Home Energy Project Results
Keeping warm, lowering bills, cooling the planet.
CASP’s successful application for funding from the Government’s Community Energy Fund, administered by the Greater South East Net Zero Hub, and has enabled the CASP Home Energy Project to investigate how to make home energy saving improvements easier and more affordable for all.
Nearly 50% of our total energy consumption in the villages is for heating our homes! This is partially due to our dependence on oil boilers for heating, and our older housing stock which may be more difficult to insulate.
Over the past year, we have been working with consultants from Community Energy Pathways, Communities for Renewables, and Centre for Energy Equality to assess how our villages’ housing stock can be made warmer, cheaper to heat, and lower in carbon.
We began by studying our housing stock and identifying six 'archetype' homes based on key characteristics such as age, type, wall construction and heating. We then carried out in-depth home assessment surveys of six properties that represent each of these archetypes.
Using the results of those surveys, we determined home upgrade pathways tailored to each housing type and the homeowner’s priority.
You can download the project report with the full results below, or read the summary on this webpage.
Typical home types in our villages:
