COMPETITION: Win and eco refurb worth £15,000
As the UK is warned of 60% energy price increases over the coming years, one lucky household may escape rising household bills. Solarcentury has teamed up with the 10:10 campaign to offer a solar photovoltaic system to generate clean, inflation proof electricity at home.
Offering a free eco-refurb, the campaign wants to encourage the UK to cut carbon emissions by 10% in 2010. Together with Grand Designs ‘Great British Refurb’ Campaign, with Kevin McCloud, they are offering the chance to win a full-scale green refurbishment worth £15,000 to any household that signs up to the 10:10 campaign.
The prize winner's house will be turned into the Home of the Future, with a full-on energy makeover courtesy of community regeneration experts Keepmoat. As part of this makeover, Solarcentury will provide solar photovoltaic technology worth £10,000, to deliver clean electricity to the home. The winning home will be completely upgraded into an intelligent space that is warmer, more comfortable, less expensive to run – and with far lower C02 emissions. The winning house should be the envy of the street, future proofed against energy price inflation.
Furthermore, the photovoltaic installation could earn the owner hundreds of pounds each year when the ‘Clean Energy Cash back Scheme’ is introduced from 2010, paying small-scale renewable energy generators a premium rate for the electricity they produce. Like solar supporters across the country, the lucky winner should sign up to the ‘We Support Solar’ campaign to pressure Government for an even better price for generated solar electricity.
Derry Newman, Solarcentury CEO said
“What a great idea. Solarcentury is happy to be able to contribute to both of these positive campaigns, wishing them every success in raising awareness of what needs to be done both at home and on a policy level to tackle climate change. Together with ‘We Support Solar’ we continue to put pressure on the Government to reward solar homeowners, such as the lucky winner of this competition, with an effective ‘Clean Energy Cash back’ rate. I urge anyone who believes in solar power to join ‘We Support Solar’ to push for green jobs and lasting change in the way we create energy in the UK.”
Launching the competition, Kevin McCloud said
“We're not beyond a little financial inducement or the razzamatazz of a good old-fashioned competition. Which is why 10:10 has teamed up with its sister campaign, the Great British Refurb to launch this chance to win a low-carbon makeover to your home. It's another example of everybody benefiting. You get a draught-free, comfortable, healthy home; you save hundreds of pounds a year in heating costs; you improve the value of where you live; and you give the environment a break by not heating the planet with your boiler.”
Daniel Vockins of 10:10 added,
“We're delighted to be able to team up with the Great British Refurb Campaign to offer one lucky 10:10 household the chance to showcase the kinds of things we can all do to our homes to make them more climate friendly. The Home of the Future competition reflects our philosophy of celebrating exciting, positive solutions to climate change - the kind of things that make life easier for ordinary people instead of harder.”
To enter go to www.1010uk.org