Tap into Savings comes to Coventry

Tap into Savings is a major national water and energy saving project working with Global Action Plan, Waterwise and various other partners.

The project was launched today at St. Mary’s Guildhall in Coventry and over the next six months the project will visit 2,000 homes in Tile Hill, Canley and surrounding areas, helping households save around 15% of their water use - at zero cost to the householder.

Huge benefits

Collectively that’s 94,000 litres of water a day - enough to supply over 700 people in Coventry with their daily water needs or fill the Coventry sports centre swimming pool every four weeks.

In addition, Coventry residents are being invited to come along to EcoTeam meetings to learn how to save even more water plus gas, electricity and how to recycle more.

Free products

Residents of Whitefriars Housing Group properties, as well as other properties in the areas will be offered a range of free products including a device to convert a single flush toilet into dual flush, a showerhead that mixes water with air, tap inserts, and a shower timer.

Residents also will be offered an E.ON TV PowerDown to eliminate standby and a thermometer card that indicates whether a room is too hot or too cold.

EcoTeams

Residents coming along to an EcoTeam meeting will meet new friends and neighbours, getting together for an hour once a month for five months to discuss the home visits they’ve had, how to save more water, gas and electricity, plus how to recycle more. Tap into Savings will provide the venue, refreshments and freebies to take home and try. Jim Cunnigham is officially launching Tap into Savings at St Mary’s Guildhall:

This is a forward-thinking initiative that has obvious benefits to our everyday lives and I urge eligible residents to support Tap into Savings by signing up for a home visit and/or coming along to an EcoTeam meeting, making worthwhile savings for everyone. Jim Cunningham MP

Success

The rollout of Tap into Savings in Coventry follows on from its success in the South East of England. Tap into Savings, funded in part by Defra’s Greener Living Fund (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), is a two year national programme that aims to help people save water, energy and money.

Across England it will jointly involve over 10,000 people. It is one of the biggest water and energy saving programmes in the UK. In addition to Coventry and the South East, the programme will also be delivered in Braintree, Essex.

The project is delivered in partnership with Waterwise, Global Action Plan, Whitefriars Housing Group, Severn Trent Water, Coventry City Council and the Environment Agency.