We’ve been enjoying the recent good weather as the sun has been shining on our brand new solar panels!
With the support of a £4,000 grant from the Megawatt Community Energy Fund from Bristol Energy Coop and Low Carbon Gordano, we made the most of the scaffolding we had up on the PRSC building and installed solar panels with the capacity to generate 4000 kWh.
We’re using this to give PRSC free electricity, potentially saving them £1,000 a year, and any surplus energy will get the Land Trust a small bit of income from the grid. Win win!
A huge thank you to Bristol Energy Cooperative and Low Carbon Gordano for their support in making this happen.
We had scaffolding up to do some essential maintenance to the building. We now have a new roof over the Space, and re-rendered walls, courtesy of £25k support from ASDA Foundation.
You may have seen the building is now a very un-PRSC-like yellowy-grey. PRSC’s Benoit Bennett said it is a blank canvas ready for splashes of inspiration. He suggested it probably wont return to its previous blue and orange patchwork, but they might use it as an evolving wall for big pieces of street art.
They’re open to ideas, and donations of paint! Any ideas or offers, let us know and we’ll pass them on.