Energy Efficiency Grant Awarded to WI Hall

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A grant from a leading energy company is helping people from the east Midlands how to be more energy efficient. The grant will be used to teach a course that can help consumers learn about energy efficiency of different types of materials, including cavity wall insulation and double glazing.

£4,800 was donated by E.ON from their sustainable energy fund. The money was given to the Watnall Women’s Institute (WI) Hall, and the cash will be used to install new double glazing in the windows, as well as an insulation suspended ceiling.

The benefits of adding these features to the hall means that less of the building will need to be heated. As a result, the hall will save on power and energy bills, as well as reducing their carbon emissions.

Double glazing in the windows of the hall mean that the heat that is used won’t leak through the windows so easily, making the hall more comfortable and warmer as a result.

Tony Jenkin Jones, E.ON’s community relations executive, said that the company is ‘absolutely delighted’ about awarding the funding, as it will help the WI to improve insulation of their building by reducing their carbon footprint, and saving costs, with double glazing.

Earlier in the year, E.ON launched a new channel on the video website YouTube, hoping to generate awareness and debate about energy efficiency issues in the UK.