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Arborfield Village Hall is continuing with an energy review and a community engagement exercise. Results in so far on the 2nd consultation indicate we should give serious consideration to installing Solar Photo Voltaic panels on our large, South facing roof. These panels will convert sunlight into useful electricity we can use to either supplement out requirements or, if we generate surplus  to our requirements, we can sell it back to the grid. Having a battery system as well as the panels would allow us to store the electricity we generate, making more use of our own electricity, for example at night when typically the sun has gone down and the lights are on.

The survey asks for people to put 5 options for improvements at the hall into rank order. I then took those responses and allocated each choice a number of points or votes. 1st choice got 5 points, 2nd got 4, 3rd got 3, 4th got 2 and 5th got 1. The totals as they currently stand are shown below.

New Screen & Projector: 84,  New tables & chairs: 61,  Refurbished toilets: 84,  Interior décor: 72,  Solar PV: 110.

Our energy review led to a number of relatively minor investments in LED lighting and improved loft insulation. The next step will be to consider the results above then make a decision as to how best to proceed. A few details of the system we have under consideration are linked to via the Solar PV Proposal button below, we will make the decision at our next management committee meeting which will be held on Wednesday 28th May, at the hall and starting at 19.00. Members of the public are invited to attend should they wish. I have put a copy of the agenda for the meeting below (Click on the AVHMC Agenda button to download a PDF file).

Given this will be a much more significant investment in energy conservation than the changes listed above we are combining the energy review with a further stage in our user consultation. If you have not already done so please complete the form: Community Consultation V2 linked below. Completed forms, plus any comments or suggestions you may have, can be returned to our post box at the hall. Many thanks for your participation.

Paul Stevens

Chair of Arborfield Village Hall Trustees

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