South Yorkshire Energy Efficiency Advice Centre

An energy efficient house makes sense as it is cheaper to run, more environmentally friendly and it’s a key selling point if you choose to sell your home. 

The South Yorkshire Energy Efficiency Advice Centre can recommend professional and reliable installers to carry out energy improvements to your home.  If you need to update your heating, improve your insulation or looking into a renewable energy technology please contact us for advice.

Did you know that 35% of the heat in your home is lost through your walls and 25% of your heat could be escaping out of your roof?

Cavity wall insulation is the most effective way to keep the heat in your home – where it belongs.  Insulating your cavity walls can save you around £90 per year on your bills, while insulating your loft can save you up to £110 per year! 

The Save ‘n’ Warm Scheme offers grants and discounts to help with the cost of insulating your home and we can pass customers’ details to an approved insulation contractor for a free no obligation survey.  Just call us on freephone 0800 512 012 / 0800 028 1067 for more information.

Householders in receipt of qualifying income or disability related benefits are eligible for FREE insulation measures.  Please contact us if you are in receipt of a benefit and we can let you know what is available.

Old and inefficient heating systems can cost you money.  Replacing a 15 year old boiler with a condensing boiler can save around 30%.  Up to 40% can be saved via a combination of condensing boiler and correct heating controls.

The Save 'n' Warm Scheme provides Condensing boilers and heating systems at competitive prices.

A replacement boiler ranges from £1,800 and a full system is from £2,600.  These prices are only a guide, if you would like a free survey and quote please contact us. 

Householders in receipt of a qualifying income or disability related benefit may be eligible for FREE gas central heating.  Please contact us if you are in receipt of a benefit and we can let you know what is available.

All work will be carried out by an approved Corgi registered contractor.

Are you looking towards a renewable future?  South Yorkshire Energy Efficiency Advice Centre is promoting a greener future.  By using less energy we can all contribute to reducing the amount of carbon dioxide produced and play a part in reducing climate change.

The use of renewable energy (from a source that does not run out, such as solar, wind, biomass, or water power) is becoming increasingly more popular.  The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform's Low Carbon Building Programme provides renewable energy grants for householders, community organisations, schools, the public and not for profit sector and private businesses.

To find out more about the Low Carbon Buildings Prorgramme visit www.lowcarbonbuildings.org.uk/home/

The HotSpots scheme is a partnership between South Yorkshire Primary Care Trust, local authorities, the Pension Service, South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service and the South Yorkshire Energy Effciency Advice Centre. 

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service can offer a free fire safety check in the home.  They will provide advice on general fire safety including a safety exit plan and free smoke alarms.  The Department for Work and Pensions offer a free benefit entitlement check for householders over 60.  Your local Primary Care Trust can offer free impartial advice to help you stop smoking. 

For more infomation about HotSpots please call us on FREEPHONE 0800 028 1067.

The Warm Front grant is a government grant available to households in receipt of certain benefits. The Warm Front grant provides insulation and / or heating improvements to qualifying households.  Warm front grants of up to £2700 are available to households in England for insulation and heating improvements, including installing central heating.

To qualify for a Warm Front Grant, the householder must own their home or rent it from a private landlord and must receive certain benefits.  The grant provides energy-efficiency advice, two energy-efficient light bulbs and a package of insulation and heating improvements, which are tailored to each property up to the value of £2700.  If your home needs oil central heating, you may receive a grant of up to £4000.

You may be able to qualify if:

You are 60 and over and receive one or more of the following benefits:
· Council Tax Benefit
· Housing Benefit
· Income-based Job Seeker's Allowance
· Pension Credit   

You have a disability-related or income related benefit and receive one or more of the following benefits:
· Working Tax Credit (with an income of less than £15,460 and which must include a disability element)
· Child Tax Credit (with an income of less that £15,460)
· Attendance Allowance
· Disability Living Allowance
· Income Support (which must include a disability premium)
· Housing Benefit (which mist include a disability premium)
· Council Tax Benefit (which must include a disability premium)
· War Disablement Pension (which must include a mobility supplement or Constant Attendance Allowance)
· Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (which must include Constant Attendance Allowance)   

 
You have a child under 16 or are pregnant with a maternity certificate MAT B1 and receive one or more of the following benefits:
· Income Support
· Council Tax Benefit
· Housing Benefit
· Income-based Job Seeker's Allowance
· Pension Credit   

To be referred on for the Warm Front Grant or to check eligibility please contact the Energy Team on 0800 028 1067.