Why should I get a Carbon Survey?

Understand your current energy use

We help you understand your bills and find where the energy hotspots could be in your business.

Find ways to reduce your emissions and energy bills

We’ll visit and get to know you and your premises, then suggest ways to reduce your impact on the environment. We can recommend the best practice in your industry, as well as new technologies and ideas.

Access funding

We can tell you about grants and discounts available to carry out improvement works. You need to have had a Carbon Survey or similar to apply for Green Business Grant, Rooftop Solar Grant or Heat Pump Grant.

Find quick wins

You don’t always need to spend to save, a lot can be done for little or no upfront cost. We can show you how.

Make your staff and customers more comfortable

Warmer in winter and cooler in summer, building resilience to the impacts of climate change.

Understand your current energy use
Find ways to reduce your emissions and energy bills
Access funding
Find quick wins
Make your staff and customers more comfortable
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What should I expect?

A Carbon Survey normally consists of around 12 hours of support per business, provided free of charge by our Technical Advisors.

When you apply, you will need to send us 12 months energy data such as bills or meter readings. More information about what you could provide can be found in our Energy Data Guide.

During the survey, we will get to know your business, find out how you operate and take a look at the construction, services and lighting systems in your building. We’ll try to answer any questions you might have and provide solutions where we can. The visit normally takes 1-2 hours depending on the size of your business.

A few weeks after we visit, we will send you a Carbon Report which will summarise our findings and recommendations. You can use this report to support an application for one of our grants, if you meet the eligibility criteria.

Am I eligible?

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To be eligible for a Carbon Survey you must:

  • Have a trading address in the Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol or South Gloucestershire local authority areas.
  • Be a small or medium sized enterprise (SME), this means you must not employ more than 249 people.
  • Be any type of business such as a sole trader, partnership, limited company, limited liability partnership or a co-operative, or a registered charity.
  • Operate from an entirely non-domestic premises or be a guest house, bed and breakfast, short-term holiday let, shop with living quarters or similar where most of the premises is for commercial use.

We are unable to provide a Carbon Survey to

  • Home-based businesses with minimal commercial space,
  • properties that are required by law to have a domestic Energy Performance Certificate,
  • long-term residential premises such as private rented homes, care homes and retirement sheltered facilities,
  • primary, secondary schools, sixth-form and tertiary colleges or universities,
  • community groups, sports clubs, village halls etc. that are not also registered charities.
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Contact us

You can contact us by email at lowcarbonbusiness@westofengland-ca.gov.uk with your query and contact details. Please include your business name, the address of your premises within the West of England Combined Authority region and telephone and email contact details.

You can also call the Low Carbon Business Support team on 0117 332 1520 between 9.30am and 4.30pm Monday to Friday. Our phone lines can be busy so please leave a message and we will try and get back to you as soon as we can. Please ensure you leave a name, phone number, email address and a summary of your enquiry.