Our current programmes
At the heart of community energy innovation.
Low Carbon Hub is at the heart of a collective effort to catalyse a low carbon economy in Oxfordshire, both through powering down to decrease energy demand and through powering up to increase renewable energy supply. As part of this work, Low Carbon Hub develops innovation pilots around community energy to help the sector expand more rapidly.
Below you’ll see our programmes contributing to a better energy system in Oxfordshire.
ACES
Action on Carbon and Energy in Schools (ACES) is an energy efficiency support service to help schools in Oxfordshire carry out energy saving measures. This new energy efficiency support service helps Oxfordshire schools reduce their energy demand, cut carbon emissions, and reduce their energy bills by supporting them to improve the energy efficiency of their buildings. …
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 six 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 businesses and organisations in Oxfordshire to undertake energy efficiency improvements to make assured savings on their energy bills, reduce their carbon emissions, and improve the comfort of…
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 The race is on to reach the UK’s Net Zero goal – achieving a balance between emitted greenhouse gases and those removed from the atmosphere – and there is no time to waste. As part of achieving this goal, retrofitting homes needs to takes centre…
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…
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 started as a £3.2m, three-year project to boost low carbon economic development in Oxfordshire. It is supported by the European Regional Development Fund and run through a collaborative partnership between the Low Carbon Hub, Oxford City Council, the University of Oxford, Oxford Brookes University, Cherwell District Council…