
Empower Your Future:
Helping communities access grants for retrofitting
Warm Homes
By far the cheapest way of addressing fuel poverty and climate change at the same time is to make sure homes in the Hope Valley are warm and energy efficient. A warm home is also a significant contributor to the health and wellbeing of its residents.
Domestic energy efficiency can take many forms. It can be simple loft insulation or more sophisticated solutions like external wall insulation, floor insulation or installing a heat pump. The correct technology properly installed is essential, but a rural area like the Hope Valley presents its own challenges. HVCE aims to help all residents of Hope Valley to make the right choice.
There are a range of government schemes aimed at helping people keep their homes warm, most are aimed at people thought to be in fuel poverty. Fuel poverty in the Hope Valley is defined by the government using the Low-Income Low Energy Efficiency (LILEE) indicator. According to this, a household is in fuel poverty if:
- their home has a Fuel Poverty Energy Efficiency Rating (FPEER) of band D or below
and
- if, after subtracting their modelled energy costs and housing costs, their residual income is below the poverty line.
HVCE are proud to announce that we have secured funding from the Government’s Community Energy Fund for our first domestic energy efficiency project – Hope Valley Rural Retrofit (HVRR).
HVRR Overview
Hope Valley Rural Retrofit is a feasibility study and will involve Hope Valley Community Energy (HVCE) working in partnership with a third sector partner, Marches Energy Agency (MEA), to develop a bespoke, impartial, domestic energy efficiency and retrofit offer for eligible households in the Hope Valley area.
The primary aim of the project is to develop a trusted brand, involving local surveyors, delivery contractors and the provision of impartial energy advice via a competent third party to the 1000 households in fuel poverty. The programme aims to install 5 retrofit systems, 15 heating system upgrades and energy saving advice to 200 households each year.
HVRR programme
The end of 2024 marks the first phase of HVRR. In this period a carbon footprint analysis will be completed and the process of identifying households eligible for support and in need of better energy management will begin. Website development will begin and the scheme will be marketed throughout the Greater Hope Valley area.
In 2025, HVRR will engage with parish councils and community groups and finish the website. We will start to work with local contractors who want to install energy efficient technologies and plan house surveys.
Advice and Help
HVRR will help you complete a high quality house survey, compile a list of grants that residents of Hope Valley might be eligible for, as well as a directory of local trusted installers.
There are many routes to support for improving the warmth of your house. It may be that you are on benefits or have a health condition. It may be the type of house you live in, whether its yours or rented and if its listed or not. HVRR aims to help Hope Valley residents to get the most support possible. HVRR will help you identify the best technologies to use and help find a qualified installer, we will stay with you until the project is completed and beyond to make sure you get all the expected benefits.
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