Free, impartial support for small and medium sized enterprises to find ways to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and energy costs.
Registration closed. Funding to reduce carbon emissions and save money on energy bills.
Get in touch with us to talk about ways to reduce your business’ energy costs.
Registration closed. Funding to install solar panels on larger commercial and industrial roofs.
Registration closed. Funding for SMEs to install low carbon heating systems.
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In 2024, we increased our engagement with the region’s high streets and shopping precincts, offering advice to hundreds of small businesses on how they could save energy and reduce bills. In support of this, our winter campaign aims to help businesses find ways to stay “open for business, closed to the cold.”
The average small and medium business could reduce their energy bills by 18-25% by installing energy efficiency measures, with over a third of these savings achievable at no cost. The winter campaign aims to:
Register for a Carbon Survey and we can help you assess your building and operations, finding ways you can stay open for business but closed to the cold this winter.
In 2023, the West of England Combined Authority commissioned Future Leap to build an evidence base on the scale of the challenge of decarbonising the region’s small and medium businesses. At the same time, we commissioned PFA Research to carry out a summative assessment of the Low Carbon Challenge Fund, which funded our Low Carbon Business Support schemes through the European Regional Development Fund from 2019 to 2023.
This outputs from this work has been used to support adjustments to the Combined Authority’s Low Carbon Business Support schemes and their engagement and targeting strategies. In June 2024, we presented the results to regional stakeholders. Access reports and a recording of the webinar now.
