Decarbonising your home and reducing energy bills

In 2021, domestic carbon dioxide emissions made up 42% of Wandsworth’s emissions.

Explore our retrofit advice to find out the benefits of retrofitting your home to reduce carbon emissions and lower your energy bills.

Benefits of home efficiency

In 2021, domestic carbon dioxide emissions made up 42% of Wandsworth’s emissions.

Making energy efficiency improvements at home can have many co-benefits.

Health

Improving your home's efficiency can:

  • Reduce temperature extremes and lower the risk of cardiovascular related deaths
  • Prevent approximately 21.5% of all excess winter deaths caused by cold homes
  • Improve respiratory health by reducing dust, damp, and mould
  • Save the NHS £1.4 billion annually through health benefits from retrofitting
  • Ensure your home is well ventilated 

Economic

Improving your home's efficiency can:

  • Increases the value of your home
  • Save you money on your energy bills
  • Increase the demand for green skills and careers

Environmental

Improving your home's efficiency can:

  • Enhance indoor and outdoor air quality by switching to low carbon heating solutions such as an Air Source Heat Pump (ASHP)
  • Increase the lifespan of your home
  • Help your home adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change.
  • Be far more sustainable than demolishing and building new structures

Recycle and reuse construction waste

We can collect DIY waste that has been produced during home improvements. This service is for residents and is not available to businesses.

Find out how to book a DIY waste collection.

Grants available to homeowners

There are a number of government grants you can use to help make energy efficiency improvements to your home.

These include:

  • Boiler Upgrade Scheme: Provides grants to cover part of the cost of replacing fossil fuel heating systems with a heat pump or biomass boiler
  • Great British Insulation Scheme: Offers free or discounted insulation for houses with an EPC rating of D to G
  • Energy Company Obligation (ECO4): A government energy-efficiency scheme, placing an obligation on energy companies to deliver retrofits. The scheme will run until 31 March 2026
  • Connected for Warmth: An award winning grant scheme offering free energy-saving measures to homes across Britain using a mixture of funding sources

Warm Home Packs

We provide eligible residents with Warm Home Packs during winter, helping them save on their energy bills.

Find out more about Warm Home Packs and events to support residents with the cost of living.