As a climate change charity, we believe it is important to offer independent advice and support to people struggling to cope with the recent energy price rises as well as those looking to invest in their homes to reduce their carbon footprint. Reducing energy use and increasing efficiency are positive steps to help us meet our carbon reduction aims. So, here are some ways we can help.
How can PeCAN help you ?
Funding and Finance
You may be eligible for schemes or grants that could help with your energy bills or fund improvements to increase your homes efficiency.
Energy Saving Guide
There are many simple ways to help reduce your energy usage at home which both reduces your carbon footprint and your energy bill.
Home Retrofit Plan
A Whole House Retrofit Plan is a great way to understand how you can improve your home to reduce its energy consumption and carbon footprint. PeCAN can introduce you to a professional retrofit coordinator to carry out this work.
A house like mine
Find out what sort of retrofit measures might be suitable for a house like yours. We have included extracts from retrofit reports that have been done for a number of houses in Petersfield, along with some details of what these retrofit measures entail.
Thermal Imaging
Our Thermal Imaging project runs in the winter. Find out more about how thermal imaging can help you understand where you are losing heat from your home.
Energy Efficiency for Historic Buildings
Some useful resources for those wanting to improve the energy performance of their historic building.
Heat Pumps
There has been much said and written about Heat pumps and we receive many questions on the topic. They are an increasingly important part of our armoury in our battle against climate change so we have created a helpful guide which answer some common questions and tackle some popular misconceptions. There is also a video of a PeCAN Heat pump webinar hosted by experts in this field that you can view.
For more information on Heat pumps click on the button below.
Retrofit Webinar
What is a retrofit plan, and why is it so important? Watch our Home Retrofit webinar from January 2023 with Julian Williams of Abba Energy presenting the background to retrofit, PAS2035 and how a Whole House Retrofit Plan can tell you where to focus your efforts.
Click the button below to watch the webinar.
Home Retrofit Webinar
Solar Panel and Battery Webinar
Are you thinking about getting solar panels fitted but don't know where to start? Petersfield Climate Action Network (PeCAN) and Winchester Action on the Climate Crisis (WinACC) hosted a webinar in March 2023 for people across the community and beyond to find out more about getting solar panels installed. Michael Beckett from Ecovolt Renewables gave a presentation and answered questions.
Click the button below to watch the webinar recording.
Solar Panel Webinar
Internal Insulation Webinar
This webinar from July 2023 provides helpful background for anyone considering internal wall insulation using natural materials for their home.
This insulation can help to keep heat in during the winter and keep heat out during the summer. It is not likely to be appropriate for anyone with filled cavity walls.
Our guest speaker is Chris Brookman from Back to Earth.
You can also view the slides from the presentation here.
Internal Insulation Webinar