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 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.

Western Power Distribution Community Chest (2010-17)

Projects in a box

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

Champions will engage new audiences with sustainable energy at existing community events and meetings.

Bristol Energy Champions

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

A dedicated freephone number has been created to give Ovo Energy customers energy efficiency and renewable energy advice from across the UK.

Ovo Energy Advice Service

Asthma and other respiratory problems can be made worse by cold, damp living conditions [photo posed by model].

PITCH - Preventing Illness by Tackling Cold Homes

The Ctech project used ethnographic techniques to capture staff attitudes to comfort and the informal practices used in control of heating and cooling

C-tech: creating the energy for change

Government estimated average impact of energy policies on household energy bills in 2020

The Hardest Hit

Prepayment keys and cards are topped up from shops and other outlets, and inserted into the meter to add credit

Affordable Energy Access

An analysis of 'D3' in DECC’s energy system models

Policy analysis

Sefton Council's commitment to sustainable energy will have environmental benefits, as well as providing economically valuable investment opportunities.

Sefton Council Strategic Energy Review

As well as stand-alone renewables, the potential for microgeneration and energy efficiency measures involving existing buildings was also investigated.

Milton Keynes Energy Mapping Study

Detailed heat map of Hinckley, led by the team at CSE.

Hinckley and Bosworth Renewable Energy Capacity Study

Heat map of the central Guildford area.

Guildford Renewable Energy Mapping Study

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