Energy at Home Trade Support

Phillip MorrisSenior Development Manager

Centre for Sustainable Energy

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Energy at Home

• Grants available to help residents in Bath & North East Somerset make heating and insulation improvements.

• Energy at Home is a partnership between Bath & North East Somerset Council, Curo, Bath & West Community Energy and other stakeholders.

• The Partnership’s purpose is to champion carbon reduction, affordable warmth, health and well-being, community engagement and economic development through home energy retro-fitting.

• CSE manage the Energy at Home Advice Service and Trade Support

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Offer to Householders• Energy advice

• Green Deal Advice Reports (sometimes free)

• Up to £7,000 grant for solid wall insulation or a package of energy saving improvements that includes solid wall insulation

• Up to £3,000 for a single or package of energy saving improvements e.g. boiler upgrade, loft insulation, cavity wall insulation, secondary glazing and many more.

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Uptake since launch

• More than 300 local residents have already contacted the scheme

• Home energy assessments have been carried out on more than 150 properties - occupants are now obtaining quotes and making applications for support and finance to carry out improvements

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Council approach to renewable energyThe council is committed to increase the amount of renewable energy generated in the district but doesn’t have the team or resources to do big installations itself.

How to make this happen?

1. Support local business and community sectors

2. Carried out research into what renewable energy potential there is for the area:

• Wind opportunities are limited

• Hydro opportunities are limited

• We need to make use of the solar potential

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Council approach to renewable energy

The research has led to:

• Clear planning guidance

• Leading by example – installing systems on Council buildings

• Co-operation Agreement with Bath & West Community Energy

Community model particularly in-line with how the Council wants to work,jointly delivering things with partners and the community, rather thanowning and running the whole thing.

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Bath and West Community Energy model

BWCE are aiming to install medium sized arrays. They don't do domestic scale schemes themselves

Using the Community ownership model:

• Feed-in tariff stays in the area, to shareholders and community groups and doesn’t go to commercial companies out of the area.

• BWCE shareholder (minimum investment of £500) for the last 3 years have had a 7% p/a return on their investment - better than banks.

• More than 70% of shareholders being in the local area

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Planning

Solar is Permitted Development (for dwelling mounted) so planning permission is not needed, unless certain conditions apply

To be used together with the

Permitted Development Checklist

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Community owned Solar PV in Bath

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On a Listed BuildingNewton St Loe - there are examples in Bath too!

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PV on Council buildings

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Council wants to lead by example by having solar on their own roofs.

• One of the largest public sector owned arrays in the UK on Keynsham Civic Centre (x 2 systems totalling 244kW)

• 14 schools (6 through BWCE scheme)

• Lewis House, near railway station (38kW system)

Other examples of big arrays are: University of Bath and Curo Social Housing Provider offices in Bath but there is still lots of opportunity in B&NES…

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In December 2014 Council made a £500k Loan to the Wilmington Farm ground mounted solar array

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Freshford and Limpley Stoke Energy Community Shares Ltd

• Established as an Industrial and Provident Society (in the form of a cooperative) to develop renewable energy resources for the benefit of the community.

• Just over £50,000 was raised from some 20 local resident investors.

• 72 solar panels was installed in late 2011 on the hill above the Galleries shop

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Energy at Home Trade Support• Funding to support training of local trades on energy

saving & renewable energy measures

• To improve national supply chain capacity

• To improve supply chain capacity for the Energy at Home scheme

• To meet UK targets, 2000 of the 77,500 homes in BaNESneed to be radically refurbished every year

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Energy at Home Trade Support

50%+ reductions in the cost of Green Deal certification,

sustainable construction training at local colleges and

membership to Trading Standards Buy with Confidence

scheme.

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Green Deal mentoring and Certification

• Green Deal Certification (1 group of measures e.g. insulation) -normal price £696, Energy at Home price £348

• Green Deal Certification, QMS system and mentoring - normal price £1,464, Energy at Home price£702

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Green Skills Academy – 50%+ discount

• Fundamental Principles of Renewable Technologies (June 2015)

• Solar PV (June 2015)

• Solar Thermal (June 2015)

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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

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Green Register

Retrofitting traditional buildings: 26 March 2015 1.30pm-5.30pm

75% discount – normal price £59-£135

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Questions & further contact

• website: www.energyathome.org.uk

• email: tradesupport@energyathome.org.uk

• telephone: 0800 038 5688

open Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm