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.

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

Offering an easy-entry, hands-on activity – like turning old tights into draught excluders – makes community energy more accessible.

Powering Up! - nurturing local leadership on energy

Our six caseworkers, Joe, Jules, Ed, Jenna, Tash and Pete

WHAM - Warmer Homes, Advice & Money

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

Mapping Birmingham's solar PV potential

Measuring vulnerability for distribution network operators

Measuring vulnerability for distribution network operators

Single parents are more likely to be on a low income and struggling financially.

Advice on clever budgeting for single parents

Using the energy efficient homes map created by CSE, Wellington GPs can make sure they don't send at-risk patients back to a poorly heated home, without referring them for help first.

Linking up with local health services to prevent illness and cold homes

Working in partnership to help pre-payment meter customers

Working in partnership to help pre-payment meter customers

Families in Fuel Crisis

Families in Fuel Crisis

Energy Accessibility Service (EASE)

Energy Accessibility Service (EASE)

Taking the "first next steps" first. One of our three roadmaps to a smart energy city. Download the set at the bottom of this page.

Roadmaps for a smart energy city

Policy analysis

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