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A Local Energy Advice Demonstrator for Surrey

3rd February 2025

The LEAD project will be kicking off within the next month or so, and with funding from DZNZ, via the Greater South East Energy Hub, this will launch some exciting projects within Surrey.

Firstly, residents will be able to request an energy survey on their property. If they fall into one of the target audiences they will be eligible for a free in-person assessment on their home, including a thermal imaging survey and information about where to go to get support or funding specific to their personal circumstances.

Around 30% of Surrey’s emissions are from residential energy, so the project will focus on properties which are hard to treat, and therefore likely to contribute significantly to emissions, and to residents who may struggle to engage in funding for retrofit measures, for example where language or cultural barriers, or access to the internet, may create an obstacle. As such, properties such as those that are off-gas, in conservation areas, flats, and EPC rated D or worse will all be eligible, as will residents who may be struggling to pay bills or have English as a 2nd language.

The second part of the project will see a Spring-time launch of Surrey’s One Stop Shop, a platform to help residents create a high-level retrofit plan which will be bespoke to the property’s age and design, as well as the resident’s budget, and the projected launch of any retrofit funding and expected reduction in cost of low carbon technologies. It will then connect residents with a Retrofit Assessor to help create a detailed step-by-step retrofit plan, and provide a network of trusted installers and suppliers, as well as Retrofit Coordinators to guide them through the process.

If you are interested in finding out more about any aspect of the LEAD project, please let us know at info@surreyclimate.org.uk with the subject heading “Retrofit” and we will pass on your details, for the relevant person to contact you in due course. You can tell us:

  1. If you are interested in becoming a trained and paid energy surveyor as part of the LEAD project
  2. If you would like a free energy survey on your home

3. If you would like to register your early interest in the One Stop Shop