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.

Awel Aman Tawe, grew out of a local regeneration charity which was looking into asset-based community development

Local energy schemes: how can we get more of them in low-income areas?

Smarter warmer homes: a workshop

We'll be challenging Bridgend County residents to take charge of their energy future.

The Bridgend County Energy Challenge

Privately rented properties are twice as likely as the rest of the housing stock to have no loft insulation and twice as likely to have no double glazing.

Advice for landlords on new minimum energy efficiency standards

Healthy Homes Dorset - insulating homes in Dorset

It's often easier to receive help from a trusted friend or neighbour. Faith and befriending groups' strong social ties mean they are in a good position to help those that other services can't reach.

Community-led fuel poverty innovations

Solar panels on council housing in Warwickshire

Community energy benefits in deprived communities

Installing draught-proofing is one of the small measures CSE staff will undertake as part of Home Visits Plus.

Home Visits Plus - improving our advice giving

What conditions are needed to give residents of Penhill in Swindon a sense of agency over their energy use?

Powering Up! - nurturing local leadership on energy

Tash and Jenna, the new WHAM fuel poverty caseworkers.

WHAM - Collaborating to solve poverty in Bristol

The GLA, based at City Hall, (shown here) hope to be able to take control of the spiralling cost of keeping warm.

Fuel poverty in London: research and policy report

Upgrading 230,000 substations to cope with additional load, such as car charging points, will be expensive. So can we do something clever to spread the load?

OpenLV - Making local electricity data openly available

Despite the advantages offered by wind power, its place at
the centre of landscape development often makes it a contentious issue.

Common Concerns About Wind Power - 2nd edition

Many people are confused about how to use storage heaters effectively.

Data-based advice on night storage heaters

Wales' history is tied up with fossil fuels, but is there a low carbon future?

West Wales Zero Carbon Zones report (2016)

Mapping Birmingham's solar PV potential (2016-2017)

Mapping Birmingham's solar PV potential (2016-2017)

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