Powerdown
Four Projects to make a difference
LDT have successfully bid for funds from the Climate Challenge Fund as part of a consortium of 27 community groups. We were given the opportunity to include our projects by the Development Trust Association Scotland and saw this as an opportunity to take forward our commitment to sustainable living and development in Lauderdale.
We have employed a full time development worker to get the projects to the stage where they are robust enough to attract the funding for the implementation stage. As part of the consortium we will implement the projects and treat them as pilots to see what works, what we can do in the future and what is not viable for Lauderdale.
Andy McCord, a board member, is leading this project. if you would like to be involved please use the CONTACT form on the website.
Kimberley Shaw-Walker is the development worker. if you would like to contact Kim please use the CONTACT form on the website.
We hope that members of the Lauderdale community will be keen to find out details of the the four projects and help with the overall development.
In the initial stages, the projects will focus on recycling, energy conservation and reduction of carbon emissions, development of the Burn Mill Project and a viability investigation into the development of a hydrogen fuel cell project.
Initial work to progress the projects has begun and pending no significant delays is scheduled to be completed in March 2011.
All projects are designed to primarily benefit the Lauderdale area (Lauder, Oxton and Blainslie), although everyone benefits from conservation and environmental efforts.
The facilities will be developed and constructed in Lauderdale with the view to inter-agency cooperation across the Scottish Borders
The purpose of the Powerdown Project is is to bring the urgent issues of energy vulnerabilities to communities and their policy makers, through education, outreach and research, and to offer alternative and viable responses to address energy consumption, production and distribution.
Lauderdale Development Trust’s goal in these projects is to further their mission to work with the people in Lauderdale to improve their quality of life through the sustainable development of economic, environmental and social resources in the interest of those who live, work and visit the area.
We will update this page as more information becomes available.
