Various grant schemes are available to increase the energy efficiency of your home.
The Energy Saving Trust
The Energy Saving Trust is an impartial organisation set up to help people save energy and reduce carbon emissions. The Energy Saving Trust can provide free advice and support you to take action, they can also help you search for the best deals in grant assisted insulation.
Contact them on 0800 512 012 or visit them online at The Energy Saving Trust.
Feed-in tariffs
If you have installed, or are thinking about installing, a renewable technology which produces electricity, such as a solar electricity (PV) system, you may be able to get paid for the electricity it produces.
Feed-in tariffs (FIT) provide a guaranteed rate for each unit of electricity generated and exported. For more information see the Energy Saving Trust's feed-in tariffs page.
Renewable Heat Incentive
If you have a renewable or low carbon heat technology such as solar hot water heating or a heat pump then you may be eligible for the Government’s new Renewable Heat Incentive which was confirmed in October 2010.
For more information, see the Energy Saving Trust's renewable heat incentive page.
Warm Front
Warm Front is a government-funded initiative created to make homes warmer, healthier and more energy-efficient.
The scheme provides a package of insulation and heating improvements up to the value of £3,500 (or £6,000 where oil, low-carbon or renewable technologies are recommended).
To qualify you must either own your own home or rent it from a private landlord, and be in receipt of certain benefits.
Unfortunately the funding for this year has now been fully allocated due to high levels of demand for the scheme and as a result Warm Front will only accept new applications at a given date after 1 April 2011. For more information please telephone 0800 316 2814 or visit the Warm Front website.
Cambridge Home Aid
Cambridge Home Aid is a home improvement agency set up to assist people living in Cambridge who are elderly or vulnerable, who have disability needs, or who are on a low income.
Their aim is to help people repair, maintain or adapt their homes by providing practical or financial advice and support, to enable them to remain in their own homes in greater comfort and safety.
Grants include a one-off, non-secured and non-repayable Home Energy Grant of up to £1,000, available to owner-occupiers to introduce measures that will improve the energy efficiency of their home.
For more information please telephone 01223 457945 or visit our Home Aid pages.
Utility companies
The government's Carbon Emission Reduction Target (CERT) scheme means energy suppliers are obliged to achieve targets for improving home energy efficiency.
Energy suppliers therefore provide a range of offers which significantly reduce the cost of installing energy efficiency measures. For more information, please contact your energy supplier.
Their specialist teams can give information and advice on grants and how to save money on your heating bills by making your home more energy efficient.
If you don't know which energy company supplies your home, please call:
- EDF Energy 0870 196 3082 (for electricity)
- National Grid 0870 608 1524 (for gas)
Landlord's Energy Saving Allowance
If you are a landlord, you may be entitled to savings through the Landlord's Energy Savings Allowance (LESA) scheme. This scheme is a tax allowance, allowing private landlords to claim back money when they improve the energy efficiency of their rented properties, up to a maximum of £1,500 per property.
For more information view Directgov's Landlord's Energy Saving Allowance web pages.
Landlord Accreditation Scheme
Landlords who sign up to the Cambridge City Council Landord Accreditation Scheme can apply for funding to help pay for energy efficiency improvements to their properties. The grant is dependent on the energy rating of your property and is only available for a limited time.
Visit our landlord accreditation pages for more information.
