Conference

• Realising the Rooftop Revolution: How can we Deliver a Mass Market of Micro-Generation to Scotland? Friday 15 September 2006. Conference summary and presentations available.
• Micropower; small technology, big opportunity. Seminar for developers,
  Friday 27 April 2007. Presentations available (PowerPoint files):
  Kirsty Gogan, Head of PR, Futerra sustainable development communication
  specialists. (9MB Power Point file)
  Ross Peedle, Design Director, Stewart Milne. (8MB Power Point file)
  Trevor Davies, Convenor of Planning Committee, Edinburgh City Council. (7MB Power Point file)

Friends of the Earth Scotland briefings

• Micropower campaign briefing: Giving Power to the People (pdf)
• A simple guide to micro-renewables
• Micropower and planning: outline of merton rule and permitted development

General

• EnergySaving Trust analysis of potential for microgeneration (produced forDti in advance of 2005 Microgeneration Strategy – see policy sectionbelow). 
  http://www.dti.gov.uk/files/file27559.pdf?pubpdfdload=05%2F2125
• Sustainable Development Commission:  ‘Seeing the Light: the impact of micro-generation on the way we use energy.’ http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/publications.php?id=239
• Green Alliance Microgeneration Manifesto
  http://www.green-alliance.org.uk/publications/MicrogenerationManifesto/
• SPREG Briefing, March 2004: Developing small scale renewables in Scotland
  http://www.spreg.co.uk/MultimediaGallery/b8ef2047-cf5b-4dcf-8029-02bbceced3f4.pdf
• Climate Change Institute, Oxford University: 40% House report
  http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/lowercf/40house.html
• Round Table on Sustainable Consumption “I will if you will” report
  http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/pages/020506.html
• New Builder - sustainable home and building website http://www.newbuilder.co.uk

Policy

• Dti Microgeneration Strategy: our energy challenge; power from the people
  http://www.dti.gov.uk/energy/sources/sustainable/
  microgeneration/strategy/page27594.html
• Summary of combined effect of Govt’s Microgeneration Strategy and the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill
  http://www.micropower.co.uk/publications/ccsebillmeasures.pdf
• Sarah Boyack’s Bill (consultation paper)
  http://www.sarahboyack.net/newsitem_Energy%20Savings%20Bill.htm
• Shiona Baird’s Bill (consultation paper)
  http://www.shionabairdmsp.org/issues/micropower_consultation.pdf
• Mark Lazarowicz’s Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act
  http://www.opsi.gov.uk/ACTS/acts2006/20060019.htm

Planning (including Merton Rules and Permitted Development)

• Merton Council’s ‘10%’ policy
  http://www.merton.gov.uk/living/planning/plansandprojects/
  10percentpolicy.htm(within this there’s a link to a useful powerpoint presentation whichgives good detail on how the policy works, others doing it etc)
• General ‘Merton Rule’ website, showing other councils who’ve followed Merton’s lead  http://themertonrule.org/node
• NPPG 6 (now known as SPP6) Renewable Energy Developments (2000)
  http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/planning/nppg/nppg6-00.asp
• SPP6 Renewable Energy consultation draft (2006)
  http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Planning/About/Consultations
• PAN 45 Annex on micro-renewables
  http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/04/21130424/0
• Townand Country Planning Association.  Has produced a variety of briefingson planning and sustainable energy, including one looking at the MertonRule.
  http://www.tcpa.org.uk/publications.htm
• Midlothian Council’s ‘Merton Rule’ (policy NRG4, page 101 of Local Plan.  Being implemented)
  http://www.midlothian.gov.uk/images/cms/PDFs/
  local_plans/Finalised_MidlothianLP_06.pdf
• EdinburghCouncil’s ‘Merton Rule’ (policy 3.14 in Edinburgh Standards forSustainable Building.  Due to be implemented from May 2007)
  http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/internet/Environment/Planning_buildings_i_i_/
  Planning/Planning_policies/
  CEC_edinburgh_standards_for_sustainable_buildings
• Permitteddevelopment for micropower in England.  Consultants Entec haverecommended giving all micropower technologies (within set criteria)permitted development status.  Expected to be implemented Oct 2007   http://www.entecuk.com/news06_57_fs.html
• Discussionpaper on review of General Permitted Development Order in Town andCountry Planning Act, being carried out by Heriot Watt University
  http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/02/16152503/3

Building regulations

• Scottish building regulations http://www.sbsa.gov.uk/
• English building regulations http://www.direct.gov.uk/HomeAndCommunity
  /Planning/BuildingRegulations/fs/en

Funding/Grants

• SCHRI (Scottish Community and Household Renewables Initiative) http://www.est.org.uk/schri/
• Low Carbon Buildings Programme http://www.lowcarbonbuildings.org.uk/home/

Other relevant organisations

• Micropower Council  http://www.micropower.co.uk/welcome.html
  
• Energy Saving Trust  http://www.est.org.uk
  
• Scottish Renewables http://www.scottishrenewables.com/home.asp
  
• British Wind Energy Association http://www.bwea.com/small/index.html
  
• Renewable Energy Association http://www.r-p-a.org.uk/home.fcm

Friends of the Earth Scotland's work on micropower is
supported by an Esmee Fairbairn Foundation grant.