Energy at Home Trade Support

Justin Lee-GammageSenior Project Worker

Centre for Sustainable Energy

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Energy at Home• Energy at Home is a partnership between:

• Bath & North East Somerset Council• Curo• Bath & West Community Energy• Other stakeholders

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

• Grants for insulating homes and improving heating systems

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Uptake since launch

• More than 360 local residents have already contacted the scheme

• Home energy assessments have been carried out on more than 150 properties

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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 BaNES need 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* -

Normal price £696 Energy at Home price £348

• Green Deal Certification*, QMS system and mentoring –

Normal price £1,464 Energy at Home price £702

* Energy at Home will only fund the first ‘set’ of measures for GDI Certification. One ‘set’ would include Insulation, gas and oil heating or electrical fittings.

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Green Skills Academy – 50%+ discount

• Fundamental Principles of Renewable Technologies (June 2015)

• Solar PV (June 2015)

• Solar Thermal (June 2015)

• Repair and Retrofit of Sliding Sash Windows (Sat 28th March)

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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 Courses

• Retrofitting Traditional Buildings - Sold out

26 March 2015 1.30pm-5.30pm, The Guildhall, Bath

Normal price £59-£85 75% discount

• More Courses to be added

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Questions & further contact

• website: www.energyathome.org.uk/trade-support

• email: tradesupport@energyathome.org.uk

• telephone: 0800 038 5688

open Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm