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YCE wins at 2023 Community Energy Awards!
23rd November 2023
York Community Energy has won the 2023 Progress in Expansion Award at the Community Energy England Awards ceremony.
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Retrofit events for your diary
6th October 2023
One of our aims is to make it easier for York residents to upgrade or retrofit their homes in order to save energy, reduce bills as well as carbon emissions, and make them more comfortable. Apart from our home assessment services, we offer events that raise awareness of the benefits and possible risks of eco …
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Bigger Cabbages – and other findings of our AGM
2nd October 2023
Our 2023 AGM took place on September 12th this year, and was one of the best attended to date. Unfortunately for personal reasons our speaker Karen Parkhill was unable to attend, but we were all very grateful to Professor Matthew Cotton, a Professor of Public Policy at Teeside University, for stepping in. More of him …
Visit York Open Eco Homes 2023
15th September 2023
We’ve joined forces with St Nicks again to deliver the 9th edition of this annual showcase event of energy saving home upgrades. This year’s York Open Eco Homes is taking place on Sunday 1st October 10am – 4pm and we have 8 hosts ready to welcome visitors. Use the opportunity to visit local homes and …
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Solar and farming: friends or foes? Our 2023 AGM
3rd September 2023
Is the growth of solar power really posing a threat to farming in the UK? That’s the question that we’ll be asking at our Annual General Meeting on September 12th this year. Solar farms are appearing across the UK, sometimes causing controversy where they are seen as spoiling a landscape or replacing traditional farming. A …
Eco-Homes Café 4: DIY Retrofit, May 4th
6th April 2023
The fourth in our popular series of Eco-Homes Café events will take place on Thursday May 4th from 7pm at the Friargate Meeting House (YO1 9RL) and will be all about DIY retrofit projects. If you’re thinking of upgrading your home for better energy efficiency and comfort, at least partly as a DIY project then …
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Open Meeting, April 18th
Join us for an open meeting on Tuesday April 18th to hear about our many and varied plans and projects and help shape our decisions. The open meeting will take place in the back room at the Waggon and Horses pub (YO10 3BP) from 7:30pm. Those of you on our mailing list will have heard …
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Tackling the climate crisis and rising prices: join our AGM and other events
3rd September 2022
Both the climate and cost of living crises are accelerating but there are solutions that help tackle both. We’re very excited to have Dr. Jan Rosenow, renowned energy expert at the Regulatory Assistance Project, joining us in exploring the idea of using low-carbon solutions to tackle the energy price rises at our Annual General Meeting …
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Introducing: Energy Drinks
1st June 2022
On Thursday June 23rd we’re holding our first open meeting in over three years – a chance to hear what YCE has been up to and generally chat all things energy with our committee members and other invited local energy specialists. It’s the first ever Energy Drinks! We’ll be gathering in the Library Room of …
A York Environment Week Frenzy
10th September 2021
If it isn’t already in your diaries, mark it now: York Environment Week 2021 is 18th-26th September. There is a veritable blizzard of events taking place and we aren’t stinting with our contribution! On Saturday September 25th at 1:30pm we have an event about rooftop solar for schools in York – the project we’re running …
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