By taking steps to save energy during Energy Saving Week (25-31 October) you can cut your carbon footprint and also save money.
Grants and discounts are available for homeowners and those who privately rent in St Albans City and District to insulate their loft or even install a renewable energy technology in their home to generate their own energy.
The grants and discounts are available for a variety of energy-saving projects through St Albans City and District Council’s approved energy efficiency scheme, Herts Essex Energy Partnership (HEEP), until the end of March 2011.
HEEP can help you insulate your home by installing loft and cavity wall insulation for just £49 each, or for free if someone in your household is in receipt of a qualifying means tested benefit or over 70.
You may even be able to swap your old boiler for a new one free of charge, if it is over 15 years old, still working and you are in receipt of a qualifying means tested benefit.
HEEP also offers 100% grants to residents on qualifying benefits in St Albans City and District to install renewable energy technologies or high cost measures such as solid wall insulation.
Cllr Melvyn Teare, Portfolio Holder for Environment and Sustainability at St Albans City and District Council, said: “The Council is pleased to be able to offer a range of measures to help residents to reduce their carbon emissions and energy bills through the HEEP scheme. However, funding is limited and residents wishing to take advantage of the discounts and grants offered through HEEP need to get their applications in soon as these offers are only available until the end of March 2011.”
The offers through HEEP are only available to homeowners or tenants privately renting. Each offer listed above is subject to individual qualifying criteria and a technical survey. Leaflets letting residents know about the offers will be sent to households in selected areas in the District. These will then be followed up by visits from representatives of HEEP who will be able to explain the offers first hand.
Funding is limited, so if you would like to find out more about the offers available from the Council’s HEEP scheme call free today on 0800 980 6026.