Government grants and advice – Info provided by Rose Hill & Iffley Low Carbon

Better Housing Better Health offers free home energy visits to local residents at risk of fuel poverty or who are vulnerable to the cold or have poor home energy efficiency. If you qualify, they will install simple energy saving measures for free. Ring: 0800 107 0044 https://www.bhbh.org.uk

Sustainable Warmth Grant: Free solar panels, insulation, heat pumps for households earning below £30,000 pa. Ring 0808 196 8255 before March 2023: https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/residents/environment-and-planning/energy-and-climate-change/sustainable-warmth-grants

Domestic energy retrofit: Free retrofit for those earning below £30.000 pa. Ring: 0800 107 0044 www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/retrofit

• Boiler Upgrade Scheme: £5,000 off an air source heat pump for anyone on any income: https://www.gov.uk/apply-boiler-upgrade-scheme

Rose Hill and Iffley Low Carbon group discount schemes:

Discounted air source heat pumps in Rose Hill

RHILC is working with the City and County Councils, Samsung and the two universities on a bid for discounted heat pumps for owner-occupied and Council homes in Rose Hill.

Discounted insulation for houses with bay windows and arched porches RHILC has asked Jessops Architects https://www.jessopandcook.co.uk to design insulation or bay windows and additional front doors in Rose Hill’s 1930s houses because thermal images show heat loss from bays and front doors.

Discounted external wall insulation by the end of December 2022

Proguard Exteriors https://www.proguardexteriors.co.uk has offered 5% discounts to Rose Hill and Iffley residents if more than 5 households sign up for external wall insulation before the end of 2022.