Check your house insulation with free use of our thermal imaging camera

The Ashton Hayes Community Energy Company CIC has bought a Flir thermal camera that is very easy to use and which can be borrowed for free to enable residents to check the thermal performance of their property. Details on how to borrow the camera can be found here.

A copy of the user manual can be downloaded here. Thermal imaging is most effective on cold, dry evenings, when the heating is on and the contrast between indoor and outdoor temperatures is greatest. Take images both outside and inside. Outside images will show any ‘hot spots’ in orange/red colours, indicating where heat is leaking out of the house, while indoor images will show cold spots in blue tones. Walls, windows and doors should all be checked to look, for example, for any defective wall insulation, poor double glazing, gaps where heat is escaping.

Garry receives Honorary Doctorate for community engagement in climate change

29 April 2022: We are delighted that Garry has received an Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Chester for his years of work in engaging communities such as Ashton Hayes and other others around the world to take climate change action. The photo shows Garry left and Professor Roy Alexander (right) celebrating together. Roy has worked with Garry on the Going Carbon Neutral Project since late 2005.

Annual General Meeting information held 10 March 2022

Our AGM took place on Thursday 10th March in St John’s Church, which proved to be a very suitable venue. A copy of the proceedings is available here.

Japan's Nudge Promotion Council chats to Ashton Hayes

2 February 2022: Naoki Sakai, Chair and Founder, Japan Nudge Promotion Council (JNPC) and Keiichi Tamaki host a zoom call with Garry Charnock to discuss community action on carbon neutrality.

JNPC has been selected by the Government of Japan to conduct a 5 year project to utilize nudge theory and raise social capital in order to achieve community citizen driven carbon neutrality. 

JNPC and Ashton Hayes aim to continue the dialogue.

BBC NW to feature Ashton Hayes

In time for COP26, BBC NW TV will feature the 16-year progress of the Ashton Hayes Going Carbon Neutral Project and the work of Rebecca Collins of the University of Chester. Rebecca examined the impact of the village initiative in her study of people who grew up in the village since 2005.