For homeowners, landlords, and tenants, visiting an Energy Saving Home was an ideal opportunity to see what a home fit for the future might look like and to chat with residents about the process.  Being able to talk directly to homeowners who aren’t trying to sell you anything is one of the most effective ways to inspire others to consider installing energy-efficient measures.

In the Eynsham Primary Substation Area, 300 homes have already been upgraded to improve their energy performance – key to moving to a sustainable and equitable energy system. Two case studies charting the retrofit journey of two properties in Eynsham can be seen on the Cosy Homes Oxfordshire website. One of them is a 1960s rental property, which suffered from persistent…

Around 70 people took part in Freeland Energy Group’s Warm Home Energy Day in September. Organised by Freeland Energy Group with the support of CAPZero partners, their Warm Home Energy Day in September proved to be an excellent introduction to the project. Local residents and business owners came along to find out more about CAPZero and what they…

We’d like to extend a huge congratulations to the Hook Norton Community Land Trust for winning the prestigious Best affordable housing development – less than £5m award at the Inside Housing Development Awards 2024! This award is a true reflection of what a community can achieve when it rallies together for a shared, sustainable future.…

That’s the message from Sustainable Wantage’s Draughtbusting team, who recently shared their experience of setting up their Draughtbusters project in Wantage, with other Low Carbon Hub and CAG community groups from across Oxfordshire, at a meeting at County Hall, Oxford.   The evening was hosted by Low Carbon Hub, CAG Network and Oxfordshire County Council Retrofit…

Energy Saving Homes returns to show what is possible when it comes to retrofitting your house and how you can make steps towards tackling climate breakdown, and lowering home operating expenses.  Energy Saving Homes is making a comeback during the Oxford Open Doors event over the weekend of 9-10 September 2023. This year, in partnership…

Greetings! As summer temperatures kick in, it is crucial to find ways to beat the heat while keeping our environmental impact in mind. At Low Carbon Hub, we are dedicated to promoting sustainable living, and our new leaflet “Beat the Heat” provides valuable energy-saving advice to help you create a cooler and greener future.  We…

We are delighted to welcome Hook Norton Community Land Trust as our community group of the month for May/June 2023.  At a time of climate emergency, when many new housing developments lack sustainable measures, the people of Hook Norton set up Hook Norton Community Land Trust (HNCLT) to develop an innovative community-led project of affordable…

What happened when nine community groups worked together with Low Carbon Hub Community Grant funding and an inspired idea? Low Carbon Hub were delighted to award a large grant and several small grants in 2022 to support Energy Saving Homes, a fantastic collaborative project between Low Carbon Oxford North, Rose Hill & Iffley Low Carbon,…

We’re two years into Cosy Homes Oxfordshire, and we’ve learnt a lot about launching a whole house retrofit service For the past two years the Low Carbon Hub has been the lead project partner on Cosy Homes Oxfordshire, developing a one-stop whole house retrofit service to offer homeowners a simple way to reduce the carbon…

Cosy Homes Oxfordshire‘s whole house retrofit service launched almost two years ago, with the Low Carbon Hub as lead project partner. During that time, we’ve made many learnings about working in the home retrofit sector, but our biggest barrier has always been finding enough trusted and high-quality contractors to deliver home retrofit projects in Oxfordshire…

Low carbon community group Sustainable Charlbury successfully applied for a £5000 large grant from Low Carbon Hub’s 2020 Community Grant programme to assess the energy efficiency and heat loss of a group of homes in Charlbury. The tests on The Green are part of a much bigger, long term project to build up a picture…