Our work

We have around 60 projects on the go at any one time, each helping us meet our charitable goals of finding solutions to the threat of climate change and the misery of cold homes. Unless you're viewing this page on a mobile device, our projects below are organised by our work areas (home energy, local energy, research and policy analysis) and by topic. 

Our work areas

Topics

The new boiler, with giant rosette, being installed at The Arts Factory in the Rhondda Valley, a beneficiary of the last round of WPD Community Chest funding.
WPD Community Chest (2016)
Local energy
These insulated pipes connect a new building to University of Warwick's campus-wide combined heat and power system. Similar ones can connect clusters of homes.
Social landlords and district heating
Research
Back: four different kinds of sensor in use in Chariot. Front: the data hub
High-tech sensors and web apps for more engaging energy advice
Research
Energy advice can help households to lower and manage their bills
WPD Affordable Warmth Local Action Fund
Local energy
How can we use - in the public interest - the data that millions of smart meters like this or similar will generate?
Smart meter energy data: Exploring the public interest agenda
Research
One part of the programme will see the participants on work placements with organisations involved in environmental policy, to help ground the skills and knowledge they've gained
Bright Green Future
Local energy
Maps of parliamentary constituencies in England and Wales showing where the highest proportions of the most efficient and least efficient dwellings are located
Mapping domestic energy efficiency in Great Britain
Research
Avonmouth community gather at a local Thrive Renewables site - four 2MW turbines capable of powering 4,600 homes
Thrive Renewables Community Benefit Programme
Local energy
SEPD Resilient Communities Fund
SEPD Resilient Communities Fund
Local energy
Projects in a box
Local energy
Many households are under-heated in winter, because their energy bills are unaffordable – this has knock-on negative effects on residents' health and wellbeing
Energy tariff options for vulnerable consumers
Research
Champions will engage new audiences with sustainable energy at existing community events and meetings.
Bristol Energy Champions
Local energy
The smart energy vision includes enhancing the financial value of renewable heat and power generated in the city – particularly from variable sources like wind, solar and tidal.
Bristol Smart Energy City Collaboration
Policy analysis
A smart meter in-home display showing energy use in real-time
USmartConsumer
Research
A dedicated freephone number has been created to give Ovo Energy customers energy efficiency and renewable energy advice
Ovo Energy Advice Service
Home energy
We have a tool to map the resources and constraints in a local area
Neighbourhood planning support
Local energy
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