An installation of 720 solar panels on the roof of the new state-of-the-art Broad Marsh Car Park, Bus Station and Central Library is helping to power the building and support Nottingham’s carbon neutral targets. The array of panels and a host of other smart technology mean the building is playing its part in Nottingham’s ambition […]
Nottingham City Council is running drop-in energy advice sessions in April to help residents to get advice to tackle rising energy bills. These free events will offer attendees a range of assistance, including energy saving advice, benefits advice and checks, boiler repair and replacement measures, and more. Alongside representatives from Nottingham City Council, partner organisations […]
A consortium bid coordinated by the Midlands Energy Hub has successfully been awarded £14.9m of Government funding to make energy efficiency improvements to 1,570 social houses in the Midlands. This funding bid builds on the success the team had by securing £82m to improve privately owned houses in the region through the Sustainable Warmth Competition […]
A project to introduce innovative energy saving measures to council homes in Nottingham has been completed, with one tenant stating that his new look home ‘feels like a penthouse’. 12 formerly hard-to-heat council homes – five houses and seven bungalows – on Keswick Street in the Sneinton area of the city have been transformed into […]
Nottingham City Council has reinforced its commitment to reaching carbon neutrality by 2028 after receiving accreditation as a Bronze Level Carbon Literate Organisation (CLO). The City Council is the first local authority in Nottinghamshire to achieve this status. This award from the Carbon Literacy Project is internationally recognised and shows that the council is prioritising climate […]
Nottingham City Council’s efforts to help over 10,000 households save money on their energy bills and carry out energy efficiency improvements to over 300 homes have been recognised after it was named Local Authority of the Year at the National Energy Efficiency Awards. The council was also awarded second place in the Fuel Poverty & […]
Plans for new energy efficient council homes in St Ann’s have taken a step forward when they were approved at Nottingham City Council’s Executive Board (22 February). The proposals for 24 homes for affordable rent include ten 2-bed houses, five 3-bed houses and nine 1-bed apartments and will be built to higher energy efficiency standards. This […]
Support is available through Nottingham City Council to cushion local residents from the impact of energy bill increases following the energy price cap rise. Energy regulator Ofgem has announced that the energy price cap will increase by 54% from 1st April this year, leading to an average annual bill going up to £1,971 for households […]
Over 100 council homes in the city will benefit from improvement works to increase their energy efficiency and reduce heating and energy costs for residents. The works will see energy efficiency retrofits carried out on 103 homes in Radford. Nottingham City Council and partners Nottingham City Homes are working with British Gas to potentially get […]
Nottingham is on track to become the first carbon neutral city in the UK by 2028, the first review of its action plan shows. Despite challenges due to the pandemic and pressures on the council’s finances, significant achievements have been made since the city’s Carbon Neutral 2028 Action Plan was published in June 2020. The […]