Eastbourne Climate Emergency Strategy
Housing and energy
Information on the council's net zero housing retrofit study, renewable energy initiatives in the borough and where to find energy saving advice and help.
Energy Saving Trust
Information and advice on home energy efficiency measures to keep your home warm whilst reducing your carbon footprint and energy bills.
Energy Saving Trust - Energy at home
Fuel Poverty
Fuel poverty is a serious and complicated issue, which energy suppliers are helping to tackle in a number of ways.
Free household energy advice service
Contact Energise Sussex Coast for support, advice and information on tariffs, energy saving and retrofitting.
Energy advice from Energise Sussex Coast
In partnership with Energise Sussex Coast, Eastbourne Eco Action Network is training "energy champions" - volunteers who can provide energy and retrofit advice to local households and help develop community energy projects and to provide basic energy and retrofit advice to local households, especially those in fuel poverty. If you would like to volunteer with this network and receive free training and mentorship from it, please contact andy@ecoactioneb.co.uk .
Decarbonising our Council Housing Report
Summary of groundbreaking research on retrofit and decarbonisation of council owned homes at scale.
Decarbonising our housing stock - Roadmap for 2030 zero carbon (PDF) [343KB]
OVESCO
A community group run by local volunteers in East Sussex that creates community owned renewable energy projects so the local community can become zero carbon.
Suncoast Solar Farm Proposal for Eastbourne
Low Carbon is proposing a new solar farm with battery energy storage, located on land west and east of the East Coastway Line. The project will generate approximately 20 Megawatts (MW), producing enough clean energy to power 6,400 typical family homes each year.
UK Green Building Council
The UKGBC aims to improve the sustainability of the built environment, by transforming the way it is planned, designed, constructed, maintained and operated.
Report: UK housing: Fit for the future?
This report aims to assess the measures that need to be adopted in the housing sector to both manage climate change impacts and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Committee on Climate Change - Housing Fit For The Future
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Great British Insulation Scheme
On the 14 September 2023, the government launched the £1 billion Great British Insulation Scheme to help some families insulate their homes. Families in lower council tax bands with less energy-efficient homes will be offered upgrades such as roof, loft or cavity wall insulation. Use an online checker for the Great British Insulation Scheme to find out if you are eligible
Boiler Upgrade Scheme
You can get one grant per property. Current grants are available for £7,500 towards an air source heat pump, £7,500 towards a ground source heat pump (including water source heat pumps and those on shared ground loops) and £5,000 towards a biomass boiler.
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