Photos: the 2006 UK Finalists

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Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, UK

District heating from local tree waste

Woodpile at Smithies Depot, where waste wood is converted to biomass fuel.

Delivery of biomass from waste wood at Sheffield Road social housing flats, Barnsley, Yorkshire.

BioRegional Development Group, UK

Wood-chip from waste

Sorting logs brought in by tree surgeons.

Turning tree waste into fuel using a large Jenz chipper.

Filling a trailer with C50 grade chip for use in larger boilers.

Cassop Primary School, UK

Sustainable energy in schools

The energy team show the solar PV to visitors.

The 50kw turbine.

Sorting and separating re-cycled materials on a conveyor belt.

Eastchurch Primary School, UK

Good energy housekeeping

Year 4 children at Eastchurch School drew images and captions on an outdoor art-board to inform parents and visitors about renewable energy.

Robin and Chloe, current E-team members at Eastchurch School, record 'good practice' in Energy saving around the school for the weekly certificate.

Members of Eastchurch School's E-team take their daily readings from the electronic display which shows how much energy has been generated by the solar panels and how much CO2 has been saved.

Energy Audit Company (EAC), UK

Cavity wall insulation

Cavity wall and loft insulation vehicles arrive at cottage in Wandylaw, Northumberland

Drilling into cavity wall in order to pump in insulation at Beadnell.

Installer preparing to pump insulation into cavity walls at Otterburn

Gloucestershire Warm and Well, UK

Energy efficiency improving health and comfort

Warm and Well have developed a series of leaflets and advice materials on energy efficiency measures and the need for healthy temperatures in the home.

Talking to healthworkers about the Warm and Well scheme.

Good Energy, UK

Renewable electricity

Richmond Fire Station joined the Good Energy Home Generation scheme in November 2005. The Solar PV array generates 22kWp and is the first of a number of Microgeneration projects London Fire brigade are planning.

Sian and Richard Liwicki incorporated 2kWp Solar PV panels in their ecohome at Bothy vineyard, Oxfordshire where they produce environmentally friendly wine.

The Whitewave outdoor activity centre on the Isle of Skye erected a 5kW Proven wind turbine and were one of the first generators to join the Home Generation scheme in May 2004.