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Start Up Successes in Bristol

August 29, 2008 Posted by Kevin in : Bristol , 1 comment so far

John Bradford recently posted an entry on TechCrunch UK highlighting and celebrating the range and vibrancy of new technology businesses emerging across the city.

You can read John’s full post here

Please help with our Domestic Energy Use survey

August 20, 2008 Posted by Kevin in : Bristol , 2 comments

Connecting Bristol are a key partner in the DEHEMs (Digital Environment Home Energy Management System) project. DEHEMs is a European Union funded project looking to improve domestic energy efficiency and reduce household emissions.

The project kicked off in June 2008 and will develop and test an energy monitoring and display system for homes. The project partnership includes a mix of European Local Authorities, businesses and Universities. As part of the development process we would like to gain an understanding of what people are currently thinking and doing with regard to energy use.

With this in mind we have created a short survey of 20 questions, which should take no more than 10 minutes to complete. We value your opinion and would appreciate it if you could complete the survey.

D.I.Y. community fibre networks

August 5, 2008 Posted by Kevin in : Bristol , add a comment

Superfast broadband is coming, but it will take some time and isn’t likely to reach everyone, everywhere. Communities in Bristol already have experience of clubbing together, led by organisations like Bristol Wireless, to ensure that they can have wifi access to the net.

The ONSnet project in Holland has demonstrated a successful model for installing economical, co-operatively owned fibre networks. Community Broadband Network have put together a video demonstrating the positive impact of the ONSnet in the city of Nuenen.

View this video file

Can you think of a way to stimulate public discussion?

Posted by Stephen Hilton in : e-democracy, Bristol, Funding, Bids , 1 comment so far

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Building Democracy Programme has £150K available to develop about 10 projects that will use innovative approaches to help stimulate public debate.

MoJ is following MySociety’s approach by inviting potential bidders to float their initial ideas online and to strengthen their proposals through open discussion before making a final submission.

It will be interesting to see if this open collaborative approach can work in the setting of a Government-sponsored site.

The deadline for submissions is 26th September 08.