We were proud to support Burnham and Weston Energy C.I.C.’s home energy efficiency project, helping local homeowners, renters and landlords explore ways to make their homes warmer, greener and cheaper to run.
About the Project
This initiative, funded by the Community Energy Fund, tested a hyperlocal model for making home energy efficiency upgrades more accessible and affordable. In partnership with the Centre for Energy Equality, the project used the Fairer Warmth app to assess retrofit potential based on a home’s EPC rating, age and other features.
How it worked
- Residents in Burnham-on-Sea North, Highbridge and Burnham South updated their property details via the Fairer Warmth platform, contributing to a community-wide assessment of retrofit needs.
- Burnham and Weston Energy selected 8 homes that best represented the local housing stock for free professional retrofit assessments.
- These assessments created retrofit roadmaps outlining the most impactful energy efficiency upgrades and cost benchmarks for future improvements.
- The findings were shared across the wider community, giving residents beyond the 8 assessed homes a practical picture of what retrofit could achieve for a similar property.
Our Role
As the project’s retrofit assessment and testing provider, we:
- Carried out comprehensive retrofit assessments for the selected homes.
- Used the assessment results to identify key energy-saving opportunities.
- Provided detailed reports outlining the best strategies for improving energy efficiency, comfort and cost savings.
At the project launch event, our Operations Coordinator, Tegan Peach, presented on the retrofit assessment process, explaining how detailed testing and analysis help pinpoint the most effective energy efficiency upgrades for each home.
What’s Next?
The project delivered exactly what it set out to: a practical, evidenced retrofit roadmap for the local housing stock, built from real assessment data rather than general advice.
We carry out retrofit assessments and community engagement for local energy groups running similar hyperlocal retrofit schemes.