City Showcase - Exeter City Futures

Delivering on our carbon-neutral ambitions will require collective action.

Here we celebrate and showcase some of the amazing projects being delivered by communities and organisations across our City that are already making a positive impact.

If you have a project that is tackling one or a number of our 12 Goals and wish to add it to this showcase, please download and fill out our Project Showcase Template and email it to us at info@exetercityfutures.com.

Showcase Categories

Energy

Transport

Sustainability

Skills & Capability

Energy

City District Heating Project

Planned District Energy scheme supplying low carbon heat and electricity to the RD&E, UoE St. Luke’s Campus and City Centre.

Cranbrook District Heating Project

Operational District Energy Scheme supplying low carbon heat and electricity to residential and business premises in Cranbrook, and Skypark.

Monkerton and Pinhoe District Heating Project

Operational District Energy Scheme supplying low carbon heat and electricity to homes and business at Monkerton, Pinhoe and Exeter Science Park.

South West Exeter District Heat Project

Planned District Energy scheme taking heat from the Energy From Waste plant at Marsh Barton to supply residential and business premises.

Exeter Community Energy

Renewable Energy across Exeter, mostly in the form of 8 solar pv projects but also a potential hydro project and a completed LED project.

Local Energy Assessment Fund Project

Transition Exeter ran workshops about practical affordable actions that everyone can do to save costs and carbon.

Low Carbon Exeter Project

Transition Exeter hosted the Low Carbon Exeter Project which undertook practical work to help more people in Exeter cut their energy bills and consider different ways of meeting their energy needs.

University of Exeter Signs Clean Energy Deal

Universities including Exeter have joined forces to sign a landmark green energy deal.

Project Zero – Energy-Neutral Council by 2022

City Council carbon emissions reduced by 29%, energy consumption dropped by 37% and last year (2018) the carbon emissions of the council’s fleet saw a 34% reduction after the introduction of electric vehicles

Exeter City Council – Livestock Centre Solar PV

The building is carbon positive and generates 1.1GW per annum of renewable electricity - equivalent to powering 180 homes

Groundbreaking Solar Canopy Car Park Arrays

Pioneering solar canopy arrays on city centre car parks that broke new ground, not only in the South West, but also nationally.

Climbing Centre Solar PV

The former City of Exeter Light and Power Station which served the City from 1903 is producing energy again, this time renewable energy from the sun.

Royal Albert Memorial Museum Solar Rooftop Array

Exeter City Council worked with Sungift Solar to install a 26kw Solar PV array on top of RAMM.

Exeter City Council – LED Lighting Replacement Projects

LED lighting replacement projects include the Council’s main Civic Centre offices, where energy consumption saw a 60% reduction.

Electric Vehicle ‘Plug and Park’ Chargepoint Stations

To encourage the use of Electric Vehicles (EV) across Exeter and the surrounding area, EV Chargepoint facilities have been installed in key areas across the City.

Transport

Ride On – Cycling for all

RideOn is a registered charity and successful social enterprise that is passionate about getting more people riding more affordable bikes more often

Road Collision Innovation Challenge

Devon and Cornwall Police and Dorset Police have set out a challenge to reduce evidential capture time by 50% during a collision investigation while still meeting the requirements of The Coroners Court.

Roads for the Future – Dedicated Driverless Spaces

The Roads for the Future competition sought innovative and creative ideas on how to deliver a world-class road network in the UK ready for connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs).

Living Streets: Building Active Neighbourhoods

Proposals for ‘car filters’ in residential areas across the city so that traffic is reduced and people can walk / cycle in their neighbourhoods

2030 Cycling & Walking Network Plan

Volunteers from the Exeter Cycling Campaign built an example of what a 2030 cycling/walking network plan should look like.

Response to Planning Applications

Responding to planning applications to ensure that proposed new developments properly consider cycling and walking.

Lightfoot Connected-Car Technology

Lightfoot uses real-time feedback to coach a more efficient driving style, helping users reduce their vehicles’ emissions by as much as 20% and the risk of at-fault collisions by as much as 80%.

Wellfest – Car-free, Community Fun and Wellbeing Day

On Sunday July 7th, Magdalen Rd in St Leonards was closed to hold Exeter’s first ever Car-Free “Wellfest- a Community Fun and Wellbeing Day”.

Transforming Travel with Shared Mobility for All

Co-cars and Co-bikes are transforming travel in Exeter by offering on demand, shared mobility for all.

RD&E Travel Analysis

The Royal Devon & NHS Foundation Trust commissioned City Science to conduct a comprehensive Active Travel analysis.

Sustainability

St Margaret’s – Making Listed Buildings Energy Efficient

St Margaret’s Residences is set to become a sustainable development of 40 luxury homes in St Leonards, Exeter.

Grenadier unveils EPC A+ sustainable development in Exeter

Grenadier funded the development of Emperor House, the company’s first EPC A+ rated office building located in Exeter Business Park, one of the city’s vibrant business hubs.

Binit – Recycling & Rubbish Sorted: Better Value, Hassle-free

binit is a platform which allows businesses to collectively purchase waste management services.

RD&E – Innovative Transport Solutions

The RD&E have a parking challenge for both staff and patients. They are working with Global City futures and City Science to explore options for innovative transport solutions.

Montgomery Primary School – Net Zero Carbon

Completed in 2012, this was the first school in the UK to meet the PassivHaus standard.

Proposals for Improving Air Quality

Volunteers from the Exeter Cycling Campaign created a report containing proposals for improving Exeter’s air quality.

Liveable Exeter Garden City Project to Build 12,000 Homes

A bold vision to create 12,000 new homes in Exeter over the next 20 years while maintaining and expanding the city’s green setting has been unveiled by the City Council.

Breathe Exeter – Cleaner, Greener Exeter

The initiative hopes to turn Exeter into the first global case study of small, individual actions making a significant difference to air quality.

Exeter Wild City – Protecting the Future of Devon’s Wildlife

A partnership between Devon Wildlife Trust and Exeter City Council to enhance & protect the wildlife value of green space in the city

Food Exeter – Sustainable & Healthy Food For All

Food Exeter is a newly formed charity, (March 2019) working for sustainable and healthy food for all in Exeter.

University Panel Reveals Climate Emergency Plan

The University of Exeter reveals Climate Emergency Plan and recommends that rapid action is taken to tackle the environment and climate emergency, according to a panel of staff and students.

Skills & Capability

Heavitree Community Partnership

Exeter City Futures are working with the University of Exeter and Exeter City Council to deliver an exciting new community project in Heavitree.

Exeter Data Mill – Open City Data

The one-stop-shop for Data on Exeter - Explore your city in numbers.

Exeter Data Information Science Collaborative (E-DISC)

Exeter Data Information Science Collaborative (E-DISC) brings together leading city organisations to develop the city’s technical data analytical skills for the future.

Exeter 2025 Minecraft Challenge

Minecraft has unlocked the power for anyone to create their own world, but can it be used to help shape the future of our cities?

The Environmental Futures & Big Data Impact Lab

A £6.4 million initiative to boost Devon’s expertise in solving future global environmental and big data challenges

Exeter College Opens New Mini Data Hub

Exeter College opens a brand new Mini Data Hub; a state-of-the-art new facility which will provide industry-standard IT resources to the college’s students.

Data Conference to Help Devon’s Businesses Achieve their Potential

The Exeter Analytics Network are hosting their first ever conference for those who want to learn how to use their data better or develop skills in data analytics.

Exeter Culture – Boosting Creative Energies

Exeter Culture aims to embed arts & culture in all aspects of life, by integrating within the city’s broader strategic planning through the implementation of a new place-based Cultural Strategy.

InExeter – Exeter’s Business Improvement District

InExeter is the business improvement district for Exeter city centre. InExeter celebrates the city and supports local business through a range of initiatives, scheme and projects.

Sport England LDP – Exeter Aims to Be Most Active City in England

Exeter will become the most active city in England. The pilot will encourage 10,000 of Exeter and Cranbrook’s least active residents to lead regular active lifestyles.