Why home energy efficiency matters (and how we can help — for free)
Making your home more energy efficient isn’t just good for the planet — it’s good for your wallet, your comfort, and your wellbeing.
Here’s what improving your home’s energy efficiency can do:
- Save you money on bills
- Reduce your carbon footprint to help fight climate change
- Improve comfort with more consistent temperatures and better air quality
- Future-proof your home against rising energy costs
By using less energy for heating and lighting, your home becomes more comfortable to live in and cheaper to run. Our free home energy audits are designed to help you get there.
But where do you start?
Homes in the UK lose more energy through poorly insulated lofts, attic rooms, walls, draughty windows and doors than most other European countries. So how do you know what to fix first? What will make the biggest difference for the least cost?
Where is your heat escaping?
Volunteers from our Energy team can visit your home and help you decide what to prioritise. It might be something simple, like:
- Adjusting your boiler settings or thermostats
- Bleeding your radiators
- Topping up loft insulation (did you know the recommended depth is 27cm?)
Fact: Up to a quarter of the heat in your home could be escaping through the roof — heat you’ve already paid for. Installing loft insulation is one of the most cost-effective ways to stop wasting energy. It’s easy to do, and for a reasonable upfront cost, it will save you money year after year.
Our tools — and our approach
We have a thermal imaging camera to help identify exactly where your house is losing heat, so you can see the problem and decide what to tackle first. We also have a damp meter to flag areas where damp might be an issue and suggest ways to deal with excessive condensation.
Important to know: Our volunteers aren’t professional tradespeople. Their knowledge comes from research and from taking practical steps to improve the energy efficiency of their own homes. They won’t try to sell you anything — just share what they’ve learned.
Thermal image showing heat loss from a house — red areas show greatest heat loss.
Why improve your home’s energy efficiency
It saves you money. It keeps you warmer. It’s worth doing.
If your heating bills are higher than you’d like, or your home never feels quite warm enough, the answer often isn’t complicated. Most homes lose energy through poor insulation, draughty windows and doors, and badly adjusted heating systems—which means you’re paying to heat the outside, not your home.
Improving energy efficiency does three things:
- Saves you money on heating and lighting bills, month after month
- Improves comfort with steadier temperatures and better air quality
- Future-proofs your home against rising energy costs
The challenge is knowing where to start. Which improvements will make the biggest difference? Which will pay for themselves soonest?
That’s where we come in.
Our free home energy audits
We visit your home, identify where energy is escaping, and help you prioritise what to fix.
Our Energy team volunteers can visit free of charge. They’ll help you spot the problems costing you money and decide which ones to tackle first.
Often, the biggest wins are simple:
- Adjusting your boiler settings or thermostats (costs nothing)
- Bleeding your radiators to remove air pockets (costs nothing)
- Topping up loft insulation (relatively cheap, saves thousands over time)
The loft problem you might not know about:
Up to a quarter of the heat in your home escapes through the roof—heat you’ve already paid for. UK homes lose more energy through poorly insulated lofts than homes in most other European countries. The recommended loft insulation depth is 27cm, but many homes have only a few centimetres.
Installing loft insulation is one of the most cost-effective energy improvements you can make. The upfront cost is reasonable. The savings? Year after year.
How we help you see the problem
We use thermal imaging to show you exactly where heat is escaping.
A thermal camera reveals heat loss as a visual image—red areas show the greatest heat loss. You can literally see where your money is going. Then you can decide what to fix first based on what will save you the most.
We also use a damp meter to check for condensation and damp issues—common problems that make homes feel cold and uncomfortable.
What to expect
No sales pitch. No pressure. Just practical advice.
Our volunteers aren’t professional tradespeople—they’re local people who’ve researched energy efficiency and improved their own homes. They share what they’ve learned because they know it works.
We won’t try to sell you anything or push you towards expensive solutions. We’ll help you understand the problems, suggest practical options, and let you decide what to do.
Ready to find out more?
Contact us to arrange a free home visit, or get in touch with any questions about heating your home more efficiently. We’re here to help.
