Our work

Building performance

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. 

Our work areas

Topics

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Home energy
Coordinating MEES pilot schemes across England
Research
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C-tech toolkit
Research
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
Home energy
Measuring vulnerability for distribution network operators
Measuring vulnerability for distribution network operators
Research
Back: four different kinds of sensor in use in Chariot. Front: the data hub
High-tech sensors and web apps for more engaging energy advice
Research
Maps of parliamentary constituencies in England and Wales showing where the highest proportions of the most efficient and least efficient dwellings are located
Mapping domestic energy efficiency in Great Britain
Research
Thrive Renewables Community Benefit Programme
Thrive Renewables Community Benefit Programme
Local energy
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)
Local energy
Projects in a box
Local energy
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
Research
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
Research
Heat map of the central Guildford area.
Guildford Renewable Energy Mapping Study
Research
The study was commissioned by Bristol Council, but the developed methodology can be applied to any area-based study and used by other local authorities.
Guidance for local authorities on energy, climate and peak oil
Research
The aim of the project was to improve the quality of life for people living in London’s social rented sector
Costing an enhanced Decent Homes Standard for London
Research
Working with local authorities
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