Our work

Planning

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.

Developers oversee the erection of a wind turbine, the planning application for which is likely to have undergone extensive consultation [photo courtesy of AMEC]

Renewable energy workshops for councillors and planners

A significant number of Cornwall's hard-to-treat homes are these 'Cornish Units' which date from the 1940s and 1950s and suffer from poor insulation*

Cornwall Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency Action Plan

Policy analysis

Dorset Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Strategy

Dorset Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Strategy

MIscanthus can grow up to 3.5m

Devon Wildlife Trust Miscanthus Statement

A South West Protocol for Wind Energy Developments

A South West Protocol for Wind Energy Developments

Solar PV at the Eden Project in Cornwall. Could the South West do more to generate renewable energy?

REvision 2010: Renewable Electricity Targets for the South West

Buses such as this one travelling to and from Brislington Park and Ride help reduce the traffic on the roads – but is there more the sites themselves could do to reduce their carbon emissions?

Brislington Park & Ride Renewables Study

Getting his hands on the biomass

Biomass Feasibility Study for Bristol City Council

Policy analysis

Towards low-carbon housing developments

Towards low-carbon housing developments

Having their say: students at the Climate Change Challenge

Climate Change Challenge 2005

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