Sustainable Botley

Helping Botley residents save energy and cut their fuel bills

Sustainable Botley is a community group helping residents reduce their impact on the climate, with a focus on home energy efficiency.

They are a Low Carbon Hub community shareholder and a member of Communities for Zero Carbon Oxford. That network is part of the group of community organisations behind the Energy Saving Homes project, which Low Carbon Hub supported with a grant from our Community Grants programme.

The group launched in 2022 with Stay Warm, Save Money, a day-long community event with talks and discussions on saving energy and heating your home on a fixed budget. Local organisations offered advice, and residents who had installed energy-saving measures shared their experiences. Geordie Stewart, Scheme Manager at Cosy Homes Oxfordshire, gave a talk on the fabric-first approach to retrofit.

Sustainable Botley also took part in the Energy Saving Homes Open Homes event, where residents opened their homes to show the energy efficiency measures they had installed.