Chippenham Solar discount scheme has been running for three years now. This is one of the first case studies from a few months after the scheme started and our first case study from one of the installations that has taken place. The words below are from the residents themselves, unedited. “For several years […]