Powering down means increasing the energy efficiency of our buildings to reduce energy demand and usage.
In the UK our buildings are poorly insulated and energy inefficient, and there is little incentive to improve this due to the commercial operators who continue to sell more energy. At the Low Carbon Hub we want to create those incentives, making it easy and cost-effective to improve energy efficiency. This includes increasing retrofits for homes, as with our Cosy Homes Oxfordshire programme, and for efficiency programmes, and for businesses, as with OxFutures.
Smart and Fair Neighbourhood Trials
A Project LEO trial Our Smart and Fair Neighbourhood (SFN) trials – part of the Project LEO trials – will demonstrate how flexibility services can sit at the heart of a smarter, low carbon, locally balanced energy system. We are working with five local communities to trial different flexibility services. We will explore how smart…
Energy Solutions Oxfordshire (ESOx)
The complete energy efficiency service helping organisations lower their energy use, while saving time and money Energy Solutions Oxfordshire (ESOx) is a one-stop service, making it simple for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Oxfordshire to undertake energy efficiency improvements to make assured savings on their energy bills, reduce their carbon emissions, and improve the…
People’s Power Station
Showcasing renewable energy generation and energy efficiency projects across Oxfordshire – no matter how big or small The People’s Power Station is an online platform set up by the Low Carbon Hub. It aims to showcase the actions that people across Oxfordshire are taking to help consign fossil fuels to history, gathering and displaying information…
Next Generation
A £1m fund set up to power community-run energy Low Carbon Hub has joined forces with an expert consortium of partners to deliver Next Generation, a fund to develop new decentralised, decarbonised, and democratised energy business models. The Next Generation fund has provided grants of up to £100,000 to ten community energy groups to work…
Cosy Homes Oxfordshire
A retrofit service for cosier, healthier, more energy efficient homes Cosy Homes Oxfordshire is a home eco-retrofit project that launched in early 2019 to help make homes across Oxfordshire more energy efficient – reducing their energy demand – and at the same time improving the comfort and health of residents. It is a partnership project…
Community Grants
Championing community-owned energy across Oxfordshire Low Carbon Hub is championing community-owned energy across Oxfordshire through our Community Grant Fund, which offers financial support for community energy activities in the county. Any low carbon community groups based in Oxfordshire which become a member of the Low Carbon Hub CIC are eligible to apply for our grant…
Let’s Go Zero
An energy efficiency programme for schools Through four half-day workshops spread through the year, peer mentoring, expert advice and free resources, staff are empowered and equipped to make changes and improvements to their school to reduce their energy usage, save money on bills and lower their CO2 emissions. It’s a free programme available to any school,…
Project LEO
Project LEO (Local Energy Oxfordshire) is an ambitious, wide-ranging and innovative trial, seeking to accelerate the UK’s transition to a zero-carbon energy system. This collaborative project aims to provide the evidence needed to support the policy changes and investment needed to create the technological, financial and social conditions for successful systemic change. Project LEO is:…
OxFutures
Creating a thriving zero-carbon economy in Oxfordshire OxFutures is a £4.2m project to boost low carbon economic development in Oxfordshire. It is supported by the European Regional Development Fund and has been run through a collaborative partnership between the Low Carbon Hub, Oxford City Council, the University of Oxford, Oxford Brookes University, Cherwell District Council…