Nottingham City Council is supporting low-income householders in Nottingham to cut back their energy payments by putting in insulation and solar panels in properties free of charge.
The City Council has efficiently bid for over £6m of grants by way of the Sustainable Warmth Competition, which is funded by the UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The scheme goals, by way of a spread of retrofit measures, to enhance the energy effectivity of 511 chilly and draughty properties which can be troublesome to maintain heat within the winter.
The City Council is presently accepting purposes for enhancements, together with:
- Cavity wall insulation
- Solid wall insulation
- Loft insulation
- Room in roof insulation
- Underfloor insulation
- Solar panel set up
To be eligible for the scheme, the property should be throughout the City of Nottingham space, have an Energy Performance Certificate of D or beneath* and the family revenue should be lower than £31,000 per yr.**
Homeowners are invited to a drop-in occasion on Wednesday sixteenth November at Harvey Hadden Sports Village, the place they will converse to the crew to seek out out which measures can be appropriate for his or her home, perceive the method and apply for the scheme.
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Representatives from Nottingham Energy Partnership and Marches Energy Agency may also be attending the occasion to offer attendees free, neutral and confidential recommendation to assist scale back energy payments.
The occasion will probably be open between 12-6pm, and residents can drop-in at any time. More details about the occasion might be discovered right here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/energy-efficiency-advice-and-retrofit-drop-in-event-tickets-459982619397
Cllr Sally Longford, Portfolio Holder for Environment, Energy and Waste Services, mentioned: “Residents in Nottingham are facing increasingly high energy bills, which are placing a further squeeze on their already over-stretched budgets. Many are also living in cold homes that are challenging to keep warm in the winter.
“Supporting residents to lower their energy bills through retrofit schemes is helping us to improve the lives of residents in the city and make them more comfortable in their homes. These Greener HousiNG schemes support our ambition to become carbon neutral by 2028 by reducing the amount of energy required to heat homes and keep them warm. I hope that those who are eligible apply for the funding to have improvements made to their homes, and that this helps to ease some of the concerns around paying energy bills.”
Wayne Bexton, Director of Environment and Sustainability, mentioned: “It is pleasing to be able to offer grant support to improve properties at this current time when the cost of living is increasing. Eligible households should be able to benefit from energy saving works or even renewable energy technologies, both of which will combat rising bills and reduce carbon emissions.”
Find out extra and apply for the scheme right here: https://nottenergy.com/our-services/green-homes-grant-lads/
