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.

The lives of the fuel poor can be reduced socially as they shun contact with others

'You just have to get by'

Rachel Coxcoon uses the PlanLoCaL model to talk about the siting and planning of renewable energy, and how communities can get involved

PlanLoCaL: scale-model brings local people to the planners' table

Talking about planning – PlanLoCaL aims to get communities engaged with their local planning department, particularly in order to identify and promote low-carbon initiatives

PlanLoCaL: overview

Housing Energy and Fuel Poverty Assessment Tool (HEAT)

Housing Energy and Fuel Poverty Assessment Tool (HEAT)

Policy analysis

Home owners who fit solar panels are contributors to UK carbon-reduction targets. But incentives like feed-in tariffs are funded by energy companies who recoup the costs from their customers, irrespective of their wealth. Is this fair?

Distributional impacts of UK climate change policies

Policy analysis

The finished article – the property following the completion of its solid wall insulation work

Freedom from Fuel Poverty

Warm Streets Communities supports a range of grassroots organisations

Warm Streets Communities

Personal carbon trading has lost some of its allure among policy makers. If it was made fairer would interest be rekindled?

Personal carbon trading: making the system fairer

Policy analysis

The farmhouse showing some of the buildings in the background. The slate-tiled front of the house is testament to the location's ample wind resource - which is why we recommended a wind turbine for a site to the north of the farm

Little Dartmouth Farm: a feasibility study

Switching tariff can help some households out of fuel poverty

Energy Best Deal annual impact evaluation

Policy analysis

The 500kW boiler at Lanoyce Nurseries in Saltash burns 'slabwood' bought from four local sawmills. It has cut heating costs by over £45,000 annually

This map of Dorset shows the areas of woodland in the county, with the coniferous (yellow), broadleaved (red), and other (blue) denoting the different types of woodland

Woodfuel supply and demand in Dorset

Energise a Generation

Energise a Generation

Yeo Valley's recently refurbished Wills Barn in Somerset, one of the chosen venues. At the rear of the building you can see its solar panels

Energy in the Countryside

The Expert Support Network is available through the Planning Renewables website and provides advice, guiance and support to local planning officers

Expert Support Network for planners

Policy analysis

Goring Almshouses could be heated using biomass from surrounding woodland

Feasibility studies for the Community Sustainable Energy Programme

Policy analysis

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