Projects to cut carbon from public sector buildings and sites reduce the cost of heating and powering them and help public sector bodies to achieve their net zero goals. These projects might involve:
Many public sector organisations find that they lack the skills or resources they need to deliver these projects. The Greater South East Net Zero Hub can provide free advice and support to help you achieve you goals. As well as local authorities, we assist schools, universities, the NHS, and the police and fire services. The Hub has supported over 90 public sector decarbonisation projects in the region worth over £27 million, and has helped to deliver initial assessments on over 170 sites. Scroll down to find out more.
We can help you to identify the optimal technical approach for your building or site, and to prepare a robust project plan and business case for your project. This makes projects ready to apply for grant funding opportunities as they arise or prepares them to access other financing.
The Hub can provide you with access or support to use the OnGen software tool, which helps to identify opportunities for deployment of key money and carbon-saving technologies within your buildings and sites.
If your project is underway, we can act as a critical friend to review your project and provide an additional level of confidence in its success. Larger-scale projects can sometimes experience difficulties with connection availability or cost. We can support discussions with your distribution network operator.
If you are a public sector organisation in the Greater South East Region, please contact us to explore how we could support you: info@gsenetzerohub.org.uk.
Local authorities are responsible for a wide variety of property and sites. Some of these have a particularly high heat demand, such as leisure centres, swimming pools and crematoria. The Greater South East Net Zero Hub has helped public sector organisations to explore innovative approaches to these more challenging decarbonisation projects and can offer you the benefit of its experience.
Contact us if you have a challenging building or site to decarbonise info@gsenetzerohub.org.uk.
CLICK HERE to view a selection of case studies from across the region that focus building decarbonisation, and find out more about the measures that have been introduced and the impact they have had.
The next round of the government-funded Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme Phase 3c has been announced. The application portal is expected to open to applications on Tuesday 10 October 2023, 2pm. Click the button below to access scheme guidance, an application form and further information from scheme administrators, Salix Finance.
It is anticipated that the Scheme will be in high demand and the application window will be short. We have helped to deliver £8 million of this funding in the region by providing critical friend support. If you want to your project to be ready for this opportunity, please contact us info@gsenzetzerohub.org.uk.
Are you already in receipt of Scheme funding but have run up against a barrier to your project? We have worked with Salix Finance, the UK Government and distribution network operators to successfully unblock over £68 million of stalled projects.
Access more information about the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme HERE
For further information about funding and financing opportunities, click the button below to visit the Finance section of our website, or contact us for a discussion info@gsenetzerohub.org.uk.
Public Sector Decarbonisation Guidance, developed by Energy Systems Catapult and commissioned by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and the Government Property Function, aims to help public sector bodies and their partners understand the best route to net zero. The Guidance seeks to enable delivery of decarbonisation projects at scale, as well as support grant funding applications, to enable rapid progress on reducing carbon emissions.
A series of seven, one-hour webinars are available here for you to listen to at your convenience. The series, delivered in partnership with Innovate UK KTN Net Zero Places Innovation Network and the Greater South East Net Zero Hub answers key questions from local authorities about the decarbonisation of buildings and estates. Topics include fabric efficiency, heat pumps, integration of technology, data and modelling, and grid constraint.
The Greater South East Net Zero Hub has developed a series of downloadable Hub Guides that cover a range of net zero themes and technical issues, and will be useful to anyone who is involved in a net zero project. Provided on this page are four of these Hub Guides, which provide information and advice relating to four different aspects of building decarbonisation projects. If you need further help, please contact us to explore how we could support you: info@gsenetzerohub.org.uk.
Hub Guide 2 – Low carbon heat projects
Hub Guide 8 – Overcoming Grid Constraint
Hub Guide 11 – Energy Audits
Hub Guide 17 – Solar PV Development Opportunities
