Net Zero Tools

Public Sector Decarbonisation Guidance, developed by the Energy Systems Catapult, 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.

This toolkit, developed by regional colleagues the North East and Yorkshire Net Zero Hub, comprises a suite of 10 documents and 5 videos, to guide public sector organisations through the steps required to develop and implement a heat decarbonisation plan for their buildings, and provides practical advice on applying for Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme funding.

This series of seven one-hour webinars, delivered in partnership with the Innovate UK KTN Net Zero Places Innovation Network and the Greater South East Net Zero Hub, aims to answer the most common questions from local authorities about the decarbonisation of their buildings and estates.

The events seek to help local authority officers who have responsibility for meeting net-zero targets and that want to hear how other authorities have approached their net-zero challenges. Click the button below to access the webinar recordings and listen at your convenience.

The Innovate UK KTN Net Zero Places Innovation Network aims to make Net Zero in the UK a reality, by supporting local authorities to collaborate, share lessons learned and adopt innovation.

Innovate UK KTN supports local authorities to address specific net zero challenges and save time in finding solutions to meet net zero targets. Innovate UK KTN has networks across business sectors, so can understand what solutions might be best suited to your local authority area and connect you to the right solution providers.

It’s quick, easy and FREE for local authorities to join the Net Zero Places Innovation Network. Click the button below.

The Centre for Sustainable Energy has developed an approach to community engagement, called Future Energy Landscapes to enable local planning authorities and communities to develop ambitious energy plans and policies, while maintaining community support. The resources for running this consultation approach can be downloaded for free from the Centre for Sustainable Energy website.

Hotmaps is a FREE open-source online software that supports local authorities to set up a strategic heating and cooling plan for their area. Strategic heating and cooling planning means to develop an action plan to achieve a long-term vision of the heating and cooling supply. Click the button below to learn more and access the Hotmaps toolbox.

SCATTER is a FREE tool for local authorities, to measure greenhouse gas emissions and build carbon reduction plans. It is recognised by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

The Net Zero Hub has commissioned a number specialist guides to help local authorities understand and access financing options for net zero projects and to construct a robust business case. Visit our Business Models page to find out more.

If you’re a local authority based in the Greater South East region and would like further information about financing options and/or developing a business case for your net zero projects, please get in touch with us info@gsenetzerohub.org.uk

Net Zero Go is the free online support platform provided by Energy Systems Catapult. It brings together all the tools and guidance a local authority needs to develop successful, locally-focused zero carbon projects. It is designed to help you take your net zero project from a standing start, through to building a successful business case, getting it operational, and beyond. Whether you want to start work on your first project or are aiming to deliver an entire net zero portfolio, Net Zero Go can support you. Click the button below to explore what Net Zero Go has to offer and register now for free.

The Climate Action Plans Explorer (CAPE) is a new online facility that gathers together all available local authority Climate Action Plans from across the UK. You can use the Explorer to learn from what others are doing and replicate the best ideas to work more effectively towards your climate goals. Click here to learn more about how you can use the Explorer.  Click the button below to access the Explorer.

Developed by the North West Net Zero Hub, this report is an archive of national and nationally significant resources that are relevant to the delivery of energy projects across England. It provides links to other published reports and websites, which provide materials such as sector data, industry news, other document archives and more.

The document is intended to support organisations that are making a strategic case for action and is for use by the regional net zero hubs and the public sector organisations they support. It is designed to raise awareness of best practice, funding options and enabling programmes.

If you are new to local net zero energy projects you are likely to have come across many unfamiliar terms and acronyms. To find out what they mean, click the button below to download a glossary that has been developed to help you.

The UK Green Building Council has developed a resource for local authorities, designed to support the development of retrofit policies and initiatives. The Retrofit Playbook is accompanied by an interactive map, a live resource, which highlights leading local authority retrofit policies across the UK. Use the map to help you or to promote your own best practice.

Local Energy North West Hub and The Retrofit Academy have collaborated to produce a new guide that aims to help local authorities find the best way to deliver retrofit works that comply with PAS 2035.

The local authority toolkit was developed by the Department for Transport and the Energy Saving  Trust. It provides guidance on planning and delivering measures to reduce carbon emissions from transport in England. The toolkit highlights the benefits of a range of approaches but encourages councils to consider only those that are appropriate to their local area and the needs of the local population. It sets out the key actions for local authorities and identifies case studies of schemes that are already delivering benefits.

The toolkit covers nine different interventions that local authorities could implement, including active travel, car clubs, freight and deliveries, and demand responsive transport. It also contains specific guidance for rural authorities on how approaches are already being successfully implemented.