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URL:https://footstepsbcf.org.uk/events/warm-homes-we-can-all-afford/
SUMMARY:Warm Homes We can All Afford
DESCRIPTION:Retrofitting the Future.\nFootsteps will be speaking as part of
  this Birmingham Friends of the Earth panel discussion on retrofitting\, h
 ome insulation and how communities can take action.\n\nThe UK has some of 
 the worst household insulation in Europe and Birmingham is an area where t
 his is particularly bad. Join us on Monday 20 February in person at the Wa
 rehouse Cafe or online to find out how retrofitting and home insulation is
  critical in the fight against fuel poverty and climate change.\n\nWe will
  be joined by a range of speakers and there will be a chance to ask questi
 ons. There will also be an opportunity to network both in person and onlin
 e and discuss how we can take urgent action to ensure everyone has a warm 
 home.\n\nThe event is free\, but please register\, to help plan for number
 s\, or to receive the Zoom link if you are joining online.\n\nRegister for
  Warm Homes We can All Afford\n\nChris Martin from Footsteps will speak ab
 out our Energy Champions project\, including our flash cards which can be 
 used to identify the issues and next steps involved in tackling retrofit a
 nd home insulation. The cards highlight the range of situations encountere
 d\, beginning with simple\, low cost measures like putting foil behind rad
 iators to full house retrofit costing £10\,000s. Chris will also be drawi
 ng on his and his wife Harriet's own experience of complete house retrofit
  and also touch on other aspects of the Footsteps Energy Champion project.
 \n\nSample flash cards will be distributed and a booklet with all the retr
 ofit and insulation cards will be available afterwards form the Footsteps 
 Energy Champion website. As part of the presentation\, Footsteps' member\,
  Toqueer Quyyam\, will comment on the use of the cards in disadvantaged ar
 eas of the city.\n\nOther speakers include:\n\nShajidur Rahman\, Retrofit 
 Project Manager. Shaz works as a Retrofit Project Manager on funded scheme
 s for the energy company E.On. He has worked in the industry for well over
  ten years. He is also a director of Community Energy Birmingham\, an ener
 gy co-op which has put solar panels on community buildings. Finally\, Shaz
  has volunteered with Birmingham Friends of the Earth for over a decade an
 d is currently on the Board of Directors.\n\nRetrofit Balsall Health - Abb
 as Shah is from an architectural background with a special interest in sus
 tainability. He is active in the inter-faith network and part of the chapl
 aincy volunteer team at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. He was project manag
 er for Balsall Heath Nature Map.\n\nBirmingham Friends of the Earth - Gilb
 ert Sekelani is an active community campaigner and a Birmingham Friends of
  the Earth volunteer. He has been actively campaigning on the Birmingham U
 nited for Warm Homes campaign.\n\nAcocks Greener - Marta Jacyniuk-Lloyd
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CATEGORIES:Footsteps speaker,Hybrid event,Non-Footsteps event,Practical
 sustainability
LOCATION:The Warhouse Cafe and Online\, 54-57 Allison Street\, Birmingham\,
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