Funded Energy Redress Projects

Conservation Retrofit Catalyst will reduce carbon emissions by improving the uptake and quality of retrofit for homes constructed before 1919 which comprise 21% of the UK housing stock and are proportionally the greatest contributor to carbon emissions from domestic buildings. Working alongside leading conservation architects, the partnership will address the additional steps required for traditional homes to access effective whole house retrofit, including compliance, funding, skills, uptake and performance. The project will be piloted in the Old Meadows Conservation Area in Nottingham and be used to develop a replicable model to overcome the specific barriers to retrofit in Conservation Areas and tackle one of the most significant challenges to meeting emissions targets for UK domestic buildings.

The Birmingham Energy Affordability Project (BEAP) will provide energy advice and advocacy for clients in vulnerable situations, focussing especially on fuel poverty hotspots in the north and east of the city. A dedicated team of trained energy advisers will address the growing demand for energy advice and support from vulnerable residents in Birmingham due to increasing energy and living costs, and the ending of COVID-19 support. The project will address the root cause of fuel poverty and deliver long term solutions by developing robust referral pathways to further support vulnerable clients to access energy efficiency measures, income maximisation and wellbeing support from both in-house services and specialist agencies.

The Cornwall Energy Advice Service will expand provision to support more vulnerable consumers across Cornwall at risk of or experiencing fuel poverty, combined with proactive outreach to support the most vulnerable..Over the next 2 years, outreach work across Cornwall, targeting support to harder to reach households and combined with increased marketing activity, will see the service provide tailored support to over 3,500 households. Households will be able to reduce their energy consumption, and financial savings will be made to help manage energy bills and reduce the risk of debt. Vulnerable consumers and their households will benefit from improved health and wellbeing with warmer, more energy efficient homes.

The Lime House Project Energy Efficiency Adviser will give face-to-face energy assessments for particularly vulnerable and hard-to-reach clients Additional service will online and in-depth energy advice workshops, follow up meetings and support with individual casework an energy training workshops for other local agencies working with local citizens struggling with financial issues. They will educate vulnerable clients, many of whom are living in poverty and unfamiliar with what the energy markets can offer them. Word-of-mouth is a very strong form of communication amongst local BAME communities and clients supported and educated about energy issues will champion the project's work, passing on knowledge learned and advocating others to participate in the project.

The Royston Community Energy Project will employ 2FTE Energy Advisors, they are ensuring the Royston community has access to personalised energy advice and advocacy and that this is linked to wider services delivered from the Hub. They will provide a dedicated drop-in/appointment service for 800 people to access first-hand advice and crisis support in relation to energy advice and undertake home energy assessments for 175 properties, supporting households to understand energy usage; make savings to bills, reduce carbon emissions and undertake a series of small practical solutions to reduce energy consumption. They will also develop a series of environmental workshops on topics including: living well in an energy efficient way; understanding energy bills; awareness of the Priority Service Register. Delivered within the Hub and recordings posted on a YouTube channel-aiming to drive behaviour change across all Royston residents.

The Rural communities energy support network project will provide 4,350 vulnerable households across Somerset and Wiltshire with in-depth, tailored and end-to-end energy advice and support, alongside transforming the role of community-based organisations in both areas to build their capacity to deliver energy advice. They will work with local groups, charities and frontline workers, throughout Somerset and Wiltshire who support vulnerable people who need fuel poverty training and ongoing support to provide energy advice, rather than simply defaulting to a CSE referral, as well as existing referral organisations, they will work with local community infrastructure organisations engaging local VCSEs that they don’t have a referral relationship with who support our target groups and could provide significant additional local energy advice capacity.