In 2024, the Friends of Energy House 2.0 awarded funding to three projects focused on raising awareness about sustainability. These projects were evaluated by the Friends against various criteria, including overall impact, value for money and long-term sustainability.
University of Salford’s, Silvia Tedesco: Greener Houses of the Future aim to engage year 5 children from deprived Salford areas, introducing sustainable development, green building practices and renewable retrofitting. Students will explore carbon footprints, bio-based materials, and energy/water-saving technologies. The project aims to highlight how engineers reduce building carbon footprints while inspiring future responsible citizens. The children will design and build miniature eco-friendly houses with various materials and basic monitoring sensors.
Rossendale Valley Energy: Net Zero Terrace Houses – Salford aims to make homes more energy-efficient and sustainable by using a standardised and modular process. The project seeks to share its findings and learnings with the community of Salford. To achieve this, they have conducted research and plan to engage the community through a series of workshops and webinars over the course of one year.
The Country Trust: Food Discovery at St Joseph’s aims to deliver a Food Discovery programme to a class of children from St Joseph the Worker RC Primary School in Salford. Through the programme they will discover that their own health and wellbeing and the health of the planet are inextricably linked. They will develop a toolkit to set them up to be eco-literate citizens who are equipped with the skills, knowledge and passion to make informed decisions.