Localising benefits of our Food and Energy Economy across Tavistock and District 23 rd Jan 2014 Tavistock Business Breakfast

Intro Robbee Smole – Sustainable Business Solutions Transition Tavistock SW Devon Community Energy Partnership Our food and energy economy –How can more of our costs be converted into local economic benefit and jobs? –How can we work together to achieve this?

The Local Multiplier Spend £10 with local independent –Generates £50+ additional spend locally Spend £10 with externally owned business –Generates £12.50 additional spend Source: nef

Our Food and Drink Economy Many strengths –Retail outlets –Cafes, restaurants –Local producers –Skills – horticulture, agriculture, production

What’s it worth? Overall spend? Locally retained value? Leaking? How much leakage could be retained?

Working together Evaluation Team Food and Drink sector –Critical friends forum More local spend? More local supply? Consumers forum Spend more locally?

Our Energy Economy Avg. household spend - £ ,775 households ( TAD-2011 census ) Annual domestic spend - £16m approx. Daily leakage approx. £44,000 Daily contribution to energy company profits??

Evaluating the spend Tavistock & District £ Current £ Predicted

Keeping more in our pocket Everyone (where feasible) –Change behaviour – use less – more to spend elsewhere! Improve energy efficiency - retrofit Generate locally

Retrofit market Significant – how much? –Feasible volumes? –Deliverable locally? Range of measures Low cost – draught busting to High cost – external wall insulation Close of AGM

Working together Evaluation Team Retrofit sector –Critical friends forum More local spend? More local supply? Consumers forum Spend more locally? Community Groups –Encouraging take up

Local energy networks Back to the future –Historical self supply Local generation potential? –Power? Hydro, Solar, Wind, AD –Heat? Solar, heat pumps, biomass –Domestic, non domestic, community scale?

Local deployment What’s feasible? –Locally installed? –Local benefit? New community energy developments? –Locally owned and funded projects –Local power agreements

Working together Evaluation Team Renewables sector forum More local spend? More local supply? Consumer forum Spend / invest more locally? Community Groups –Building confidence and take up –Facilitate Community Energy Co-operative

Wadebridge £1m retained in local economy in last 2 years –Reduction in bills –Spend with local suppliers Retrofit Generation

What Next 1? Kick off economic evaluation (Local Economic Blueprint) –Ongoing Mentoring support from Transition Network –February Team & initial funding secured Milestones identified –March: Stakeholder workshops

What Next 2? Establish energy co-operative –First half 2014 Recruiting founder members and supporters Interested? Wadebridge Mentoring Establish energy shop –Drop-in centre

Our food and energy economy –How can more of our costs be converted into local economic benefit and jobs? –How can we work together to achieve this? –Evaluate the opportunity –What could feasibly be delivered locally? –Implement together!

Reminders Tavistock College –Solar Schools campaign £20,000 target for solar PV Please support the campaign Energy Savers Eco Fair –Saturday (25 th ) 10 to 16 – Tavistock College –20+ exhibitors –Talks, refreshments, bring the children

Green Drinks 2 nd Tuesday of each month at 7.30pm Union Inn, Tavistock

Thank you Kate Royston – – –