Two free guides to keeping warm and reducing fuel bills, specifically aimed at people in rural areas, have just been published by the charity Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE).
The Energy Efficiency Community Guide aims to help people reduce spending on fuel by using energy more efficiently in their homes. It explains how families can reduce bills by improving insulation, draught proofing and using low energy lightbulbs but also how eligible households can get help with insulation and boiler replacements through government initiatives such as Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation.
The Affordable Warmth Community Guide focuses on how communities can help households to stay warm and avoid falling into fuel poverty. It explains how the most vulnerable households can get help from the Government towards their heating bills and includes case studies of work carried out by members of the ACRE's national network of rural community councils, such as bulk oil buying schemes.
The guides can be downloaded free from the ACRE website.
The Energy Efficiency Community Guide aims to help people reduce spending on fuel by using energy more efficiently in their homes. It explains how families can reduce bills by improving insulation, draught proofing and using low energy lightbulbs but also how eligible households can get help with insulation and boiler replacements through government initiatives such as Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation.
The Affordable Warmth Community Guide focuses on how communities can help households to stay warm and avoid falling into fuel poverty. It explains how the most vulnerable households can get help from the Government towards their heating bills and includes case studies of work carried out by members of the ACRE's national network of rural community councils, such as bulk oil buying schemes.
The guides can be downloaded free from the ACRE website.