MEA visited Lichfield to help the public do more about climate change and to help them reduce their energy consumption.

Many members of the public were drawn in by the Energy Bike which got many young people thinking about how energy is produced and how much energy is needed just to turn one light on (as well as how much less peddling the energy saving bulbs needed to light up!).  For some this is the first time that they've really thought about where energy comes from and how at present we are so reliant on the burning of coal and gas in power stations. 

The accompanying MEA stall had lots of information about renewable energy sources, many people were particularly interested in finding out more about Feed in Tariffs, the new initiative that means that for each unit of electricity that a new Solar PV Panel creates you would receive 41p, that's over twice as much as the price it costs to buy each unit, whether you use it or sell it!

The lowest carbon footprint of the day was 6,504 kg - he had a well insulated house, used electricity sparingly, didn't own a car and often cycled.

The public were interested in the large range of energy saving bulbs on display as well as the various sample insulation materials.  The Renewable Technologies stand, detailing recent renewable insulations in the area draw particular attention from those wishing to install their own renewable technologies, including wind turbines, solar hot water and solar PV.

Many people also took advantage of the energy saving devices which were available free of charge, 9 people took TV powerdowns and 32 took energy saving lights.

Another display showed people how they could continually monitor their energy consumption on WeSave, the online energy monitoring website and many left keen to investigate this further.