100 Bristol residents will be helped to cut their electricity and gas bills by up to 20 per cent as part of a European-funded energy-monitoring project.

A total of 100 homes in Knowle West and Kingsdown will be involved with the 3e Houses project . This project is working with tenants in social housing in Bristol, Spain and Germany.

The project is funded by the European Commission and sees Bristol City Council working with Toshiba Research Europe Ltd, Knowle West Media Centre, and local SME IP Performance, to deliver the project in the city.

The International partners Bristol is working with include Indra, a global technology company, and Gas Natural Fenosa, a Spanish-based energy utility with over 10 million customers.


The project involves:

•Installing smart energy monitors in 100 homes

•Providing easy-to-understand, online information about household energy use

•Running workshops and events to help participants reduce their energy bills

Councillor Barbara Janke, Leader of Bristol City Council, said: "ICT can play a major role in the delivery of climate change targets and Bristol has been a key player in recent years in exploring how we can use the technology to do this.

"The 3e Houses project builds on recent work that Bristol has been involved with to use technology in order to help households cut their fuel bills and reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions through behaviour change.

"As a landlord with more than 29,000 properties the city is keen not only to reduce its carbon footprint but also to tackle the threat of fuel poverty.

"This important European project is further illustration of why Bristol has been shortlisted as a candidate for 2014 European Green Capital of the Year."

Delegates from other countries involved in the 3e Houses Project will be welcomed by the Leader at the Council House, Bristol, on Thursday, April 19 and will be in the city for a two-day visit.

The project runs until May 2013.

(CD/GK)