NORTHWICH and Winsford residents could receive to £10,000 to help make their home more energy efficient.
Cheshire West and Chester Council has secured more than £500,000 in funding from the Government's Green Homes Grant to install energy efficient measures to some of the borough’s most inefficient homes.
Energy efficient measures, such as cavity wall and loft insulation, will help to reduce carbon emissions produced from heating homes.
CWAC – which wants the borough to be carbon neutral by 2045 – says this will also tackle the poverty emergency by lowering fuel bills and improving the health and wellbeing of some of the borough’s most vulnerable residents.
Cllr Matt Bryan, cabinet member for housing, planning and climate emergency, said: “Housing makes up 14 per cent of the borough’s total carbon emissions, which all contribute to the global issue of climate change.
Cllr Matt Bryan, Labour CEC member for Upton
"It’s a key area for us to focus on and the success of our funding applications with our partner Qwest Services will help us to address the problem of cold homes for some of our most vulnerable residents and put us a step closer to our target of becoming a carbon neutral borough by 2045.”
Work has already started to insulate park homes across the borough, and over the forthcoming months the council will be identifying more eligible homes and installing energy saving measures.
Households with a combined income of less than £30,000 a year and within the lowest Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) band ratings will be eligible – and CWAC will contact them to provide more information.
Residents who do not meet the criteria can apply to the national Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme instead until March 2022.
This will provide two-thirds of the costs of installing eligible measures, to a maximum of £5,000, with homeowners contributing the remainder.
In addition, residents in receipt of qualifying benefits looking to install eligible measures, can claim up to a maximum of £10,000 without having to contribute.
For more information on the voucher scheme visit simpleenergyadvice.org.uk or call 0800 444 202.
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