Bath & North East Somerset Council’s ‘Energy at Home’ Scheme is helping residents improve their homes’ energy performance and bring down their energy bills.
Energy saving home improvements such as new boilers, heating controls, insulation, improved glazing and external doors, and renewable technologies are all available through the Scheme.
These improvements can help make your home warmer, healthier and more comfortable.
To find out more, you can contact the Energy at Home Advice Service which provides free, expert advice on all aspects of home energy.
This includes how to get the best deal on energy bills, which measures might be appropriate for each home and which grants and finance are available to help cover the costs.
For example, Bath & North East Somerset Council currently has grants available of up to £6,000 for solid wall insulation and up to £2,000 for other measures.
Cllr Martin Veal (Conservative, Bathavon North) Cabinet Member for Community Services, said: “The Council has developed the Energy at Home Scheme to support our residents to improve their home’s energy performance.
“This can help support good health and wellbeing and reduce household energy bills in the long term.
“Our new administration is keen to support the continued success of the scheme and we urge any resident to contact the Energy at Home Advice Service to find out what help they can get.”
Local residents are already benefiting from the Scheme; Diane and Michael Hammond recently had external wall insulation installed to their 1950s bungalow in Keynsham.
Diane said: “We needed to re-render the bungalow because it was cracked and we had problems with damp coming through.
“We thought we might as well do the insulation at the same time to make our home warmer and lower our bills.
“We were thrilled to get a grant from the Council to help us cover the costs of the work and we are very pleased with the results.”
The Council has just appointed new partners, Eco Residential and Agility Eco, to support residents in installing and financing improvements.
“The Advice Service can refer residents to Eco Residential for a home energy assessment (which costs £150 unless the householder is eligible for a free assessment, for example those on a qualifying benefit).
Eco Residential can then provide a quote for the cost of works.
The Advice Service is available Monday to Friday 9am-6pm, and on Saturday mornings 9am-12pm.
To get in contact Freephone 0800 038 5680 or email [email protected].
