Bath & North East Somerset’s Energy at Home Scheme

Marion Britton, Energy at Home Project Manager

Helping residents in Bath & North East Somerset make energy saving improvements to their

homes and to the way they use their homes

The Council’s strategic aims

• cut carbon emissions

• reduce fuel poverty

• cut the health cost of cold homes

• strengthen the local economy

What are the benefits for residents?

• warmer & more comfortable homes

• healthier homes

• cheaper energy bills

• improved property values

• local job opportunities

Bath & North East Somerset

Energy at Home Partnership

Delivery partners & roles

Advice Service Retrofit Delivery Provider

Bath & North East Somerset Council

• Promotion & marketing

• Advice, information & guidance

• Follow up & aftercare

• Arranging finance (grants or loans)

• Project managing and delivering installations

• Project management

• Community marketing

• SME support

Finding out about the scheme

Talking it through with an advisor

Getting an assessment

Making choices

Arranging finance

Arranging installation

Accessing aftercare

The Customer Journey

Bath & North East Somerset Energy at Home

Advice Service Retrofit Delivery Provider

The Centre for Sustainable Energy

Eco Residential & Anesco

& sub-contractors

Stakeholder Forum

Public Interest

• 783 enquiries by telephone from 361 unique callers

• 3,375 views of the new Energy at Home website

• 220 households have requested grant application packs

• 130 households have had a home energy assessment

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Energy at Home Trade Support

• Subsidies for:

• Training

• Green Deal Accreditation

• Buy with Confidence membership

• Funding for networking events

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Green Deal mentoring and Certification

• Green Deal Certification* -

Normal price £696 Energy at Home price £348

• Green Deal Certification*, QMS system and mentoring –

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

* Energy at Home will only fund the first ‘set’ of measures for GDI Certification. One ‘set’ would include Insulation, gas and oil heating or electrical fittings.

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Buy with ConfidenceBuy 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

Stakeholder Forum

Green Skills Academy – 50%+ discount

• Fundamental Principles of Renewable Technologies (June 2015)

• Solar PV (June 2015)

• Solar Thermal (June 2015)

• Repair and Retrofit of Sliding Sash Windows (Sat 28th March)

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Questions & further contact

• website: www.energyathome.org.uk/trade-support

• email: tradesupport@energyathome.org.uk

• telephone: 0800 038 5688

open Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm

£723,000

• Up to £7,000 for solid wall insulation

• Up to £3,000 for other measures

Up to £7,000 per household if combined

Must be used when combined with Green Deal Finance / equivalent self-financed

Open to home owners / private tenants / private landlords

And finally… the Council’s Green Deal Top Up Grant