Stories
Browse a thousand climate action stories
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Nottingham
Energiesprong
Buildings & PlacesRetrofitting housing to reduce fuel poverty and meet climate change responsibilities.
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NW England
Homes As Energy Systems
Buildings & PlacesDemonstrating how homes can play an active role in managing a low carbon electricity grid in GM.
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West Midlands
Net Zero Neighbourhoods
Buildings & PlacesDemonstrating street-by-street retrofit across housing tenures and neighbourhood regeneration.
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Calderdale
The Climate Emergency Fund
Buildings & PlacesProviding funding support to community organisations for low carbon projects and initiatives.
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Herefordshire
Schools Energy Audit
Buildings & PlacesProviding advice to schools on how to reduce energy usage and cut carbon emissions.
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Herefordshire
Herefordshire Archive & Records Centre
Buildings & PlacesDemonstrating great value and future proofing by building to PassivHaus standards.
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Coventry
Regional Energy System Operator
Buildings & PlacesAccelerating decarbonisation in Coventry by unlocking the benefits of smart local energy systems.
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Bassetlaw
Worksop Fire Station
Buildings & PlacesConstructing a new fire station with renewable and self-generated energy.
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Islington
Bunhill Energy Centre
Buildings & PlacesUsing waste heat from London’s Tube network to provide lower cost, greener heat to Islington.
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Mid and East Antrim
Safe, Warm And Well
Buildings & PlacesTackling the high incidence of fuel poverty by improving home energy efficiency.
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Fermanagh and Omagh
Fermanagh & Omagh Separate Food Waste
Food & AgricultureReducing the amount of food waste sent to landfill and associated greenhouse gases.
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Northern Ireland
Passive House Erne Campus
Buildings & PlacesDemonstrating best practice in the built environment with Passive House Premium construction.
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Vale of White Horse
Springfield Meadows
Buildings & PlacesBuilding an exemplar project of 25 climate-positive homes, following the One Planet framework.
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Nottingham
Trent Basin Community Energy
Renewable EnergyDemonstrating a subsidy-free business model for integrating renewables in new housing developments.
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Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Green Entrepreneurs Fund
Buildings & PlacesProviding grants to help local businesses develop and invest in green energy and carbon reduction.
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Newark and Sherwood
Carbon Neutral Newark & Sherwood
Buildings & PlacesReducing the carbon footprint of the Council and preserving the local environment.