Energy efficiency

• Check the energy efficiency of your home
• Other energy efficiency funding schemes
• Advice on renewable energy
• Ways you can save money and energy
• Advice on keeping warm this winter
• How we are reducing fuel poverty and energy use

Malvern Hills District Council work in partnership with Act on Energy to deliver their Energy Efficiency Advice Service. For Energy Efficiency Advice please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or telephone 0800 988 2881.

Check the energy efficiency of your home

Improving the energy efficiency of your home can help save money on your bills and reduce your carbon footprint, helping our planet.

There are a number of schemes available to help you with the cost of work to upgrade the energy efficiency of your home.

If you do not know the energy efficiency rating of your home, or would like ideas about how to improve your rating, then use the online checker to find out what energy efficiency or low carbon heat improvements may be suitable for your home.

Other energy efficiency funding schemes

Warm Homes Local Grant (WHLG)

The Warm Homes: Local Grant scheme offers free home energy efficiency and heating improvements for low-income households. 

The scheme is designed to improve thermal comfort and energy efficiency for lower income homes. It offers significant benefits, including lower energy bills and reduced carbon emissions.  All upgrades are completely free for eligible residents.

For more information and how to apply, please follow this link: Warm Homes: Local Grant (WH:LG) | Worcestershire County Council

Advice on renewable energy

• Installing renewable energy systems in your own home can cut your energy bills and the harmful carbon emissions your household creates.
• There are many forms of renewable energy including solar panels, wind turbines, ground source heat pumps and biomass boilers.
• You could also be paid for the energy you generate for seven years as part of the Government’s Renewable Heat Incentive.
• Find out more about installing renewable energy technology in your home.
• You can also call Act on Energy on 0800 988 2881.

Ways you can save money and energy

By taking some simple energy saving measures you can save money on your bills.

Top energy saving tips

• Use smart technology to control your heating
• Turn your thermostat down 1 degree
• Switch your appliances off stand-by
• Use a bowl to wash up
• Replace all your bulbs with LEDs
• Turn off lights when you’re not in the room
• Draught proof doors and windows
• Spend one less minute in the shower each day
• Do one less load of laundry a week
• Fill the kettle with just the right amount of water

Check out more ways to cut your bills from the Energy Saving Trust.

Switch energy provider

This is one of the easiest things you can do to save you money on your bills.

• Use an Ofgem approved price comparison website to compare energy prices.
• You can also call Act on Energy on 0800 988 2881.

Get a smart meter

A smart meter will give you near to real-time information on your energy consumption to help you manage your energy use and save money, as well as reduce your carbon footprint. It also means your billing will be more accurate as information will be sent direct to your energy provider. Smart meters can be installed for free.

Find out more about how to get a smart meter.

Join an energy switching scheme

Energy switching schemes join groups of people together. Energy companies then bid for the right to supply those individuals to supply their gas and electricity. Because it is one bulk contract, members of the scheme benefit from a lower price. Auctions take place three times a year.

• Find out more about the Big Community Energy Switch
• If you rely on heating oil then you may want to consider joining a community oil buying club.

Advice on keeping warm this winter

If you are not very mobile, aged 65 or over, or have a health condition such as hear or long disease, it is important you keep warm. You must heat your home to at least 18 degrees Celsius.

Advice from the NHS on how to keep warm during the winter