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Essex County Council

… and deliver £800k of funding. This enabled 83 homes to be retrofitted with external wall, loft and cavity wall insulation as well as air source heat pumps. Further tranches of funding have been secured: £5.2m in 20/21 and £17.2m in 21/22 (this funding runs through to March 2023.) These are delivered by the Greater South East Net Zero Hub with support from ECC and the district, city, borough…

… the introduction of standards for energy and insulation performance. Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) show how energy efficient our homes are and whether they are in need of improvements (below C). The most efficient home is A+ and is relatively cheap to heat. The average in Essex, however, is D and very expensive to heat. This means most residents are paying more for their heating than is necessary…

… Insulation & Heating There have been multiple tranches of funding available from central Government to support insulation, new heating and renewable technology installation into homes where residents suffer from fuel poverty. Grants aim to reduce the number of people living in cold and poorly insulated homes by providing free energy efficiency upgrades worth on average £10,000 per household. Works…

… can include insulation measures like loft insulation, new heating systems including heat pumps, and renewables such as solar panels. Supported 1,222 fuel poor households Works can include loft insulation, heat pumps and solar panels 20 Homeowners with a household income of below £30,000 living in Energy Performance Certificate D, E, F or G rated homes may be eligible…

… across Essex will continue to work with Government to ensure Essex residents get the maximum benefit from Government grant programmes. Worker installing insulation as part of the Sustainable Warmth Scheme 21 https://surveys.est.org.uk/s/GreenHomesGrantSchemeLAD/ Case Study: Mr and Mrs Wilkins – Braintree After an unseasonably cold spring, exacerbated by an outdated heating…