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Home Energy Advice
Working with Action on Energy East Cambridgeshire, Community Energy South and East Cambridgeshire District Council – East Cambridgeshire Climate Action Network is now offering FREE initial Home Energy Advice from January until the end of March 2025 – to home owners, tenants and landlords. We don’t want to leave anyone behind in not having a cosy energy saving home that also helps to reduce carbon emissions for our planet.
Drop-in or book one of our sessions
For more details click on the event that you are interested in attending
Top tips to reduce your carbon emissions from the Energy Saving Trust: –
There is a lot of useful information from the Centre for Sustainable Energy website. Click the button below: –
Also for Cambridgeshire Residents : –
Action on Energy – Cambridgeshire has details on funding available :-
Does your property have an energy performance certificate. Click below to find out if you have one.
If you are living with certain health difficulties, access needs, disability, or find yourself living in challenging circumstances you can sign up to the Gas and the Electricity Priority Services Register. Click the links below: –
Smart meters are replacing our traditional gas and electricity meters. They are being installed at no extra cost in homes across the UK by energy suppliers. They also come with an In-Home Display (IHD). Find out about them by clicking below :-
Be aware there are energy scams operating. Find out more : –
If you are planning to do some serious retrofitting of your property, the Cambridge focused “Retrofitting your Home” is worth downloading.
Private Landlords are only allowed to rent a property if it meets the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) regulations. Currently, the minimum rating for an EPC is E, but it is likely to change to a C in future years. Click the Click below for more information providing support for landlords :-
In 2022, emissions from residential buildings accounted for a fifth (20%) of greenhouse gas emissions in the UK. The Climate Change Committee (CCC), the government’s advisory body, said the UK will not meet its emissions targets “without near complete decarbonisation of the housing stock”. In July 2024 the UK Parliament published a Research Brief on Housing and Net Zero. This briefing considers the approach to housing, energy efficiency and net zero, providing an overview of government policy and commentary on these issues.