Date published: 2024-04-25 | Category: Energy at Home, information and advice, Planning, Preparing for the Future
Owners and occupiers of listed buildings are invited to attend the first in a series of events that will help them to understand how they can save energy while also conserving their property.
The events are being organised by the grant-funded Green Heritage Homes project, a collaboration between Bath & North East Somerset Council, Bath & West Community Energy (BWCE), Bath Preservation Trust, the Centre for Sustainable Energy and People Powered Retrofit, which aims to improve understanding of energy efficiency works to listed buildings.
The first event will be a free webinar on Wednesday 15 May and will feature talks from several of the partner organisations: Bath & North East Somerset Planning & Conservation team will talk about applying for Listed Building Consent; BWCE will be outlining the retrofit services it offers to help owners and occupiers; and Bath Preservation Trust will be discussing how the historic significance of a building is assessed when considering energy measures.
Councillor Sarah Warren, Deputy Council Leader and Cabinet Member for Climate Emergency and Sustainable Travel at Bath & North East Somerset Council, said: “We are lucky to have some truly outstanding listed buildings in Bath and North East Somerset and these events will allow us to support homeowners and occupiers and help them to understand how they can save energy and support our ambition to be carbon neutral by 2030, while also conserving their property.”
As part of the Green Heritage Homes project, the council recently launched a Level 0 pre-application advice service that allows owners and occupiers of listed buildings to discuss possible measures with a conservation officer at the initial stages of a potential retrofit project.
The Energy Efficient Listed Buildings webinar will be held on MS Teams on Wednesday 15 May, 9.30am to 12.00pm. You can sign up for the free event using this link.
The Green Heritage Homes project is funded with £344,308 from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, working with the South West Net Zero Hub through the government’s Local Energy Advice Demonstrator Programme (LEAD). Service Level 0 pre-applications will be part of the Green Heritage Homes project until the end of March 2025.
More information about Green Heritage Homes can be found on the BWCE website
The Service Level 0 pre-application is exclusive to listed buildings (Grade II, II* and I). Interested homeowners can apply on the council website, or contact the conservation officer alexandra_best@bathnes.gov.uk to find out more.
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