Zero Carbon Guildford is delivering free home energy surveys

Zero Carbon Guildford (ZCG) is delivering free home energy surveys for eligible residents across Surrey.

Made possible with funding from the Local Energy Advice Demonstrator fund (LEAD), ZCG is working with a number of community groups across the county, including Oxshott Net Zero and Talking Tree in Staines.

The surveys can help residents to:

• • Keep their homes are healthy, warm and comfortable
  • Lower energy bills through better energy efficiency and education
  • Reduce risks from damp and mould
  • Cut emissions from the residential energy sector 
  • Find energy efficiency funding for their home

Trained Energy Champions visit the homes of Surrey residents, conducting thermal imaging surveys, and then provide tailored advice and signposting to help them cut their bills and keep their homes healthy.

The energy surveys are part of a wider LEAD project, in collaboration with Surrey County Council, which will see SCC create a ‘One Stop Shop’. This is an online platform which helps to remove obstacles to improving energy efficiency and uptake of retrofit measures. The vast majority of Surrey residents are worried about climate change, and / or looking to make home improvements, but do not fall into the eligibility criteria for national retrofit funding support.

The One Stop Shop helps to address this by creating a high level retrofit plan based on property type, the resident’s budget, and modelling variables such as when the price of technology will come down, to create a plan which delivers the largest energy savings at the most efficient price and installation point for the resident. It will provide information on trusted Retrofit Assessors and installers – as the name says, creating a One Stop Shop for all your retrofit needs!

Steph Bleach, ZCG’s activity coordinator said of the energy surveys, ‘’It’s great to have more funding this year to increase the scope of a project that was such a hit last winter. We were inundated with requests in 2023, and with up to 300,000 homes in Surrey having an Energy Performance rating of D or below, or no EPC at all, we hope to make a large impact on supporting Surrey residents in making their homes healthy and comfortable, whilst reducing their bills and cutting carbon emissions’’.

If you would like to book an energy survey you can use this form to register your interest, and someone will come back to you to confirm if you are eligible. Alternatively, contact [email protected] for more information, or to find out how you can upskill as a paid Energy Champion through our free training programme.