Landlords can get free or subsidised advice on eco upgrades from a raft of new government-funded schemes that are now up and running across England.

Severn Wye Energy Agency is the latest to launch a Local Energy Advice Demonstrator (LEAD) Project, helping private landlords – particularly those with HMOs - get in-person home surveys and practical advice.

The project aims to give landlords a clear understanding of potential carbon and cost savings and a practical roadmap for making the right improvements in the right order.

A free energy efficiency survey, report, and extensive support - valued at £650 – is on offer to those with rental properties in Gloucestershire, as well as EPC F and G rated properties in South Gloucestershire.

It’s one of 36 such projects that have shared £20 million in grant funding from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero to test innovative ways to provide in-person energy efficiency and clean heating advice.

Two left

All projects have now launched apart from two: Thanet District LEAD – which will include a focus on engaging landlords - and Sheffield-based Efficiency North.

Those now running include Domestic Energy Efficiency and Retrofit Advice for Landlords (DEERAL) in Warrington which specifically targets private landlords and tenants using a “unique approach to overcome the split incentive and encourage retrofit uptake in the private rental sector by conveying the long-term financial benefits of retrofit to the landlord”.

Landlords will be shown data and analysis, followed by in-person retrofit assessments.

There’s also a focus on landlords in the Groundwork Yorkshire LEAD scheme, Green Heritage Homes Project in Bath and Somerset and the South-East London Community Energy LEAD, working in Lambeth, Greenwich, Newham and Lewisham.

A spokesman for DESNZ tells LandlordZONE: “The Local Energy Advice Demonstrators Scheme will end in March 2025, and we will use the lessons learnt to help inform future policy design.”

The full list

1. Rossendale Valley Energy
2. Cumbria Action for Sustainability
3. Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)
4. Groundwork CLM
5. Carbon Co-op
6. Energy Projects Plus
7. Pure Leapfrog
8. Groundwork Yorkshire
9. Yes Energy
10. North Yorkshire Council
11. West Yorkshire Combined Authority
12. City of York Council
13. North of Tyne Combined Authority
14. Efficiency North
15. East Lindsey District Council
16. Walsall Council
17. Socially Grown Warmer Homes
18. Birmingham Voluntary Service Council
19. Leicestershire County Council
20. Leicester City Council
21. Nottingham Energy Partnership
22. Marches Energy Agency
23. North Kesteven District Council
24. Bath and West Community Energy
25. Centre for Sustainable Energy
26. CSE and Wiltshire and Swindon Borough Councils
27. Severn Wye Energy Agency
28. Plymouth Energy Community
29. Footprint Trust
30. Surrey County Council
31. Community Energy South
32. National Energy Foundation
33. Citizens Advice 1066
34. South-East London Community Energy
35. Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
36. Thanet District Council

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