How much do you Energycare in Slough?
Slough Borough Council will be launching its new energy efficiency scheme Energycare next month, offering residents free or subsidised home insulation.
Installing insulation in lofts and cavity walls can reduce fuel bills by over £350 a year, as well as saving over two tonnes of harmful carbon dioxide, which contributes to climate change.
Slough Borough Council is committed to making the town a cleaner, safer and greener environment for its residents as part of its new campaign, and the Energycare scheme will help to make Slough greener.
Energycare is available to all homeowners and private tenants who will qualify for at least 50 percent grant assistance towards the cost of the insulation and it is free for those receiving certain benefits.
The council is launching the initiative in partnership with Energy Services, a national surveying company and Mark Group, the UK’s largest installer of insulation.
Surveyors will work their way across Slough borough, ward by ward, to advise householders of the initiative and exactly how it applies to them.
The scheme will be launched in the Chalvey ward at the beginning of August and aims to improve over 1,000 homes in its first year.
Linzi Bagshaw, Slough Borough Council’s energy conservation officer, said: “The Energycare scheme aims to offer all residents home insulation at the most competitive prices.
“We want to improve the environment and make Slough a greener place to live. Working with our residents in their own homes is an important initiative to help people use less energy and save money at the same time.”
Commissioner for public protection, Cllr John Edwards, added: “Slough residents can all do their bit to help the environment by checking that their homes are properly insulated.
“Every year we needlessly waste energy when we are heating our homes, because we don’t have adequate insulation to keep the heat in. This new scheme will not only make a difference to how warm our homes are in the winter, but to our winter heating bills.”
For more information, please call the Energycare helpline on 0800 043 9569.
Slough Borough Council