Centre for Sustainable Energy, Energy at Home Trade Support, Energy at Home Event on Sustainable Construction and Retrofitting, Bath Guildhall, 30 Jan 2015

Energy at Home Trade Support

Phillip MorrisSenior Development Manager

Centre for Sustainable Energy

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Energy at Home

• Grants available to help residents in Bath & North East Somerset make heating and insulation improvements.

• Energy at Home is a partnership between Bath & North East Somerset Council, Curo, Bath & West Community Energy and other stakeholders.

• The Partnership’s purpose is to champion carbon reduction, affordable warmth, health and well-being, community engagement and economic development through home energy retro-fitting.

• CSE manage the Energy at Home Advice Service and Trade Support

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Offer to Householders• Energy advice

• Green Deal Advice Reports (sometimes free)

• Up to £7,000 grant for solid wall insulation or a package of energy saving improvements that includes solid wall insulation

• Up to £3,000 for a single or package of energy saving improvements e.g. boiler upgrade, loft insulation, cavity wall insulation, secondary glazing and many more.

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Uptake since launch in September

• More than 300 local residents have already contacted the scheme

• Home energy assessments have been carried out on more than 150 properties - occupants are now obtaining quotes and making applications for support and finance to carry out improvements

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Energy at Home Trade Support• Funding to support training of local trades on energy

saving & renewable energy measures

• To improve national supply chain capacity

• To improve supply chain capacity for the Energy at Home scheme

• To meet UK targets, 2000 of the 77,500 homes in BaNESneed to be radically refurbished every year

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Energy at Home Trade Support

Free until the end of today!

Then,

50%+ reductions in the cost of Green Deal certification, sustainable construction training at local colleges and membership to Trading Standards Buy with Confidence scheme.

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Green Deal mentoring and Certification

• Green Deal Certification (1 group of measures e.g. insulation) -normal price £696, Energy at Home price £348

• Green Deal Certification, QMS system and mentoring - normal

price £1,464, Energy at Home price£702

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Green Skills Academy

• Fundamental Principles of Renewable Technologies (16 February 2015)

• Solar PV (23 March 2015)

• Solar Thermal (23 March 2015)

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Green Skills Academy

• Repair and retrofit of sliding sash windows (7th

February)

• Understanding U values (14th February)

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Buy with Confidence• Buy with Confidence is the recommended list of approved

installers from the Bath & North East Somerset Trading Standards team.

Size of company Normal membership cost

Our membership cost

1-5 employees £75 £37

5-15 employees £150 £75

16+ employees £225 £112

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Green Register

• Retrofitting internal solid wall insulation: 12 February 2015 9am-5pm

• Residential Retrofits: 23 February 2015 1.30-5.30pm

• Retrofitting traditional buildings: 26 March 2015 1.30pm-5.30pm

75% discount – normal price £59-£135

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Questions & further contact

• website: www.energyathome.org.uk

• email: [email protected]

• telephone: 0800 038 5688

open Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm