Climate change

For tips on how to reduce your energy bills or improve the energy efficiency of your home, visit the Energy Saving Trust’s website.

For more tailored advice on recommended energy upgrades for your home, you can use the online tool Homewise from Energy Saving Trust. Following a short assessment, you get a personalised plan for your home. Why not give it a try now!

We are working with local charity HEET, who can support residents with energy advice and fitting energy saving measures, as well as assessing residents' energy needs and helping them apply for available funding. HEET support is available for residents who:

• are in receipt of means-tested benefits, or
• are on a low income (including low wage, receiving only state pension, tax credits), or
• have a long-term illness or disability.

HEET can visit and support eligible clients whether they own their home, rent privately or live in social housing. If you, or someone you know, needs support applying for any of the schemes below, please give HEET a call on 020 8520 1900 or email on info@theheetproject.org.uk 

HEET has also produced a Fuel Handbook for private tenants to support our work. This booklet has been designed specifically for renters. It will help you save money and keep your household safe and warm.  

Through the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, you could get a grant to cover part of the cost of replacing fossil fuel heating systems (such as oil, gas or electric) with a heat pump or biomass boiler. 

The government has recently announced a planning reform to remove the one-metre rule that required planning permission to get a heat pump in England, making it easier for residents to install them. After you’ve checked if you’re eligible, find out how to apply for the grant. 

Waltham Forest Council is partnering with retrofit company Domna to help local landlords access up to £30,000 per property in government-funded energy efficiency grants.

With Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) likely tightening to EPC C by 2030, now is the time to act. Upgrades such as insulation, double glazing, solar panels, and heat pumps can cut energy bills by £500–£4,000 per year and significantly boost property value.

Funding is available for properties rated EPC D, E, F or G, with eligibility based on tenant income, benefits, or postcode. 

Find out more and register your interest.

Some households may be eligible for energy efficiency improvements under ECO4 Flex and the Great British Insulation Schemes (GBIS), which is particularly relevant if you have an uninsulated loft or cavity walls. You can check your eligibility via our partner E.on.

You can read our Statement of Intent for ECO4 Flex and GBIS scheme. 

You can also read a previous Statement of Intent, now superseded.