Improve your home's energy efficiency for free or at a discount

Are you a property owner in England or Wales? If so, you can apply for a grant to install low carbon heating systems such as heat pumps.

The scheme is open from 2022 to 2028, and you could get:

• £7,500 off the cost and installation of an air source heat pump
• £5,000 off the cost and installation of a biomass boiler.
• £7,500 off the cost and installation of a ground source heat pump.

For the latest information, including the eligibility criteria, visit www.gov.uk.

If you have or are looking to install renewable energy measures in your home, you could qualify for the Smart Export Guarantee (SEG). This is where the SEG pays customers for the excess renewable electricity their homes generate, but don’t use themselves.

The electricity can be produced by the following renewable technologies:

• Solar panels (photovoltaic, or PV for short).
• Wind.
• Hydro micro combined heat and power.
• Anaerobic digestion.

Make sure you sign up to the SEG tariff to receive payment. If you don’t, your energy will go back into the grid but you won’t get paid for it.

Find the latest information and sign up to SEG.

If you’ve lived in Scotland for more than 12 months and you’re a private tenant or have your own home, you could qualify for the Warmer Homes Scotland scheme. It offers financial help with home improvements such as wall and loft insulation and draught-proofing.

Most of the time, the costs are covered by the Scottish government. But if there’s a lot of work to be done, you may need to contribute.

The Home Energy Scotland scheme, offers government grants of up to £7,500 to help residents of Scotland make their homes more energy-efficient. 

You can look for grants, discounts and funding schemes in your area by using the Home Energy Scotland funding finder. 

Don’t meet the criteria for Warmer Homes Scotland? You could try a HES loan instead.

It’s an interest-free loan to help make energy and money saving improvements to your home. These can range from installing loft insulation to upgrading your home’s heating system. The interest-free loan is funded by the Scottish government.

Visit Energy Saving Trust to find out if you qualify and how you can apply.

Open to all households in Wales, Nest provides advice on saving energy, money management, energy tariffs and benefit entitlement.

Their aim is to make Welsh homes warmer and more energy efficient. Better yet, all of their advice is free!

Plus if you or someone in your household receives means tested benefits, you could qualify for free home improvements.

Find out more about Nest.

You could get up to £7,500 to cover the costs of insulation, double glazed windows and heating updates from the Affordable Warmth Scheme in Northern Ireland.

You may qualify for this scheme if you:

• live in Northern Ireland
• own and occupy your house
• rent from a private landlord
• have a total annual gross income of less than £23,000.

See the latest information and criteria Affordable Warmth Scheme.