'Green team' ready to offer Basingstoke energy-saving advice
The council wants people to meet their carbon-cutting experts
Every household in Basingstoke is being offered free help to keep their home warm, save money on energy bills and cut their carbon footprint.
To help people understand how they can reduce how much energy it takes to heat and power their home, residents can now book a free home survey with the council’s newly launched Green Team, which supports communities to cut their carbon.
Taking around an hour to complete, the surveys use specialist software to create plans for how people can take action to reduce their energy use and make their home more efficient.
Recognising it is more difficult to improve the energy efficiency of certain properties, for example because they are older or in a conservation area, the council is also making 125 comprehensive full-home assessments available for people in these types of homes.
Offered to eligible homeowners by the Green Team and undertaken by consultants Insta Group, these assessments take around one to three hours to complete and provide a detailed property report with specific energy-saving recommendations.
Cabinet Member for the Climate and Ecological Emergency Cllr Chris Tomblin said:
“We should all be able to live in a warm home that we can afford to heat and our newly announced support means more people will be able to do just that.
“From small actions like bleeding your radiators and using draught excluders through to larger energy-saving measures such as insulation, these surveys will help you to stay warm and reduce how much energy you use at home to save money on your bills.
“And with emissions from heating and powering our homes making up more than a fifth of our carbon footprints, cutting down on how much energy you use at home means you’ll be making a real difference in the fight against climate change too.”
People can book a free home energy survey with the Green Team or find out more about the comprehensive full-home assessments by emailing GreenTeam@basingstoke.gov.uk or calling 01256 845777.