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About us

United Sustainable Energy Agency is a not for profit company providing services to the Public Sector, Business, and individuals to help them reduce carbon, adapt to climate change and tackle fuel poverty.

What we do

Find out more about the work we do to help reduce carbon, adapt to climate change and tackle fuel poverty.

Our Quality Policy

United Sustainable Energy Agency maintains a quality system designed to meet the requirements of ISO 9001:2008.
public sector

The Public Sector play a key role in reducing energy use, supporting renewable energy and tackling fuel poverty.

HECA Strategy and Reporting Service

Our HECA strategy service can support your council to produce its first report under the revised guidance for the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995.

Warm Homes, Healthy People Project

This page contains the latest information on the 2012/13 bids, including project elements, and useful resources for both front-line staff and residents.
businesses

We help businesses face the challenge of reducing carbon emissions and the need to adapt to deal with existing, unavoidable changes to the climate.

Sustainable Business Support

A complete support service to help you transform your business, helping you to integrate sustainability into your operations.

Staff Engagement for Business

Any programme involving major change in your business will affect your staff. We’ll help them grasp environmental issues and engage them in finding solutions.
EU Projects

Find out about out current and past EU projects and how the agency was originally formed.

Academy of Champions for Energy (ACE)

Ace is a renewable energy initiative which has been launched across several North West European countries to promote the importance of renewable energy in everyday life.

cRRescendo

cRRescendo, 'Combined Rational and Renewable Energy Strategies in Cities, for Existind and New Dwellings to ensure Optimal quality of life'.
Green Deal

Find out about our plans for founding a Community Interest Company to act as a local Green Deal Provider.

Our proposal for Installers

Register your interest in becoming an installing partner with our proposed Green Deal Community Interest Company.

Our proposal for Local Authorities

Our proposal for founding a Green Deal Community Interest Company with Local Authority partners

UNITED SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AGENCY ANNOUNCES MERGER WITH NEF

Please note that United Sustainable Energy Agency has now merged with National Energy Foundation.

See our press release for more information or visit www.nef.org.uk

Featured Services Case Studies

for the public sector

HECA Strategy and Reporting Service

Our HECA strategy service can support your council to produce its first report under the revised guidance for the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995.

Warm Homes, Healthy People Project

This page contains the latest information on the 2012/13 bids, including project elements, and useful resources for both front-line staff and residents.

Carbon Management for the Public Sector

From carbon footprinting your operations to reducing your energy consumption USEA can help.

for Businesses

Sustainable Business Support

A complete support service to help you transform your business, helping you to integrate sustainability into your operations.

Staff Engagement for Business

Any programme involving major change in your business will affect your staff. We’ll help them grasp environmental issues and engage them in finding solutions.

Carbon Management

Reducing carbon emissions should be the cornerstone to any business approach to sustainability. We can help whether sustainability is new to you or if you're looking for that something extra.

Southampton City Council's home insulation grant reduces the price of loft and cavity wall insulation to just £99 each through Cocoon.

Southampton City Carbon Offset Fund Study

USEA was awarded the work to carry out a study establishing what a local carbon offset fund may look like in Southampton.

Solar Energy for the main council offices; Chiltern District Council

A case study on Detailed Technical Feasibility study that USEA undertook for Chiltern District Council

Emissions monitoring for West Oxfordshire District Council

Case study summarising the process and benefits of USEA's emissions monitoring service for West Oxfordshire District Council

Milton Keynes Energy Map

Case study setting out the process of producing a heat / energy map for Milton Keynes Council

Environmental Regeneration in Milton Keynes

A feasibility study of environmental regeneration in Netherfield, Coffee Hall and Beanhill estates in Milton Keynes

Area Based Approach (ABA) in MK

Since 2008, USEA has been helping Milton Keynes Council allocate its Carbon Offset Fund (COF) to the maximum benefit of local residents.

all case studies...

blog

Green open homes: Taking root

Guest blog: Gordon Glass from superhomes.org.uk talks about superhomes week and their work with Aylesbury Vale District Council inspiring green retrofits.

posted by Gordon Glass on 19/03/2013

Comments and Reactions

RE:FIT Building Energy Efficiency for Tomorrow

Guest blog: Jo Mortensen from Ealing Council, part of the UK Delivery Team for RE:FIT, explains how you can take advantage of free support to get involved with the RE:FIT framework.

posted by Jo Mortensen on 21/02/2013 12:38:00

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Where does Green Deal fit into your HECA strategy?

The new guidance on the Home Energy Conservation Act is stimulating Councils to think about how they move into the new landscape of the Energy Company Obligation and Green Deal.