Energy efficiency

Residents living on a low income or vulnerable to the cold may also be eligible for a free home energy visit. You could benefit from tailor made energy saving advice in your home and you could have FREE simple energy saving measures such as LED’s and draught proofing fitted. LEAP is available to all housing tenures, Owner occupied, private and socially rented homes.

As part of your LEAP visits you could access additional community schemes including:

• Warmer Homes – First time central heating grants with gas connection funding. Tenants and owner occupied.
• HEART – replacement white good scheme – Apply through the LEAP services
• ECHO (Emergency Central Heating Offer) – provides emergency response assistance to qualifying households to repair or replace broken or condemned boilers. Apply through the LEAP services. Funding is limited and may be withdrawn once the scheme has created capacity.

Call: 0800 060 7567
Email: support@applyforleap.org.uk

Visit the LEAP webpage for the most up to date information.

In partnership with other local authorities, we have secured funding through the Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery (LAD) scheme to offer funding to support people on low incomes (under £30,000) and with low EPC ratings of E, F or G to improve the energy efficiency of their homes.

To find out more information, eligibility and how to apply, please visit: https://www.warmerhomes.org.uk or call free on: 0800 038 5737.

Energy Company Obligation (ECO4) FLEX

ECO4 Flex is part of the Government ECO4 energy efficiency and fuel poverty scheme. We are not currently running a scheme but hope to be able to do so in the future. Please check back for updates.

To see the others grant schemes available in West Sussex please visit West Sussex Energy.

The West Sussex Fuel Poverty Partnership V2.2 Statement of Intent (ECO3) was withdrawn from end of day 30 June 2022. To avoid version control issues and in accordance with BEIS guidance the Statement of Intent marked “Withdrawn” remains publicly available: SOI West Sussex Fuel Poverty Partnership V2.2 ECO 3 Withdrawn.pdf [pdf] 322KB

You can can get free home energy advice from the West Sussex Citizens Advice home energy telephone advice service.

The government can help you to find energy grants and ways to save energy in your home.

The Energy Saving Trust is an independent organisation providing impartial advice and tips on saving energy in your home.

To help obtain lower prices, local oil clubs are forming. An oil club, or oil syndicate, is where a group of residents place an order together so they can negotiate a better price with the oil supplier.

Find your local oil club

The Energy Saving Trust has information on the benefits of renewable energy, the different options available and what to consider. Many applicants will no longer need to apply for planning permission for domestic solar panels or ground source heat pumps due to changes to permitted development rights made in 2008.

For an explanation on the planning requirements view the national Planning Portal website.

Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) is an obligation set by the government for licenced electricity suppliers to offer a tariff and make payment to small scale low carbon generators for electricity exported to the national grid, providing certain criteria is met.

For more information please visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/the-future-for-small-scale-low-carbon-generation.

All domestic and commercial buildings need an EPC when a property is built, sold or rented. You must arrange an EPC for potential buyers and tenants before you market your property to sell or rent.

More information can be found on the government’s webpages about buying or selling your home.

Landlords of domestic privately rented properties cannot let or continue to let properties if they have an EPC rating below E (unless they have a valid exemption in place).

This means F and G rated properties can not be let.

Further information can be found at Minimum energy efficiency standard landlord guidance.

For energy tips, advice on local energy schemes and support services available to residents across West Sussex, sign up to receive the free renewable energy newsletter at West Sussex Affordable Energy partnership (see the bottom of the webpage).